Graeme Hugo

New Forms of Urbanization (eBook, PDF)

Beyond the Urban-Rural Dichotomy
Redaktion: Champion, Tony

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There is increasing appreciation in the social sciences that context is an important element in understanding social, economic, cultural, political and demographic processes. An important element in context is the type of settlement in which people live and work and so, it is vital to be able to categorise people into particular settlements types. This book brings together a leading team of social scientists to present the latest information on urbanization around the world, highlighting examples of development patterns that are not adequately captured by the UN's type of reporting systems and drawing attention to other ways of representing current trends.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351914963
• Artikelnr.: 48959684

Autorenporträt

Tony Champion is Professor of Population Geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Graeme Hugo is Professor of Geography and Director of National Key Centre in Social Applications of Geographical Information Systems at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I: Introduction: Introduction: moving beyond the urban-rural
dichotomy, Tony Champion and Graeme Hugo; Lest we re-invent the wheel:
lessons from previous experience, Tony Champion; World urbanization: trends
and prospects, Hania Zlotnik. Part II: Regional Perspectives on Settlement
Change: The fading of city-suburb and metro-nonmetro distinctions in the
United States, William H. Frey; Population dynamics and urbanization in
Latin America: concepts and data limitations, Alfredo E. Lattes, Jorge
RodrÃguez and Miguel Villa; Urbanization trends in Asia: the conceptual
and definitional challenges, Gavin W. Jones; Analyzing urbanization in
Sub-Saharan Africa, Philippe Bocquier. Part III: Case Studies: The
transformation of the urban system in Mexico, Gustavo Garza; Urban
development and population redistribution in Delhi: implications for
categorizing population, Véronique Dupont; Urbanization and
metropolitanization in Brazil: trends and methodological challenges, José
Marcos Pinto da Cunha; Changing urbanization processes and In Situ
rural-urban transformation: reflections on China's settlement definitions,
Yu Zhu. Part IV: Conceptualizing Settlement Systems: An evolutionary
approach to settlement systems, Denise Pumain; The conceptualization and
analysis of urban systems: a North American perspective, Larry S. Bourne
and Jim Simmons; The nature of rurality in postindustrial society, David L.
Brown and John B. Cromartie; Rethinking 'Rurality', Keith Halfacree. Part
V: Moving From The Conceptual To The Operational: Multiple dimensions of
settlement systems: coping with complexity, Mike Coombes; Using remote
sensing and geographic information systems to identify the underlying
properties of urban environments, John R. Weeks; Reflections on the review
of metropolitan area standards in the United States, 1990 - 2000, James D.
Fitzsimmons and Michael R. Ratcliffe. Part VI: The Way Forward: Conclusions
and recommendations, Graeme Hugo and Tony Champion; Bibliography; Index.