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Introduction to cities: how place and space shape human experience. / Xiangming Chen, Anthony M. Orum and Krista E. Paulsen

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Wiley-Blackwell , 2018. New Jersey:Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 406 pISBN:
  • 9781119167716
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 CHE-I
Contents:
Intro --Introduction to Cities --About the website --Brief Contents --Contents --List of illustrations --List of tables --List of boxes --About the authors --Preface to the second edition Acknowledgments --Walk-through tour --Part I THE FOUNDATIONS --1 Cities as places and spaces --Cities asplaces --Exploring further 1.1 --Identity, community,andsecurity --Places as the site of our identity --Places as the site of community --Places as sites of security --Studying the city 1.1 --Human beings make and remake places --Place and space --Studying the city 1.2 --Making the city better 1.1 -- Cities shape the fates of human beings --Cities and people --2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives --The social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory --Studying the city 2.1 --Ferdinand TÃ nnies: Community and society --Georg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life --TÃ nnies and Simmel: Further reflections --The Chicago School of Sociology --The city as social space -- The city as concentric zones --The city, social change, and social order -- Studying the city 2.2 -- Life in the city as a way of life -- Making the city better 2.1 -- Early social theories of urban life -- 3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era -- Theoretical descendants of Marx -- Manuel Castells and the urban question -- David Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city -- John Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine -- Making the city better 3.1 -- Making the city better 3.2 -- Further reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities -- The return to place and the turn to culture -- Jane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis -- Studying the city 3.1 -- Sharon Zukin and the turn to culture -- Exploring further 3.1 -- Going global. The 1980s and the creation of the global city -- Power, politics, and ordinary lives -- Evaluating theories of the city -- 4 Methods and rules for the study of cities -- First rules for doing a social science of cities -- The rule of validity -- The rule of reliability -- Exploring further 4.1 -- Cities and the question of numbers -- Studying the city 4.1 -- The city as a case study -- The city as the typical case -- The city as a prototypical case -- Ethnographic and historical case studies -- Ethnographic case studies -- Studying the city 4.2 -- Historical case studies -- From one to multiple cases -- Studying the city 4.3 -- A last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods -- And what about insight? -- Part II THE CHANGING METROPOLIS -- 5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles -- Metropolitan growth: Basic features -- Studying the city 5.1 -- The mobility of people and groups in the metropolis -- Social differences and migration in the metropolis -- Migration and the expansion of the metropolis -- The metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands -- Studying the city 5.2 -- Human agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis -- Making the city better 5.1 -- Planning and metropolitan development -- Exploring further 5.1 -- Urban growth, institutions, and human agents -- 6 The origins and development of suburbs -- What is a suburb? Definitions and variations -- Alternative suburban forms -- A brief history of suburban development -- The original suburbs -- Culture and the demand for suburban living -- Making the city better 6.1 -- Exploring further 6.1 -- Early suburban diversity -- Transportation technologies and suburban expansion -- Making the city better 6.2 -- The role of policy in suburban expansion. Reconstructing the contemporary metropolis -- New ethnic enclaves -- LGBT neighborhoods -- Studying the city 9.2 -- The Western metropolis in flux -- 10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces -- States and markets -- The changing global economy -- Cities today as contested spaces -- The nature of local governance and politics -- Local authorities and marginalized peoples -- African Americans and local authorities -- The homeless and local authorities -- The very poor and local authorities -- Contesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid -- Making the city better 10.1 -- Exploring further 10.1 -- Major contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis -- Jerusalem: The quintessential contested city -- The contested spaces of Berlin -- Conclusion -- Part IV THE METROPOLIS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- 11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries -- Urbanization: The basic path and its impact on place -- Developing-country cities in historical perspective -- Studying the city 11.1 -- The basic dimensions of urbanization -- Urban hierarchy -- Urban primacy -- Over-urbanization versus under-urbanization -- Studying the city 11.2 -- Natural increase and in-migration -- From process and system to place -- A profile with multiple wrinkles -- Megacities as places: Opportunities and challenges -- Size and density -- Creating wealth and sustaining poverty -- Exploring further 11.1 -- Making the city better 11.1 -- The developing megacity as a lived place -- Making the city better 11.2 -- Governing the megacities -- Studying the city 11.3 -- Reassessing the developing-country city -- 12 Cities in the global economy -- Cities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background -- Emerging cities in the global economy -- Yiwu, China -- Rajarhat, India -- Further reflections on Yiwu -- Re-emerging cities in the global economy.
Summary: A complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of the modern city, this book covers a wide range of theory, including the significance of space and place, to provide a balanced account of why cities are an essential part of the global human experience. Covers a wide range of theoretical approaches to the city, from the historical to the cutting edge Emphasizes the important themes of space and place.
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Intro --Introduction to Cities --About the website --Brief Contents --Contents --List of illustrations --List of tables --List of boxes --About the authors --Preface to the second edition Acknowledgments --Walk-through tour --Part I THE FOUNDATIONS --1 Cities as places and spaces --Cities asplaces --Exploring further 1.1 --Identity, community,andsecurity --Places as the site of our identity --Places as the site of community --Places as sites of security --Studying the city 1.1 --Human beings make and remake places --Place and space --Studying the city 1.2 --Making the city better 1.1 --
Cities shape the fates of human beings --Cities and people --2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives --The social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory --Studying the city 2.1 --Ferdinand TÃ nnies: Community and society --Georg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life --TÃ nnies and Simmel: Further reflections --The Chicago School of Sociology --The city as social space --
The city as concentric zones --The city, social change, and social order --
Studying the city 2.2 --
Life in the city as a way of life --
Making the city better 2.1 --
Early social theories of urban life --
3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era --
Theoretical descendants of Marx --
Manuel Castells and the urban question --
David Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city --
John Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine --
Making the city better 3.1 --
Making the city better 3.2 --
Further reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities --
The return to place and the turn to culture --
Jane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis --
Studying the city 3.1 --
Sharon Zukin and the turn to culture --
Exploring further 3.1 --
Going global. The 1980s and the creation of the global city --
Power, politics, and ordinary lives --
Evaluating theories of the city --
4 Methods and rules for the study of cities --
First rules for doing a social science of cities --
The rule of validity --
The rule of reliability --
Exploring further 4.1 --
Cities and the question of numbers --
Studying the city 4.1 --
The city as a case study --
The city as the typical case --
The city as a prototypical case --
Ethnographic and historical case studies --
Ethnographic case studies --
Studying the city 4.2 --
Historical case studies --
From one to multiple cases --
Studying the city 4.3 --
A last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods --
And what about insight? --
Part II THE CHANGING METROPOLIS --
5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles --
Metropolitan growth: Basic features --
Studying the city 5.1 --
The mobility of people and groups in the metropolis --
Social differences and migration in the metropolis --
Migration and the expansion of the metropolis --
The metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands --
Studying the city 5.2 --
Human agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis --
Making the city better 5.1 --
Planning and metropolitan development --
Exploring further 5.1 --
Urban growth, institutions, and human agents --
6 The origins and development of suburbs --
What is a suburb? Definitions and variations --
Alternative suburban forms --
A brief history of suburban development --
The original suburbs --
Culture and the demand for suburban living --
Making the city better 6.1 --
Exploring further 6.1 --
Early suburban diversity --
Transportation technologies and suburban expansion --
Making the city better 6.2 --
The role of policy in suburban expansion. Reconstructing the contemporary metropolis --
New ethnic enclaves --
LGBT neighborhoods --
Studying the city 9.2 --
The Western metropolis in flux --
10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces --
States and markets --
The changing global economy --
Cities today as contested spaces --
The nature of local governance and politics --
Local authorities and marginalized peoples --
African Americans and local authorities --
The homeless and local authorities --
The very poor and local authorities --
Contesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid --
Making the city better 10.1 --
Exploring further 10.1 --
Major contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis --
Jerusalem: The quintessential contested city --
The contested spaces of Berlin --
Conclusion --
Part IV THE METROPOLIS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD --
11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries --
Urbanization: The basic path and its impact on place --
Developing-country cities in historical perspective --
Studying the city 11.1 --
The basic dimensions of urbanization --
Urban hierarchy --
Urban primacy --
Over-urbanization versus under-urbanization --
Studying the city 11.2 --
Natural increase and in-migration --
From process and system to place --
A profile with multiple wrinkles --
Megacities as places: Opportunities and challenges --
Size and density --
Creating wealth and sustaining poverty --
Exploring further 11.1 --
Making the city better 11.1 --
The developing megacity as a lived place --
Making the city better 11.2 --
Governing the megacities --
Studying the city 11.3 --
Reassessing the developing-country city --
12 Cities in the global economy --
Cities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background --
Emerging cities in the global economy --
Yiwu, China --
Rajarhat, India --
Further reflections on Yiwu --
Re-emerging cities in the global economy.

A complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of the modern city, this book covers a wide range of theory, including the significance of space and place, to provide a balanced account of why cities are an essential part of the global human experience. Covers a wide range of theoretical approaches to the city, from the historical to the cutting edge Emphasizes the important themes of space and place.

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