Full Description
This is the third major revision of a text first published in 1982 with the title Urban Geography: A First Approach and in 1990 as Cities in Space: City as Place. The study of urban geography remains an important part of the geographical curriculum both in schools and in higher education. This book analyses life in an urban society and in a world which is being transformed by the processes of urbanization: to study urban geography is to study environments and phenomena significant to our everyday lives. This is an introductory text which aims to present both more traditional and newer approaches to urban geography in an accessible and educational way.
Contents
Preface, 1. The concerns of urban geography, 2. Urban origins and change over time, 3. Third World cities: some general characteristics, 4. Understanding the urban system, 5. The urban economy, 6. The system of control: local government, local governance and the local state, 7. Transport issues in the city, 8. Urban services, 9. The residential mosaic, 10. Minority groups and segregated areas, 11. The city as a social world, 12. Social problems and the city, 13. Urban trends and urban policies, References, Subject index
