Description
Book SynopsisProvides comprehensive coverage of major topics in urban and regional studies
Under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Anthony Orum, this definitive reference work covers central and emergent topics in the field, through an examination of urban and regional conditions and variation across the world. It also provides authoritative entries on the main conceptual tools used by anthropologists, sociologists, geographers, and political scientists in the study of cities and regions. Among such concepts are those of place and space; geographical regions; the nature of power and politics in cities; urban culture; and many others.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studiescaptures the character of complex urban and regional dynamics across the globe, including timely entries on Latin America, Africa, India and China. At the same time, it contains illuminating entries on some of the current concepts that seek to grasp the essence of the global worl
Table of Contents
Volume I
Editors
Contributors
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Urban and Regional Studies
Volume II
Urban and Regional Studies
Volume III
Urban and Regional Studies
Volume IV
Urban and Regional Studies
Volume V
Urban and Regional Studies
Index
