{"product_id":"urban-geography-9781405189798","title":"Urban Geography","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Geography\u003c\/i\u003e a comprehensive introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary urban geography, including patterns and processes of urbanization, urban development, urban planning, and life experiences in modern cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals both the diversity of ordinary urban geographies and the networks, flows and relations which increasingly connect cities and urban spaces at the global scale\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the city as a lens for proposing and developing critical concepts which show how wider social processes, relations, and power structures are changing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the experiences, lives, practices, struggles, and words of ordinary urban residents and marginalized social groups rather than exclusively those of urban elites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows readers how to develop critical perspectives on dominant neoliberal representations of the city and explore the great diversity of urban worlds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I like this book for the above points. The authors have succeeded to stir thoughts about urbanization and to appreciate urban geography from an alternative perspective. This book would be particularly helpful to students and those involved in urbanization processes, including businesses.”  (\u003ci\u003e3D Visualization World Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, 24 June 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Approaching the City 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Cities for Whom? The Contours and Commitments of Critical Urban Geography 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Production, Economy, and the City 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A World of Cities 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Labor and the City 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The City and Social Reproduction 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Governing the City: The State, Urban Planning, and Politics 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Experiencing Cities 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Molding and Marketing the Image of the City 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nature and Environment in the City 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Urban Arts and Visual Cultures 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Alternative Urban Spaces and Politics 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Urban Crises 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Epilogue: Critical Urban Geographies and Their Futures 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 347\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407922274647,"sku":"9781405189798","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405189798.jpg?v=1730500967","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/urban-geography-9781405189798","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}