This volume explores the relationship between siciety and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world - which reflects interpretation.
This volume explores the relationship between siciety and the physical world through representation - the artistic re-creation of the physical world -...
In this text, John Rennie Short connects global change, urban transformation and scholarly integrity. He elucidates the struggles of governments and individuals to situate themselves within the changing nation states and the restructurings of urban spaces into a type of global village.
In this text, John Rennie Short connects global change, urban transformation and scholarly integrity. He elucidates the struggles of governments and i...
In his latest work, John Rennie Short reveals how the spatial discourses of the sixteenth century formed a remarkable revolution that changed the way the world was represented. The cosmos was bound in a sphere; the world was gridded and plotted, the globe navigated, and the land surveyed. Spatial practices were codified, a spatial sensitivity was created and a cartographic literacy was established in the increasing use of maps and the creation of a cartographic language for new mappings of the world, state, and city. Short establishes that such spatial revisioning is connected to the...
In his latest work, John Rennie Short reveals how the spatial discourses of the sixteenth century formed a remarkable revolution that changed the way ...
With keen insight and exhaustive research John Rennie Short narrates the story of urban America from 1950 to the present, revealing a compelling portrait of urban transformation. Short chronicles the steady rise of urbanization, the increasing suburbanization, and the sweeping metropolitanization of the U.S., uncovering the forces behind these shifts and their consequences for American communities.
Drawing on numerous studies, first-hand anecdotes, census figures, and other statistical data, Short s work addresses the globalization of U.S. cities, the increased polarization of urban...
With keen insight and exhaustive research John Rennie Short narrates the story of urban America from 1950 to the present, revealing a compelling po...
In this volume, the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Financial Meltdown that led to the Great Recession and the Giant Oil Spill. The author uses stress-testing to identify weaknesses within the "system," and examine the response to disaster.
In this volume, the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, the Financial ...
We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention. Cities are an integral part of the network of globalization and important sites of modernization.
Globalization, Modernity and The City weaves together broad social themes with detailed urban analysis to explore the connections between the rise of big cities, the creation of a global network and the making of the modern world. It explains the growth of big cities, the urban bias of...
We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections an...
This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.
This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is compreh...
This work takes a fresh view of contemporary geographical issues by looking at geographies that have been lost. It discusses Medieval cosmologies, Renaissance magic, feng shui and the knowledge systems of indigenous peoples, offering students an alternative outlook on the Earth.
This work takes a fresh view of contemporary geographical issues by looking at geographies that have been lost. It discusses Medieval cosmologies, Ren...
Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities.
The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities:
the maintaining, securing and increasing of urban economic competitiveness in a global world
the reimagining of the city
the rewriting of the city for both internal and external audiences
the construction of new...
Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic functi...
