ABSTRACT
This text introduces both 'traditional' and contemporary approaches and perspectives in urban geography. This substantially revised edition of Urban Geography now features updates on recent urban policy initiatives and urban changes, including the influence of CCTV on the city and the impacts of Millennium projects.
New sections contain:
* an evaluation of the impact of place promotion
* a discussion of new cultural geography and the city
* a new chapter on sustainable urban development
* boxed case studies
* further reading suggestions
* extensive illustrations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Future reading
part |2 pages
Case study C European cities in the post-industrial international economy
part |2 pages
Case Study E Urban Development Corporations and land deal losses
part |1 pages
Future urban policy: lessons from the USA?
part 6|1 pages
Urban change and emergent urban forms
part |1 pages
Case Study K Changing the image of London’s Docklands
part 8|2 pages
New geographies of old cities
part |1 pages
Summary: economic issues
part |1 pages
Case Study S The Ecological Footprints of Cities
