The Secret Life of Cities: Social Reproduction of Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780130873187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 216 str.

Jarvis, Helen

Opis

Contemporary urbanisation has two faces: global flows of people, money and information, and that of localised social and economic disparities. This book challenges current research and policy agendas recommending spatial concentration and relocation as a solution to the problems of environmental sustainability and social dislocation.

Spis treści

1. Social Polarisation, Fragmentation and the City
2. Re-constructing an Institutional Approach to the City
3. Co-ordinating Everyday Life and Institutional Structures in the Cities (the Case of London)
4. Through the Household Looking Glass
5. Mobility and the Coordination of Family Life
6. Social Sustainability and Cities
7. Conclusion

O autorze

Jarvis, Helen; Pratt, Andy C.; Cheng-Chong Wu, Peter