1st Edition

Glasgow The Socio-spatial Development of the City

By Michael Pacione Copyright 2015
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1995, this book employs a historical-geographical approach to illuminate the interaction between the multifarious social and spatial forces which have conditioned the processes and patterns of urban growth and change over time in Scotland’s principle city. The book is organised into two complementary parts. In the first part, a chronological approach is adopted to examine the... Read more

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. The orgigins of the dear green place

2. The mercantile town

3. The advent of industrial urbanism

4. Urban expansion in the nineteenth century

5. Population and society in the nineteenth century

6. The urban economy

7. Housing the people

8. The government of the city

9. The urban challenge

10. Popular images of the city and its people

References

Subject Index

Place Index

Biography

Michael Pacione, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK.