{"product_id":"introduction-to-cities-9781119167716","title":"Introduction to Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe revised and updated second edition of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexplores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are\u003ci\u003eplaces\u003c\/i\u003e, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they are\u003ci\u003espaces\u003c\/i\u003e, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003ecovers the theory of cities from an historical perspective right through to the most recent theoretical developments. The authors offer a balanced account of life in cities and explore both positive and negative themes. In addition, the text takes a global approach, with examples ranging from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai. The book is extensively illustrated wit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of tables xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of boxes xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the authors xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the second edition xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalk-through tour xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Cities as places and spaces 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities as places 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 1.1 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentity, community, and security 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as the site of our identity 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as the site of community 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as sites of security 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 1.1 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman beings make and remake places 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace and space 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 1.2 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 1.1 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities shape the fates of human beings 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and people 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 2.1 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFerdinand Tönnies: Community and society 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTönnies and Simmel: Further reflections 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chicago School of Sociology 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as social space 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as concentric zones 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city, social change, and social order 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 2.2 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in the city as a way of life 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 2.1 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly social theories of urban life 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical descendants of Marx 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManuel Castells and the urban question 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 3.1 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 3.2 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe return to place and the turn to culture 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 3.1 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharon Zukin and the turn to culture 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 3.1 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing global 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1980s and the creation of the global city 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower, politics, and ordinary lives 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluating theories of the city 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Methods and rules for the study of cities 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst rules for doing a social science of cities 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rule of validity 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rule of reliability 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 4.1 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and the question of numbers 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.1 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as a case study 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as the typical case 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as a prototypical case 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic and historical case studies 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic case studies 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.2 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical case studies 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom one to multiple cases 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.3 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd what about insight? 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Changing Metropolis 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetropolitan growth: Basic features 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 5.1 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mobility of people and groups in the metropolis 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial differences and migration in the metropolis 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration and the expansion of the metropolis 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 5.2 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 5.1 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning and metropolitan development 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 5.1 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban growth, institutions, and human agents 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The origins and development of suburbs 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a suburb? Definitions and variations 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative suburban forms 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brief history of suburban development 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe original suburbs 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and the demand for suburban living 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 6.1 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 6.1 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly suburban diversity 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransportation technologies and suburban expansion 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 6.2 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role of policy in suburban expansion 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mass production of US suburbs 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges and challenges in contemporary suburbs 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivatization and gated communities 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe varied fates of older suburbs 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuburbs as places 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 6.1 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Changing metropolitan landscapes after World War II 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLos Angeles: The prototype of the postwar metropolis 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 7.1 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe changing metropolitan order 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of older industrial cities 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the postindustrial\/postmodern metropolitan regions 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of transportation, again 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of places and spaces: The profound human and political consequences 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 7.1 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emerging global economy: A brief overview 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 7.1 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople, place, and space in a global world 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Social Inequalities and Power in the Metropolis 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The early metropolis as a place of inequality 180\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial cities as unequal places 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly urban diversity 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender in the early metropolis 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities of immigrants 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmigrant lives: New York’s Five Points 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 8.1 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Five Points case in context 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly reform and intervention efforts 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the American ghetto 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrated beginnings 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 8.1 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew neighbours, new tensions 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe perpetuation and implications of black ghettos 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 8.2 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 8.1 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe significance of urban diversity and inequality 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Inequality and diversity in the post - World War II metropolis 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequality and the metropolis 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty and race 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 9.1 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty and homelessness 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 9.1 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGentrification and the remaking of the metropolis 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 9.2 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial diversity and the transformed metropolis 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new immigration and the transformation of the metropolis 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 9.1 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States and Canada 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing the contemporary metropolis 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew ethnic enclaves 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLGBT neighbourhoods 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 9.2 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Western metropolis in flux 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces 236\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStates and markets 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe changing global economy 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities today as contested spaces 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of local governance and politics 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal authorities and marginalized peoples 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Americans and local authorities 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe homeless and local authorities 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe very poor and local authorities 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 10.1 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 10.1 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJerusalem: The quintessential contested city 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contested spaces of Berlin 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Metropolis in the Developing World 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries 258\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization: The basic path and its impact on place 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping-country cities in historical perspective 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.1 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe basic dimensions of urbanization 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban hierarchy 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban primacy 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver-urbanization versus under-urbanization 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.2 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural increase and in-migration 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom process and system to place 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA profile with multiple wrinkles 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMegacities as places: Opportunities and challenges 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize and density 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating wealth and sustaining poverty 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 11.1 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 11.1 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe developing megacity as a lived place 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 11.2 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoverning the megacities 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.3 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReassessing the developing-country city 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Cities in the global economy 286\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging cities in the global economy 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYiwu, China 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRajarhat, India 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reflections on Yiwu 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-emerging cities in the global economy 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerlin, Germany: A once-prosperous, then challenged, and now re-emerging local culture 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShanghai, China: Local change in a global renaissance city 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeper into the global economy 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDongguan, China: A place transformed from a rural township into a global factory-city 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 12.1 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDubai, United Arab Emirates: From desert to urban miracle to mirage 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities in a fully networked global economy 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe regional dimension and mediation of cities 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming globally networked 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 12.1 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterdependence between cities and the global economy 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 12.2 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic constraint and individual flexibility 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe global restructuring of cities 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 12.1 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Challenges of Today and The Metropolis of the Future 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Urban environments and sustainability 316\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking use of nature 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural attributes and urban development 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting and manipulating nature 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 13.1 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInviting “disaster” 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy rebuild? 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban environments 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal environmental concerns 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 13.1 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment and inequality 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 13.2 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal environmental concerns 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization’s environmental impacts 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and climate change 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddressing environmental issues: Toward sustainability 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 13.1 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The remaking and future of cities 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween place and space: Reinforcing a theoretical vision 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking cities at critical moments 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe crisis of Detroit 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of Detroit 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 14.1 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace-remaking on a larger scale 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaily place-remaking from below 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking neighbourhoods and communities 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of Brooklyn, New York 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Detroit and New York to China and Shanghai – again 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 14.1 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking cities for the future 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScaling up and looking forward 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe China and India scenarios and their wider implications 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities of the future and the future of cities 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 14.2 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA detour back to planning regarding its role in shaping future cities 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe foundational attributes of future cities 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 14.1 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA final look at the twenty-first-century city 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407001428311,"sku":"9781119167716","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introduction-to-cities-9781119167716","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}