The Urban Geography Reader /

Fyfe, Kenny,

The Urban Geography Reader / Kenny Fyfe. - 408 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. - The Routledge urban reader series . - The Routledge urban reader series. .

List of plates --Acknowledgements-- Introduction ----PART 1 FOUNDATIONS -- Introduction "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project" Ernest W. Burgess -- "The Pattern of Movement of Residential Rental Neighborhoods" Homer Hoyt -- "A theory of location for cities" Edward Ullman-- "The Nature of Cities" Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman ----PART 2 GLOBALIZATION --Introduction "World-City Network: A New Metageography?" Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith, and Peter J. Taylor --"Social Polarisation in Global Cities: Theory and Evidence" Chris Hamnett --"From Colonial City to Globalizing City? The far-from-complete spatial transformation of Calcutta" Sanjoy Chakravorty --"Cultural Globalization and the identity of place: The Reconstruction of Amsterdam" Jan Nijman ----PART 3 RESTRUCTURING --Introduction "The urban process under capitalism: a framework for analysis" David Harvey -- "Beyond the crabgrass frontier: industry and the spread of North American cities, 1850-1950" Richard Walker and Robert D.Lewis -- "Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space" Neil Smith -- "Postmodern Urbanism" Michael Dear and Steven Flusty---- PART 4 POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND INEQUALITY -- Introduction "Local Politics in a Global Era: Thinking Locally, Acting Globally" Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile -- "Retooling the Machine: Economic Crisis, State Restructuring, and Urban Politics" Bob Jessop, Jamie Peck, and Adam Tickell -- "Local governance, the crises of Fordism and the changing geographies of regulation" Mark Goodwin and Joe Painter --"Yuppies, yuffies and the new urban order" John R. Short --"From Global to Local: The Rise of Homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s" Jennifer Wolch ---- PART 5 DIFFERENCE --Introduction "The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of a Racial Category" Kay J. Anderson -- "An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Los Angeles" Laura Pulido, Steve Sidawi, Robert O. Vos -- "On the Links between Home and Work: Family -Household Strategies in a Buoyant Labour Market" Geraldine Pratt and Susan Hanson -- "Gender, class, and gentrification: enriching the debate" Liz Bondi --(Re)Negotiating The 'Heterosexual Street': Lesbian Production Of Space Gill Valentine ---- PART 6 FORM AND SYMBOLISM --Introduction "The Restless Urban Landscape: Economic and Sociocultural Change and the Transformation of Metropolitan Washington, DC" Paul Knox -- "The 'Magic of the Mall': An Analysis of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Contemporary Retail Built Environment" Jon Goss --"Styles of the times: liberal and neo-conservative landscapes in inner Vancouver, 1968-1986" David Ley --"Portland's Comprehensive Plan as Text: The Fred Meyer case and the politics of reading" Judith Kenny --"Sunshine and Shadow: Lighting and Color in the Depiction of Cities on Film" Larry Ford ---- PART 7 TECHNOLOGIES -- Introduction "Fetishizing the Modern City: The Phantasmagoria of Urban Technological Networks" Maria Kaika and Erik Swyngedouw-- "Telecommunications and the Changing Geographies of Knowledge Transmission in the Late 20th Century" Barney Warf --"City Watching: closed circuit television surveillance in public spaces" Nicholas Fyfe and Jon Bannister --"GIS use in community planning: a multidimensional analysis of empowerment" Sarah A Elwood -- -- Foundations -- The growth of the city : an introduction to a research project / The pattern of movement of residential rental neighborhoods / A theory of location for cities / The nature of cities / Globalization -- World-city network : a new metageography? / Social polarisation in global cities : theory and evidence / From colonial city to globalizing city? : the far-from-complete spatial transformation of Calcutta / Cultural globalization and the identity of place : the reconstruction of Amsterdam / Restructuring -- The urban process under capitalism : a framework for analysis / Beyond the crabgrass frontier : industry and the spread of North American cities, 1850-1950 / Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space / Postmodern urbanism / Politics, governance, and inequality -- Local politics in a global era : thinking locally, acting globally / Retooling the machine : economic crisis, state restructuring, and urban politics / Local governance, the crises of Fordism and the changing geographies of regulation / Yuppies, yuffies and the new urban order / From global to local : the rise of homelessness in Los Angeles during the 1980s / Difference -- The idea of Chinatown : the power of place and institutional practice in the making of a racial category / An archaeology of environmental racism in Los Angeles / On the links between home and work : family-household strategies in a buoyant labour market / Gender, class, and gentrification : enriching the debate / (Re)negotiating the 'heterosexual street' : lesbian production of space / Form and symbolism -- The restless urban landscape : economic and sociocultural change and the transformation of metropolitan Washington, D.C. / The 'magic of the mall' : an analysis of form, function, and meaning in the contemporary retail built environment / Styles of the times : liberal and neo-conservative landscapes in inner Vancouver, 1968-1986 / Portland's comprehensive plan as text : the Fred Meyer case and the politics of reading / Sunshine and shadow : lighting and color in the depiction of cities on film / Technologies -- Fetishizing the modern city : the phantasmagoria of urban technological networks / Telecommunications and the changing geographies of knowledge transmission in the late 20th century / City watching : closed circuit television surveillance in public spaces / GIS use in community planning : a multidimensional analysis of empowerment / Ernest W. Burgess -- Homer Hoyt -- Edward L. Ullman -- Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman -- Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith and Peter J. Taylor -- Chris Hamnett -- Sanjoy Chakravorty -- Jan Nijman -- David Harvey -- Richard Walker and Robert D. Lewis -- Neil Smith -- Michael Dear and Steven Flusty -- Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile -- Bob Jessop, Jamie Peck and Adam Tickell -- Mark Goodwin and Joe Painter -- John R. Short -- Jennifer Wolch -- Kay J. Anderson -- Laura Pulido, Steve Sidawi and Robert O. Vos -- Geraldine Pratt and Susan Hanson -- Liz Bondi -- Gill Valentine -- Paul Knox -- Jon Goss -- David Ley -- Judith Kenny -- Larry Ford -- Maria Kaika and Erik Swyngedouw -- Barney Warf -- Nicholas Fyfe and Jon Bannister -- Sarah A. Elwood. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. Pt. 3. Pt. 4. Pt. 5. Pt. 6. Pt. 7.

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