David Kaplan, James O. Wheeler, Steven Holloway

Urban Geography

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. As the growing world population increasingly comes to live in cities, the field of urban geography will continue to expand in numbers and significance. This book encompasses both systems of cities and the internal geography of metro areas. Offers a good balance of theory, concepts and empirical examples. Primary focus in the United States, with a chapter on globalcities and three chapters on cities around the world. Oriented directly to pressing urban issues such as restructuring, blight, sprawl, and segregation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 24, 5 cm
• Gewicht: 920g
• ISBN-13: 9780471451587
• ISBN-10: 0471451584
• Artikelnr.: 12346505

Autorenporträt

D. H. Kaplan, Kent State University; J. O. Wheeler, Univ. of Georgia

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction to Cities and Urban Geography
- An Introduction To Urban Geography
- The Origins And Development Of Cities

Part II. Metropolitan Systems
- The Evolution Of The American Urban System
- Globalization And The Urban System
- Cities in an Information Economy

Part III. The Economic Landscape of the City
- Urban Land Use. The Changing Functions of Central Business Districts and Suburbanization
- Landscapes of Production 218

Part IV. The Social Landscape of the City
- Slicing the Urban Pie. Models of Social Geography
- Urban Housing. Blight, Sprawl and Regeneration
- Segregation, "Race," and Urban Poverty
- Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism 393

Part V. The Political Landscape of the City
- Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation
- Planning the Better City

Part VI. Cities Around the World
- Cities in the Developed World
- Cities in the Less Developed World
- Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form