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OverviewThis book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. The most interdisciplinary collection of its kind Provides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the field Uses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadly Includes contributions from non Western perspectives and cities Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gary Bridge (University of Bristol, UK) , Sophie Watson (The Open University, UK)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) Dimensions: Width: 17.60cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.524kg ISBN: 9781444361711ISBN 10: 1444361716 Pages: 784 Publication Date: 31 October 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Digital Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsOf great interest to upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars of urban studies, as well as those in urban planning, urban sociology, and urban geography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 December 2011) """Geographers and sociologists will get much from this book, and there is material for architects and politicians. There is also something in the book for the ordinary city dweller. This is a reference book that should also be in the loan collection."" ( Reference Reviews , 2012) ""Of great interest to upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars of urban studies, as well as those in urban planning, urban sociology, and urban geography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."" (Choice, 1 December 2011)" Author InformationGary Bridge is Professor of Urban Studies at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of Reason in the City of Difference: Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism (2005), and co-editor of Gentrification in a Global Context (with Rowland Atkinson, 2005), and The Blackwell City Reader, second edition (with Sophie Watson, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) and Mixed Communities: Gentrification by Stealth? (with Tim Butler and Loretta Lees, 2012). Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. She is the author of City Publics: The (dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters (2006), co-author of Surface City: Sydney at the Millennium (1997), and co-editor of Postmodern Cities and Spaces (1995), Metropolis Now (1994), and The Blackwell City Reader, second edition (with Gary Bridge, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), among other publications. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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