ABSTRACT
The seventh edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Sixty-three selections are included: forty-five from the sixth edition and eighteen new selections, including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader. The anthology features a Prologue essay on "How to Study Cities", eight part introductions as well as individual introductions to each of the selected articles.
The new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to reflect the latest thinking in each of the disciplinary and topical areas included, such as sustainable urban development, globalization, the impact of technology on cities, resilient cities, and urban theory. The seventh edition places greater emphasis on cities in the developing world, the global city system, and the future of cities in the digital transformation age. While retaining classic writings from authors such as Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs, and Louis Wirth, this edition also includes the best contemporary writings of, among others, Peter Hall, Manuel Castells, and Saskia Sassen. New material has been added on compact cities, urban history, placemaking, climate change, the world city network, smart cities, the new social exclusion, ordinary cities, gentrification, gender perspectives, regime theory, comparative urbanization, and the impact of technology on cities.
Bibliographic material has been completely updated and strengthened so that the seventh edition can serve as a reference volume orienting faculty and students to the most important writings of all the key topics in urban studies and planning. The City Reader provides the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies, old and new. It is essential reading for anyone interested in studying cities and city life.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |8 pages
Prologue
part One|90 pages
The evolution of cities
chapter |11 pages
“The Realisation of Democracy: Athens”
chapter |10 pages
“The Great Towns”
chapter |8 pages
“Urbanity versus Suburbanity: France and the United States”
part Two|73 pages
Urban culture and society
chapter |5 pages
“The Urban Drama”
chapter |7 pages
“The Negro Problems of Philadelphia,” “The Question of Earning a Living,” and “Color Prejudice”
chapter |8 pages
“The Code of the Street” and “Decent and Street Families”
chapter |11 pages
“The City That Lost Its Soul”
part Three|91 pages
Urban space
chapter |9 pages
“The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project”
chapter |6 pages
“The Uses of Sidewalks: Safety”
chapter |12 pages
“Bright vs. Blurred Boundaries: Second-generation Assimilation and Exclusion in France, Germany, and the United States”
part Four|103 pages
Urban politics, governance, and economics
chapter |13 pages
“A Ladder of Citizen Participation”
chapter |11 pages
“Reflections on Regime Politics: From Governing Coalition to Urban Political Order”
chapter |12 pages
“The City as a Growth Machine: Towards a Political Economy of Place”
part Five|64 pages
Urban planning history and visions
chapter |7 pages
“Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns”
chapter |8 pages
“Author’s Introduction” and “The Town–Country Magnet”
part Six|104 pages
Urban planning theory and practice
chapter |14 pages
“The City of Theory”
chapter |14 pages
“Planning in the Face of Conflict”
chapter |12 pages
“Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning”
chapter |11 pages
“Hybrid Planning Cultures: The Search for the Global Cultural Commons”
chapter |10 pages
“Seeing from the South: Refocusing Urban Planning on the Globe’s Central Urban Issues”
part Seven|66 pages
Urban design and placemaking
chapter |12 pages
“Toward an Urban Design Manifesto”
chapter |10 pages
“Three Types of Outdoor Activities,” “Life Between Buildings,” and “Outdoor Activities and the Quality of Outdoor Space”
part Eight|107 pages
Urban futures and global challenges