| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : how to think about cities / Regan Koch and Alan Latham -- Janet Abu-Lughod / Joseph Heathcott -- Ash Amin / Junjia Ye -- Elijah Anderson / Michael DeLand -- Michael Batty / Helen Couclelis -- Brian J.L. Berry / Elvin Wyly -- M. Christine Boyer / Agustín Cocola-Gant -- Neil Brenner / Tauri Tuvikene -- Teresa Caldiera / Sonia Roitman -- Manuel Castells / Phil Hubbard -- Jason Corburn / Andrew Barnfield -- Mike Davis / Melanie Lombard -- Bent Flyvbjerg / Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen -- Matthew Gandy / Andrew Karvonen -- Néstor García Canclini / Angela Giglia -- Jan Gehl / Annie Matan -- Edward L. Glaeser / Jürgen Essletzbichler -- Stephen Graham / Kurt Iveson -- David Harvey / Louis Moreno -- Dolores Hayden / Leslie Kern -- Jane Jacobs / Oli Mould -- Jane M. Jacobs / Ryan Centner -- Natalie Jeremijenko / Clemens Driessen -- Rem Koolhaas / Davide Ponzini -- Henri Lefebvre / David Pinder -- Kevin Lynch / Quentin Stevens -- William J. Mitchell / David Beer -- Harvey Molotch / Eugene McCann -- Enrique Peñalosa / Juan Pablo Galvis -- Jennifer Robinson / Rajyashree N. Reddy -- Ananya Roy / Hanna Hilbrandt -- Saskia Sassen / Michele Acuto -- Richard Sennett / Alan Latham -- Karen C. Seto / Michail Fragkias -- AbdouMaliq Simone / Colin McFarlane -- Neil Smith / Tom Slater -- Michael Storper / Alan Latham -- Mariana Valverde / Regan Koch -- Loïc Wacquant / Tom Slater -- Fulong Wu / I-Chun Catherine Chang -- Sharon Zukin / Mark Jayne |
| Summary |
Profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker comprises: A succinct introduction and overview; Intellectual biography and research focus; An explication of key ideas; Contributions to urban studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Metropolitan areas.
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Sociology, Urban.
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City and town life.
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urban sociology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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Society.
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City and town life
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Metropolitan areas
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Sociology, Urban
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Koch, Regan, editor
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Latham, Alan, editor
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| ISBN |
9781473987111 |
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1473987113 |
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