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Author Kaplan, David H., 1960-

Title Urban geography / David H. Kaplan, James O. Wheeler, Steven R. Holloway ; Thomas W. Hodler, Cartographer.

Imprint Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2004.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.76 K141u 2004    ---  Available
Description xvi, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction to cities and urban geography -- An introduction to urban geography -- The origins and development of cities -- Metropolitan systems -- Evolution of the American urban system -- Globalization and the urban system -- Telecommunications and the city -- Economic landscape of the city -- Urban land use, the central business district and the growth of the suburbs -- Landscapes of production -- The social landscape of the city -- Slicing the urban pie, models of social geography -- Urban housing markets, sprawl, blight, and regeneration -- Segregation, race, and urban poverty -- Immigration, ethnicity, and urbanism -- 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.
Subject Urban geography.
Added Author Wheeler, James O.
Holloway, Steven R.
Hodler, T. W.
ISBN 0471451584 (WIE)
047135998X

 
    
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