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Urban theory : a critical assessment / John Rennie Short.

By:

Short, John R [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: x, 258 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1403906580
9781403906588
1403906599
9781403906595

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.76 22

LOC classification:

HT151 .S414 2006

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Theorizing the modern city -- 3. Theorizing the postmodern city -- 4. Globalization and the city -- 5. The immigrant city -- 6. The economic city -- 7. The competitive city -- 8. The gendered city -- 9. The erotic city -- 10. The political city -- 11. The designed city -- 12. The city and nature -- 13. The city of difference -- 14. The city and disorder -- 15. The future city : rethinking urban theory.

Summary: "This major new text provides a state of the art synthesis of the main strands of contemporary urban theory. It starts by reviewing the classic contributions to understanding the rise of the modern capitalist city and its evolution into the complex urban landscape of postmodern times. Its core chapters focus on key aspects of the emerging twenty-first century city relating urban socio-spatial processes to theoretical models."--Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.

"This major new text provides a state of the art synthesis of the main strands of contemporary urban theory. It starts by reviewing the classic contributions to understanding the rise of the modern capitalist city and its evolution into the complex urban landscape of postmodern times. Its core chapters focus on key aspects of the emerging twenty-first century city relating urban socio-spatial processes to theoretical models."--Publisher description.

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