Key concepts in urban studies by Gottdiener, Mark, author, Budd, Leslie, 1949- author instant download

Key concepts in urban studies by Gottdiener, Mark, author, Budd, Leslie, 1949- author instant download

1 online resource (x, 188 pages), Clearly and concisely explains the basic ideas in the interdisciplinary field of urban studies, offers concise discussions of concepts ranging from community, neighbourhood, and the city to globalization, the New Urbanism, feminine space, and urban problems, constitutes a re-examination of the key ideas in the field, and is illustrated throughout with international examples, Includes graphical cross-reference mapper, The Chicago school -- The city -- Community -- Counties, places, MSAs and other census definitions -- De-territorialization and re-territorialization -- Education and reproduction of labor -- Environmental concerns -- Feminine space -- Fiscal crisis -- Gentrification -- Ghetto and racial segregation -- Global cities -- Globalization -- Homelessness -- Housing -- Immigration and migration -- Inequality and poverty -- The informal economy -- Masculine space -- Models of urban growth -- Multi-centered metropolitan region -- Neighborhood -- New urbanism -- Nightlife and urban nightscapes -- Overurbanization -- the primate city -- Pedestrian and automobile -- Planning -- cities, suburbs, metropolitan regions -- Postmodern and modern urbanism -- Preservation -- Real estate -- Slums and shanty towns -- Socio-spatial approach -- Sprawl -- Suburb and suburbanization -- Sustainable urbanization -- Uneven development/boom and bust cycles -- Urban and suburban social movements -- Urban politics and suburban politics -- Urban violence and crime -- Urbanization and urbanism, Includes bibliographical references, Print version record, Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010