| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Research handbooks in geography |
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Research handbooks in geography.
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| Contents |
Preface: Introduction to the handbook of urban geography / Tim Schwanen -- Part I: Urban theories and methods -- 2. Worlding cities and comparative urbanism / Laura Cesafsky and Kate Derickson -- 3. Urban political ecologies of and in the city / Joshua J. Cousins and Joshua Newell -- 4. Urban cosmopolitics / Anders Blok and Ignacio Farías -- 5. Big data and the city / Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton and Ate Poorthuis -- Part II: Urban networks -- 6. Multiple geographies of global urban connectivity as measured in the interlocking network model / Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor -- 7. Inside mobile urbanism: cities and policy mobilities / Cristina Temenos, Tom Baker and Ian R. Cook -- 8. Metropolitan mobilities: transnational urban labour markets / Cathy McIlwaine and Megan Ryburn -- 9. Refugee mobility across networks and cities / Ilse Van Liempt and Francesco Vecchio -- 10. Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effects / Tim Schwanen and Denver V. Nixon -- Part III: Urban redevelopment -- 11. Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive construction / Markus Hesse -- 12. The cultural economy in cities / Tom Hutton -- 13. Urban regeneration through culture / Jonathan Ward and Phil Hubbard -- 14. Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism / Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin -- 15. Terrorism, risk and the quest for urban resilience / Jon Coaffee -- Part IV: Urban inequalities -- 16. Urban inequality / Chris Hamnett -- 17. Segregation: a multi-contextual and multi-faceted phenomenon in stratified societies / Masayoshi Oka and David W.S. Wong -- 18. Neighbourhood effects on social outcomes / Sako Musterd, Roger Andersson and George Galster -- 19. Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalism / Agustín Cocola-Gant -- 20. Urban informatics and e-governance / Barney Warf -- Part V: Urban socialities -- 21. Sociality, materiality and the city / Sophie Watson -- 22. Spaces of encounter: learning to live together in superdiverse cities / Nick Schuermans -- 23. Children's geographies: encounters and experiences / Peter Kraftl -- Part VI: Urban politics -- 24. Exploring insurgent urban mobilizations: from urban social movements to urban political movements? / Lazaros Karaliotas and Erik Swyngedouw -- 25. Urban governance: re-thinking top-down and bottom-up power relations in the wake of neo-liberalisation / Mike Raco and Sonia Freire-Trigo -- 26. The right to the city: theoretical outline and reflections on migrants' activism in post-reform urban China / Junxi Qian and Shenjing He -- 27. Contextualizing neighbourhood activism: spatial solidarity in the city / Katherine B. Hankins and Deborah G. Martin -- Part VII: Urban sustainabilities -- 28. Urban sustainability transitions / Jonathan Rutherford -- 29. Eco-cities / Robert Cowley -- 30. The governance of climate change in urban areas / Vanesa Castán Broto -- Index |
| Summary |
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization. It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research. The Handbook of Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality, socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the horizons for future geography research. Researchers and academics in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this an accessible and useful reference work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 24, 2019) |
| Subject |
Urban geography.
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human geography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Urban geography.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schwanen, Tim, 1977- editor.
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Kempen, Ronald van, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781785364600 |
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178536460X |
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