Urban Geography - Dave H. Kaplan, Steven Holloway

Urban Geography

Buch | Softcover
512 Seiten
2014 | 3rd edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-118-57385-3 (ISBN)
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Urban Geography offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, fully exploring the origins and development of cities. It focuses on uncovering the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling a wide variety of urban challenges. The text covers the Urban Geography field, both as it has evolved and as it exists today.
Kaplan's Urban Geography uncovers the excitement and richness found in cities, while tackling the wide variety of urban challenges. This text offers a comprehensive treatment of urban geography, covering the field both as it has evolved and as it exists today and fully explores the origins and development of cities. Kaplan includes the most current research in urban studies, introduces elements of urban theory and methodology, and addresses the urban experience as a global one.

Dr. David Kaplan is Professor of Geography at Kent State University. Dr. Steven R. Holloway is Professor of Geography and Director of Urban and Metropolitan Studies at the University of Georgia.

Chapter 1. An Introduction to the Changing Field of Urban Geography


Chapter 2. The Origins and Development of Cities.


Chapter 3. The Evolution of the American Urban System


Chapter 4. Globalization and the Urban System


Chapter 5. Urban Land Use, the Central Business District, and the Growth of Suburbs


Chapter 6. Landscapes of Production


Chapter 7. Foundations of Urban Social Landscapes


Chapter 8. Urban Housing Markets: Sprawl, Blight, and Regeneration.


Chapter 9. Segregation, Race, and Urban Poverty


Chapter10. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism


Chapter 11. Metropolitan Governance and Fragmentation


Chapter 12. Planning the Better City


Chapter 13. Cities in the Developed World


Chapter 14. Cities in the Less Developed World


Chapter 15. Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form in the Less Developed World

Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 183 x 231 mm
Gewicht 658 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-118-57385-4 / 1118573854
ISBN-13 978-1-118-57385-3 / 9781118573853
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