A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. As the growing world population
increasingly comes to live in cities, the field of urban geography will continue to expand in numbers and significance.
This book encompasses both systems of cities and the internal geography of metro areas.
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction to Cities and Urban Geography
An Introduction To Urban Geography
The Origins And Development Of Cities
Part II. Metropolitan Systems
The Evolution Of The American Urban System
Globalization And The Urban System
Cities in an Information Economy
Part III. The Economic Landscape of the City
Urban Land Use. The Changing Functions of Central Business Districts and Suburbanization
Landscapes of Production 218
Part IV. The Social Landscape of the City
Slicing the Urban Pie. Models of Social Geography
Urban Housing. Blight, Sprawl and Regeneration
Segregation, "Race," and Urban Poverty
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism 393
Part V. The Political Landscape of the City
Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation
Planning the Better City
Part VI. Cities Around the World
Cities in the Developed World
Cities in the Less Developed World
Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form