Urban Sociology - Urban Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. The Futures of the City Region

   Edited by Michael Neuman, Angela Hull

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Does the ‘city region’ constitute a new departure in urbanisation? If so, what are the key elements of that departure? The realities of the urban in the 21st century are increasingly complex and polychromatic. The rise of global networks enabled by supranational administrations, both governmental...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sport in the City

   Cultural Connections

   Edited by Michael Sam, John Hughson

   Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives

   Sport is seen as an increasingly important aspect of urban and regional planning. Related programmes have moved to the forefront of agendas for cities of the present and future. This has occurred as the barriers between so-called ‘high’ and ‘popular’ culture continue to disintegrate. Sport is now a...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Staging Mobilities

   By Ole B. Jensen

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   In recent years, the social sciences have taken a ‘mobilities turn’. There has been a developing realisation that mobilities do not ‘just happen’. Mobilities are carefully and meticulously designed, planned and staged (from above). However, they are equally importantly acted out, performed and...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
4. Population Studies

   Edited by Edith Gray, Zhongwei Zhao

   Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

   Demography is the scientific study of human populations. Classical demography has at its core three processes: fertility, migration, and mortality. To be human is to be part of the demographic process, so contemporary studies of population focus not only on the implications of population size and...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. The Battle for Tolmers Square (Routledge Revivals)

   By Nick Wates

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1976, this book tells of the dramatic struggle between tenants’ groups, community associations, students, squatters, intellectuals, political parties, and property developers at Tolmers Square in north London. The author describes how property developers, interested only in...

   Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
6. Can Neighbourhoods Save the City?

   Community Development and Social Innovation

   Edited by Frank Moulaert, Erik Swyngedouw, Flavia Martinelli, Sara Gonzalez

   Series: Regions and Cities

   For decades, neighbourhoods been pivotal sites of social, economic and political exclusion processes, and civil society initiatives, attempting bottom-up strategies of re-development and regeneration. In many cases these efforts resulted in the creation of socially innovative organizations, seeking...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
7. Transforming Urban Waterfronts

   Fixity and Flow

   Edited by Gene Desfor, Jennefer Laidley, Quentin Stevens, Dirk Schubert

   Series: Routledge Advances in Geography

   In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies. Frequently, these mega-projects have been intended to transform derelict docklands into communities of...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
8. Building Inclusive Cities

   Women’s Safety and the Right to the City

   Edited by Carolyn Whitzman, Crystal Legacy, Caroline Andrew, Fran Klodawsky, Margaret Shaw, Kalpana Viswanath

   Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds theory around a rights based approach to women’s safety in the context of poverty reduction and social...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. The City: The Basics

   By Kevin Archer

   Series: The Basics

   The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book draws on a range of perspectives – economic, political, cultural, and environmental aspects are all considered – to provide a broad comparison of the evolution of cities in the rich Global...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
10. Retail and Marketing Channels (RLE Retailing and Distribution)

    Edited by Srinivas Reddy, Luca Pellegrini

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Retailing and Distribution

    Retailer’s buying power has significantly increased in recent years as a result of a process of market concentration. As vertical relationships in marketing channels have strengthened their influence over the shape of the industry, the producer-distributor relationship has become more central to an...

    Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge