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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization. It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research.
The Handbook of Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality, socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the horizons for future geography research.
Researchers and academics in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this an accessible and useful reference work.
Trade Review‘The Handbook provides a comprehensive selection over the most important scholarly approaches and debates since the turn of the century. In a crowded field, the Handbook should be of value for both academics and students in the fields of human geography, urban studies, planning, or urban sociology.’ -- Jörg Plöger, Eurasian Geography and Economics
‘Well-indexed, this text is highly recommended for all libraries and essential for libraries supporting programs in geography, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and political science.’ -- J C Stachacz, CHOICE Magazine
‘This book was written and edited with a great passion for the content world of urban geography. The chapters are not long, enabling a reading of the different sections in a single sitting. The book’s first goal - to present the discipline in its various colors - is fully achieved. The authors maintain that the book is intended for research students at various stages, and this is in fact the case. Indeed, as I read through it, I found myself giving chapters and conveying insights to the research students I am currently advising. This is a manifestation of the book’s strength: its systematic presentation of core topics. The classics of the field are also dealt with nicely, and the book offers definitions of a broad spectrum of basic concepts in urban geography. In this way, the book provides a wonderful service for lecturers teaching basic and advanced courses in urban geography, as well as neighboring disciplines such as urban sociology.’ -- Meirav Aharon-Gutman, Geography Research Forum
'For more than half a century, urban geography has led revolutions in social theory and spatial analysis. How do we make sense of the latest transformations of cosmopolitan planetarity and urban socionatural evolution? This Handbook is the essential guide through the diverse empirics and epistemological pluralism of contemporary urban worlds. We need to read, reflect, and act on every chapter in this valuable collection.' --Elvin Wyly, The University of British Columbia, Canada
'This Handbook embraces the diversity of interests and approaches within twenty-first century urban geography. Including chapters from both the usual suspects, but also importantly beyond the usual suspects, this is a wide-ranging, informed and readable book that will prove valuable to students of cities worldwide.' --Loretta Lees, University of Leicester, UK
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to the Handbook of Urban Geography Tim Schwanen PART I URBAN THEORIES AND METHODS 2. Worlding cities and comparative urbanism Laura Cesafsky and Kate Derickson 3. Urban political ecologies of and in the city Joshua J. Cousins and Joshua Newell 4. Urban cosmopolitics Anders Blok and Ignacio Farías 5. Big data and the city Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton and Ate Poorthuis PART II URBAN NETWORKS 6. Multiple geographies of global urban connectivity as measured in the interlocking network model Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor 7. Inside mobile urbanism: cities and policy mobilities Cristina Temenos, Tom Baker and Ian R. Cook 8. Metropolitan mobilities: transnational urban labour markets Cathy McIlwaine and Megan Ryburn 9. Refugee mobility across networks and cities Ilse Van Liempt and Francesco Vecchio 10. Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effects Tim Schwanen and Denver V. Nixon PART III URBAN REDEVELOPMENT 11. Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive construction Markus Hesse 12. The cultural economy in cities Tom Hutton 13. Urban regeneration through culture Jonathan Ward and Phil Hubbard 14. Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin 15. Terrorism, risk and the quest for urban resilience Jon Coaffee PART IV URBAN INEQUALITIES 16. Urban inequality Chris Hamnett 17. Segregation: a multi–contextual and multi–faceted phenomenon in stratified societies Masayoshi Oka and David W. S. Wong 18. Neighbourhood effects on social outcomes Sako Musterd, Roger Andersson and George Galster 19. Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalism Agustín Cocola-Gant 20. Urban informatics and e-governance Barney Warf PART V URBAN SOCIALITIES 21. Sociality, materiality and the city Sophie Watson 22. Spaces of encounter: learning to live together in superdiverse cities Nick Schuermans 23. Children’s geographies: encounters and experiences Peter Kraftl PART VI URBAN POLITICS 24. Exploring insurgent urban mobilizations: from urban social movements to urban political movements? Lazaros Karaliotas and Erik Swyngedouw 25. Urban governance: re-thinking top-down and bottom-up power relations in the wake of neo-liberalisation Mike Raco and Sonia Freire-Trigo 26. The right to the city: theoretical outline and reflections on migrants’ activism in post-reform urban China Junxi Qian and Shenjing He 27. Contextualizing neighbourhood activism: spatial solidarity in the city Katherine B. Hankins and Deborah G. Martin PART VII URBAN SUSTAINABILITIES 28. Urban sustainability transitions Jonathan Rutherford 29. Eco-cities Robert Cowley 30. The governance of climate change in urban areas Vanesa Castán Broto Index
