Reveals the untested urban planning that transforms not only our cities, but the nature of public space, of citizenship and of trust. This book argues for an alternative, continental approach that celebrates shared space.

With his keen eye for revealing detail, Paul Barker takes us on an entertaining and enlightening journey through suburbia, painting a humane yet provocative portrait of 21st-century living.

Examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical, demographic, geographic, economic, and political issues facing the US in the 21st century.

This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy and fear of the city.

Intends to propose theories, concepts, and perspectives developed in the field of science and technology studies (STS) and, more specifically, Actor-Network Theory (ANT).

Examines the changing nature of metropolitan areas through a comprehensive analysis of the historical, demographic, geographic, economic, and political issues facing the US in the 21st century.

As China is transformed, relations between society, the state, and the city have become central. The Great Urban Transformation investigates what is happening in cities, and the development of quasi-property markets in China.

Combining fiction and non-fiction to explore global issues, this title tackles key concepts. It ties into many of the changes in the primary curricula, and encourages readers to form their own opinions - developing important skills in thinking and evaluating evidence. It is useful as a classroom, library or book corner resource.

Understanding cities is a diverse enterprise. It is a multi-disciplinary endeavour that draws on, or at least needs to be aware, of the contribution of those social sciences which aim to unravel urban processes. This title sets out to map the multidisciplinary nature of the field.

This textbook challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Examines urbanized, industrialized life. This book claims that urban life has a deleterious effect on nature, community, family, and spirit; and offers a challenge to 'flee to the fields', seeking a life not dominated by technology but by the forces of God.

The Situationist International (SI), led by Guy Debord and central to the Paris uprising in May 1968, published many incendiary texts on politics and art in the journal Internationale Situationniste . This book collects together the SI's key essays on urbanism and the city. It is illustrated by images that are core to the SI project.

Drawing on field survey and historical data, this title shows that the involution of America's urban core after the 1960s is due not to the emergence of an 'underclass', but to the joint withdrawal of market and state fostered by public policies of racial separation and urban abandonment.

Discusses the importance of cities for the economic, cultural and political life of modern societies. The author consistently uses the political economy perspective to introduce students to the basic concepts and research in urban sociology, while also acknowledging the contributions of the human ecology perspective.

A comparative analysis of New York and London, this work examines the many socio-economic similarities between the two cities and delineates the distinctive political structures and social divisions constituted by class, race and gender, of each city.

This handbook offers practical approaches to improve and empower the lives of at-risk, low-income, urban-based girls and young women. It does this by presenting successful projects from around the world which demonstrate what can be done on a broad range of fronts.

This is an assessment of the current state of play between urban theory, policy and architectural and planning practice in developing countries. It explains and criticizes what is happening in cities in an era now dominated by neoliberal development policy.

This is an assessment of the current state of play between urban theory, policy and architectural and planning practice in developing countries. It explains and criticizes what is happening in cities in an era now dominated by neoliberal development policy.

This study describes how its contributors - Northern NGOs working in the South - are responding to the urban opportunity, building partnerships to support local organizations that are tackling urban problems, and bringing local views to bear on officials who may have the power to improve things.

Takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. This book focuses on the explosive mix of mounting misery, stupendous affluence and festering street violence resurging in the big cities of the First World.