| 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.
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| Added Author |
Wheeler, James O.
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Holloway, Steven R.
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Hodler, T. W.
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| ISBN |
0471451584 (WIE) |
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047135998X |
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