Urban Geography (Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series)

Type

Book

Authors

Hall, Tim

ISBN 10

0415140854

ISBN 13

9780415140850

Tags

Geography, Travel, Human Geography, Urban, Earth Sciences, Sociology

Abstract

Urban Geography introduces both 'traditional' and contemporary approaches and perspectives in urban geography to explore the activities in global cities, governments and institutions in forming and changing urban landscapes. Placing the European and North American city within a changing set of global economic and urban systems, the book examines the ways in which these systems impact on the lives and the geographies

Description

An introduction to both the approaches and perspectives in urban geography. This work explores the roles played by global cities, governments and institutions in forming and changing urban landscapes.

Biblio Notes

Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tim Hall
ISBN: 0415140846 9780415140843 0415140854 9780415140850
OCLC Number: 36842364
Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. New cities, new urban geographies --
2. Changing approaches in urban geography --
3. Economic problems and the city --
4. New urban economies --
5. Urban policy and the changing city --
6. Urban change and emergent urban forms --
7. Transforming the image of the city --
8. New geographies of old cities --
9. Urban futures.
Series Title: Routledge contemporary human geography series.
Responsibility: Tim Hall.

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