The Urban Geography ReaderNICK FYFE, JUDITH KENNY 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
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The Pattern of Movement of Residential Rental Neighborhoods | 28 |
Harris and Edward L Ullman | 46 |
Introduction | 59 |
Theory and Evidence | 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 | 364 |
Illustration credits | 385 |