Urban geography : a global perspective /

Pacione, Michael,

Urban geography : a global perspective / Michael Pacione. - Second edition. - xlii, 686 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Urban geography : from global to local -- Concepts and theory in urban geography -- The origins and growth of cities -- The global context of urbanisation and urban change -- Regional perspectives on urbanisation and urban change -- National urban systems -- Land use in the city -- Urban planning and policy -- New towns -- Residential mobility and neighbourhood change -- Housing problems and housing policy -- Urban retailing -- Urban transportation -- The economy of cities -- Poverty and deprivation in the Western city -- National and local responses to urban economic change -- Collective consumption and social justice in the city -- Residential differentiation and communities in the city -- Urban liveability -- Power, politics and urban governance -- Third World urbanisation within a global urban system -- The internal structure of Third World cities -- Rural-urban migration in the Third World -- Urban economy and employment in the Third World -- Housing the Third World urban poor -- Environmental problems in Third World cities -- Health in the Third World city -- Traffic and transport in the Third World city -- Poverty, power and politics in the Third World city -- The future of the city - cities of the future. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30.

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