Urban Geography : A Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415462013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 736 str.

Michael Pacione

Opis

This text introduces both traditional and contemporary approaches and perspectives in urban geography. It explores the roles played by global cities, governments and institutions in forming and changing urban landscapes.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Study of Urban Geography  1. Urban Geography: From Global to Local  2. Concepts and Theory in Urban Geography  Part 2: An Urbanising World  3. The Origins and Growth of Cities  4. The Global Context of Urbanisation and Urban Change  5. Regional Perspectives on Urbanisation and Urban Change  6. National Urban Systems Part 3: Urban Structure and Land Use in the Western City  7. Land Use in the City  8. Urban Planning and Policy  9. New Towns  10. Residential Mobility and Neighbourhood Change  11. Housing Problems and Housing Policy  12. Urban Retailing  13. Urban Transportation  Part 4: Living in the City: Economy, Society and Politics in the Western City  14. The Economy of Cities  15. Poverty and Deprivation in the Western City  16. National and Local Responses to Urban Economic Change  17. Collective Consumption and Social Justice in the City  18. Residential Differentiation and Communities in the City  19. Urban Liveability  20. Power, Politics and Urban Governance  Part 5: Urban Geography in the Third World  21. Third World Urbanisation within a Global Urban System  22. Internal Structure of Third World Cities  23. Rural–Urban Migration in the Third World  24. Urban Economy and Employment in the Third World  25. Housing the Third World Urban Poor  26. Environmental Problems in Third World Cities  27. Health in the Third World City  28. Traffic and Transport in the Third World City  29. Poverty, Power and Politics in the Third World City  Part 6: Prospective – The Future of the City: Cities of The Future  30. The Future of the City – Cities of the Future

O autorze

Michael Pacione is Professor and Chair of Geography at the University of Strathclyde. He has held academic positions in Queens University Belfast, the University of Guelph, Ontario and the University of Vienna. Professor Pacione has published nineteen books, as well as numerous research papers in an international range of academic and professional journals. His most recent books include: Glasgow: The Socio-Spatial Development of the City (1995); Britain's Cities: Geographies of Division in Urban Britain (1997); and Applied Geography: Principles and Practice (1999).