432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
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Well-written and extremely topical, Deciphering the City efficiently deals with the large and small issues facing cities today. A focus on globalization's impact on the role of cities, an explicit mission to drive home the applied nature of urban studies to students. This innovative text offers an exciting introduction to the history, issues, problems, potential solutions and challenges, facing... Read more
Preface xv -- Chapter 1 Why Study the City? 1 -- Chapter 2 Globalization and Urbanization in the More-Developed World -- Chapter 3 Globalization and Urbanization in the Less-Developed World -- Chapter 4 The City in Everyday Life -- Chapter 5 Community in the Modern World -- Chapter 6 The Community in the Postmodern Era -- Chapter 7 Reading the City -- Chapter 8 Choosing a Place to Live -- Chapter 9 A Home-Buying Primer: When Theory Meets the Road -- Chapter 10 The Suburbanization Process -- Chapter 11 The Segregation and Location of Groups in Cities -- Chapter 12 Urban Problems in the Global Era -- Chapter 13 Urban Planning in the Twenty-First Century -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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The University of Arkansas.
