The Urban Geography Reader

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NICK FYFE, JUDITH KENNY
Routledge, Apr 15, 2020 - Science - 438 pages

Drawing on a rich diversity of theoretical approaches and analytical strategies, urban geographers have been at the forefront of understanding the global and local processes shaping cities, and of making sense of the urban experiences of a wide variety of social groups. Through their links with those working in the fields of urban policy design, urban geographers have also played an important role in the analysis of the economic and social problems confronting cities.

Capturing the diversity of scholarship in the field of urban geography, this reader presents a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures. Organized around seven themes, it addresses the changing economic, social, cultural, and technological conditions of contemporary urbanization and the range of personal and public responses. It reflects the academic importance of urban geography in terms of both its theoretical and empirical analysis as well as its applied policy relevance, and features extensive editorial input in the form of general, section and individual extract introductions.

Bringing together in one volume 'classic' and contemporary pieces of urban geography, studies undertaken in the developed and developing worlds, and examples of theoretical and applied research, it provides in a convenient, student-friendly format, an unparalleled resource for those studying the complex geographies of urban areas.

 

Contents

Introduction
15
The Pattern of Movement of Residential Rental Neighborhoods Homer Hoyt
28
The Nature of Cities Chauncy D Harris and Edward L Ullman
46
Introduction
59
Theory and Evidence Chris Hamnett
74
The Reconstruction
93
Introduction
105
Industry and the Spread of North American Cities
121
Introduction
213
An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Los Angeles
229
Enriching the Debate
251
Introduction
275
An Analysis of Form Function
293
The Fred Meyer Case
315
Introduction
337
Telecommunications and the Changing Geographies of Knowledge
353

Postmodern Urbanism
138
Plate Section
153
Economic Crisis State Restructuring
168
Yuppies Yuffies and the New Urban Order
191
Closed Circuit Television Surveillance in Public Spaces Nicholas Fyfe and Jon Bannister
364
Illustration credits
385
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Nicholas Fyfe is Reader in Human Geography at the University of Dundee and Judith T. Kenny is Associate Professor in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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