Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily taking possession of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in "Walking in Cities "explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.

Various chapters explorethe "flaneuse,"...

Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in "Walking in Cities," walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily taking possession of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in "Walking in Cities "explore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.

Various chapters explorethe "flaneuse,"...