Remarkably, fully half the world's population now live in cities, and the numbers grow daily as people seek to escape rural poverty. This fully updated and revised third edition of the classic text offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the urban landscape, and by extension the world's politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, this book explores the eleven major culture realms of the U.S. and Canada, Middle America and the Caribbean, South America, Europe, Russia, the Greater Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australia and the Pacific Islands. Each author presents the region's urban history, economy, culture and society, as well as urban spatial models and problems and prospects. Vignettes of key cities give the reader a vivid understanding of daily life and the "spirit of place." An introductory chapter presents an overview of key terms and concepts, and a concluding chapter projects the world's urban future. Liberally illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, the text also includes inset boxes to highlight key topics.
Bibliographic sources, web sites, and an appendix of UN data provide additional resources for helping students understand more about the urban world. Editors and authors of Cities of the World, celebrating the publication of the third edition at AAG 03 in New Orleans. Standing from left to right are Maureen Hays-Mitchell, Jack Williams, Don Zeigler, Linda McCarthy, Larry Ford, Rina Ghose, Gary Elbow, Ashok Dutt, Stan Brunn, and George Pomeroy. Seated are Susan McEachern and Judy Walton. Contrary to popular belief, Stan is not emulating his hero, George Bush, but rather highlighting the truly global nature of the book by honoring contributions from the southern hemisphere.
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This long-awaited new edition offers a fascinating overview of the rapidly changing global urban scene. I recommend it highly as a textbook for globally oriented courses in geography, urban studies, planning, and international studies. -- Peter O. Muller
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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maps, diagrams, photos, bibliog , index
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Höhe: 262 mm
Breite: 180 mm
Dicke: 31 mm
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978-0-8476-9898-1 (9780847698981)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Stanley D. Brunn is professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky. Jack F. Williams is professor in the Department of Geography at Michigan State University. Donald J. Zeigler is professor in the Department of Geography and Political Science at Old Dominion University.
Chapter 1 Foreword Part 2 World Urban Development Chapter 3 The World Urban System Chapter 4 World Urbanism: Concepts and Definitions Chapter 5 World Urbanization: Past Trends Chapter 6 City Functions and Urban Economies Chapter 7 Theories on the Internal Spatial Structure of Cities Chapter 8 An Overview of Urban Problems Chapter 9 Suggested Readings Part 10 Cities of the United States and Canada Chapter 11 The Uniqueness of the North American City Chapter 12 Development of the Urban System Chapter 13 Problems, Challenges, and Forces Affecting the North American City Chapter 14 Representative Cities Chapter 15 North American Urban Futures Chapter 16 Suggested Readings Part 17 Cities of Middle America and the Caribbean Chapter 18 Cities of the Caribbean Chapter 19 Cities of Middle America Chapter 20 Prospects Chapter 21 Suggested Readings Part 22 Cities of South America Chapter 23 Trends and Issues in South American Urbanization Chapter 24 Historical Geography of Cities Chapter 25 South American Cities Today Chapter 26 Representative Cities Chapter 27 Future Trends and Prospects Chapter 28 Suggested Readings Part 29 Europe Chapter 30 Historical Development of Urban Settlement Chapter 31 The Contemporary Urban System Chapter 32 Representative Cities Chapter 33 Urban Trends and Problems Chapter 34 Urban Policy and Planning Chapter 35 Urban Futures Chapter 36 Suggested Readings Part 37 Cities of Russia Chapter 38 Evolution of the Urban System Chapter 39 Post-Soviet Russia: Economic Collapse and the Urban System Chapter 40 Representative Cities Chapter 41 Prospects Chapter 42 Suggested Readings Part 43 Cities of the Greater Middle East Chapter 44 The Origins of the Middle Eastern City Chapter 45 Cities and Urban Regions Chapter 46 Representative Cities Chapter 47 Key Problems Chapter 48 Suggested Readings Part 49 Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 50 Evolution of Cities Chapter 51 Representative Cities Chapter 52 Problems of Urban Development Chapter 53 Policy Implications Chapter 54 Suggested Readings Part 55 Cities of South Asia Chapter 56 Evolution of Cities Chapter 57 Models of South Asian City Structure Chapter 58 Representative Cities Chapter 59 Urban Problems and Solutions Chapter 60 Suggested Readings Part 61 Cities of Southeast Asia Chapter 62 Evolution of Cities Chapter 63 Representative Cities Chapter 64 Components of Urbanization in Southeast Asia Chapter 65 Models of the Southeast Asian City Chapter 66 Problems of Urban Areas Chapter 67 Decentralization Policies and Urban Planning Chapter 68 An Eye to the Future Chapter 69 Suggested Readings Part 70 Cities of East Asia Chapter 71 The Evolution of Cities Chapter 72 Internal Structure of East Asian Cities Chapter 73 Representative Cities Chapter 74 Urban Problems and Solutions Chapter 75 Prospects Chapter 76 Suggested Readings Part 77 Cities of Australia and the Pacific Islands Chapter 78 The Regional Setting Chapter 79 Colonization, Development, and Urbanization Chapter 80 Population Patterns and the Settlement Hierarchy Chapter 81 Representative Cities Chapter 82 Trends, Issues, and the Challenges for Planning Chapter 83 Suggested Readings Part 84 Cities of the Future Chapter 85 An Urban World with Two Faces Chapter 86 Largest Agglomerations in 2015 and 2050 Chapter 87 Ten Human Geographies of the Early 21st Century Chapter 88 Future Cities: Designs and Plans Chapter 89 Ranking Urban Problems Chapter 90 What Ifs? Future Scenarios Chapter 91 Potential Solutions to Urban Problems Chapter 92 Typologies of Existing and Emerging Systems of Cities Chapter 93 Looking Forward Appendix 94 Populations of Urban Agglomerations with 750,000 Inhabitants or More Chapter 95 Index to Cities Chapter 96 Index to Subjects
