Urban Theory : A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1446294528
ISBN-13
9781446294529
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Imprint
Sage Publications Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 13th, 2014
Print length
312 Pages
Weight
534 grams
Dimensions
24.20 x 17.00 x 1.70 cms
Ksh 8,450.00
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This interdisciplinary introduction to urban theory explains how the concepts that help us understand the contemporary urban experience have developed and been applied. It discusses a wide range of work - within political science, economics, g
What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains:
- Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and ‘radical' approaches like Marxism
- Cities and the transition to informational economies, globalization, urban growth machine and urban regime theory, the city as an "actor"
- Spatial expressions of inequality and key ideas like segregation, ghettoization, suburbanization, gentrification
- Socio-cultural spatial expressions of difference and key concepts like gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and "culturalist" perspectives on identity, lifestyle, subculture
- How cities should be understood as intersections of horizontal and vertical – of coinciding resources, positions, locations, influencing how we make and understand urban experiences.
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