Urban Geography

Name: Urban Geography
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ISBN: 9780471359982

ISBN-10: 047135998X

ISBN-13: 9780471359982

Edition: 11th 2004

Authors: James O. Wheeler, Dave H. Kaplan, Steven Holloway

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A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. As the growing world population increasingly comes to live in cities, the field of urban geography will continue to expand in numbers and significance. This book encompasses both systems of cities and the internal geography of metro areas. * Offers a good balance of theory, concepts and empirical examples. * Primary focus in the United States, with a chapter on global cities and three chapters on cities around the world. * Oriented directly to pressing urban issues such as restructuring, blight, sprawl, and segregation.

Book details

List price: $125.95
Edition: 11th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English




Introduction to Cities and Urban Geography



An Introduction To Urban Geography



The Origins And Development Of Cities



Metropolitan Systems



The Evolution Of The American Urban System



Globalization And The Urban System



Cities in an Information Economy



The Economic Landscape of the City



Urban Land Use The Changing Functions of Central Business Districts and Suburbanization



Landscapes of Production 218



The Social Landscape of the City



Slicing the Urban Pie Models of Social Geography



Urban Housing Blight, Sprawl and Regeneration



Segregation, "Race," and Urban Poverty



Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism 393



The Political Landscape of the City



Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation



Planning the Better City



Cities Around the World



Cities in the Developed World



Cities in the Less Developed World



Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form