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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139592303321

Titolo

The new Blackwell companion to the city / / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011

ISBN

1-118-65529-X

1-78539-327-8

1-4443-9510-6

1-283-40817-1

9786613408174

1-4443-6171-6

1-4443-9511-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (786 p.)

Collana

Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography

Classificazione

SOC026030

Altri autori (Persone)

BridgeGary

WatsonSophie

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Ciutats

AnĂ lisi transcultural

Cities and towns

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: A companion to the city, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. City materialities -- part II. City mobilities -- part III. City affect -- part IV. City publics and cultures -- part V. City divisions and differences -- part VI. City politics and planning.

Sommario/riassunto

"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes and structures that bind them together reach out across the globe. This volume considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. Whilst considering established themes, such as urban divisions and differences, publics



and cultures, politics and planning, the New Blackwell Companion to the City also addresses new debates on subjects like materiality, mobilities, and environment. Incorporating international examples, this book explores the economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues that flow from and within the modern city"--