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Released to accompany the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)
Covers some of the most important questions currently being debated by urban scholars
Written in an accessible, nontechnical style for the general reader
Refers to concrete urban situations in both rich and poor countries
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding (BRIEFSGU)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing world, and (c) the diverse housing and shelter needs of urban populations. The book also explores a number of critical urban problems and the political challenges that they pose. Empirical evidence from urban situations on all five continents is brought into play throughout the discussion.
Keywords
- Urbanization
- Work
- Housing
- Globalization
- Urban Problems
- International Year of Global Understanding 2016
- urban geography and urbanism
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of human geography, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Jennifer Robinson
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Department of Geography and the Department of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Allen J. Scott
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Professor of human geography (emeritus), Northumbria Universities, Newcastle on Tyne, United Kingdom
Peter J. Taylor
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Working, Housing: Urbanizing
Book Subtitle: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU
Authors: Jennifer Robinson, Allen J. Scott, Peter J. Taylor
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45180-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
License: CC BY
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45179-4Published: 12 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45180-0Published: 04 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2509-7784
Series E-ISSN: 2509-7792
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 60
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Sociology, Labor Economics, Human Geography, Regionalism