
Key Thinkers on Cities
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. July 2017
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-4739-0774-4 (ISBN)
Description
Key Thinkers on Cities provides an engaging introduction to the dynamic intellectual field of urban studies. It profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker comprises:
A succinct introduction and overview
Intellectual biography and research focus
An explication of key ideas
Contributions to urban studies
The book offers a fresh look at well-known thinkers who have been foundational to urban scholarship, including Jane Jacobs, Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells and David Harvey. It also incorporates those who have helped to bring a concern for cities to more widespread audiences, such as Jan Gehl, Mike Davis and Enrique Penalosa. Notably, the book also includes a range of thinkers who have more recently begun to shape the study of cities through engagements with art, architecture, computer modelling, ethnography, public health, post-colonial theory and more.
With an introduction that provides a mapping of the current transdisciplinary field, and individual entries by those currently involved in cutting edge urban research in the Global North and South, this book promises to be an essential text for anyone interested in the study of cities and urban life. It will be of use to those in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, sociology and urban planning.
A succinct introduction and overview
Intellectual biography and research focus
An explication of key ideas
Contributions to urban studies
The book offers a fresh look at well-known thinkers who have been foundational to urban scholarship, including Jane Jacobs, Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells and David Harvey. It also incorporates those who have helped to bring a concern for cities to more widespread audiences, such as Jan Gehl, Mike Davis and Enrique Penalosa. Notably, the book also includes a range of thinkers who have more recently begun to shape the study of cities through engagements with art, architecture, computer modelling, ethnography, public health, post-colonial theory and more.
With an introduction that provides a mapping of the current transdisciplinary field, and individual entries by those currently involved in cutting edge urban research in the Global North and South, this book promises to be an essential text for anyone interested in the study of cities and urban life. It will be of use to those in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, sociology and urban planning.
Reviews / Votes
"Key Thinkers on Cities is an excellent assemblage of urban studies scholars who reflect insightfully on the major ideas and contributions of many of the most influential contributors to urban theory and practice of the past three decades." -- Michael Peter Smith "Urban studies has experienced a theoretical renaissance of late, and the tumble dryer of ideas that has emerged underline the need to take stock. In this book, Koch and Latham are more than up to the task, bringing together a plurality of 40 thinkers on cities that spans economics, geography, sociology, anthropology, planning and beyond. The scope of the book is admirable, capturing the diversity of approaches and disciplines that builds on but also moves well beyond the usual suspects and trends. Indeed, and using a celestial analogy, the book covers not only the super-giant suns with their considerable gravity, but also those thinkers only emerging from the cosmic dust, rogue planets forging their own unique understandings, and the shooting stars that promise exciting new insights. But the edited volume goes one step further by relating theories across thinkers, thereby uncovering the rich relationalities that underpin urban studies today." -- Dr Geoff DeVerteuil "The contributors to Key Thinkers weave together the personal and the professional to provide a wonderful set of insights into the people behind contemporary urban studies. And in the process they highlight the many and varied methods and theories that co-exist in this diverse and heterogeneous field. This book is a must-read for all of us who want to know more about why we understand cities in the way we do!" -- Kevin Ward "This is a fresh and comprehensive survey of the current state of urban theory, both revisiting the reputation of established experts as well as bringing forth new voices and theories that have enlivened the field in recent years." -- Donald McNeillMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
667 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4739-0774-4 (9781473907744)
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Persons
Regan Koch is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London. His interests are in matters of public space, urban sociality and collective culture, and the representation and imagination of urban life. Working between London and various cities across the US, Regan's research has focused on exploring novel food trends, social entrepreneurship, licensing laws and government regulations, and changing social norms related to how we live together in cities. His work has been published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Urban Studies, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and in several edited collections. Alan Latham is a Professor of Human Geography at University College London. His research focuses on sociality, social infrastructure, and the public life of cities more generally. He has undertaken research in Germany, America, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Sweden on cities as diverse as Auckland, London, New York, Eugene (OR), Malmo, Berlin, and Champaign-Urbana. Before moving to UCL he held academic positions at the University of Southampton, and the University of Auckland.
Content
Introduction: How to think about cities - Regan Koch and Alan Latham
01 Janet Abu-Lughod - Joseph Heathcott
02 Ash Amin - Junjia Ye
03 Elijah Anderson - Michael DeLand
04 Michael Batty - Helen Couclelis
05 Brian Berry - Elvin Wyly
06 M. Christine Boyer - Agustin Cocola Gant
07 Neil Brenner - Tauri Tuvikene
08 Teresa Caldeira - Sonia Roitman
09 Manuel Castells - Phil Hubbard
10 Jason Corburn - Andrew Barnfield
11 Mike Davis - Melanie Lombard
12 Bent Flyvbjerg - Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen
13 Matthew Gandy - Andrew Karvonen
14 Nestor Garcia Canclini - Angela Giglia
15 Jan Gehl - Annie Matan
16 Edward Glaeser - Jurgen Essletzbichler
17 Stephen Graham - Kurt Iveson
18 David Harvey - Louis Moreno
19 Dolores Hayden - Leslie Kern
20 Jane Jacobs - Oli Mould
21 Jane M. Jacobs - Ryan Centner
22 Natalie Jeremijenko - Clemens Driessen
23 Rem Koolhaas - Davide Ponzini
24 Henri Lefebvre - David Pinder
25 Kevin Lynch - Quentin Stevens
26 William J. Mitchell - David Beer
27 Harvey Molotch - Eugene McCann
28 Enrique Penalosa - Juan Pablo Galvis
29 Jennifer Robinson - Rajyashree Reddy
30 Ananya Roy - Hanna Hilbrandt
31 Saskia Sassen - Michele Acuto
32 Richard Sennett - Alan Latham
33 Karen C. Seto - Michail Fragkias
34 Abdumaliq Simone - Colin McFarlane
35 Neil Smith - Tom Slater
36 Michael Storper - Alan Latham
37 Mariana Valverde - Regan Koch
38 Loic Wacquant - Tom Slater
39 Fulong Wu - I-Chun Catherine Chang
40 Sharon Zukin - Mark Jayne
01 Janet Abu-Lughod - Joseph Heathcott
02 Ash Amin - Junjia Ye
03 Elijah Anderson - Michael DeLand
04 Michael Batty - Helen Couclelis
05 Brian Berry - Elvin Wyly
06 M. Christine Boyer - Agustin Cocola Gant
07 Neil Brenner - Tauri Tuvikene
08 Teresa Caldeira - Sonia Roitman
09 Manuel Castells - Phil Hubbard
10 Jason Corburn - Andrew Barnfield
11 Mike Davis - Melanie Lombard
12 Bent Flyvbjerg - Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen
13 Matthew Gandy - Andrew Karvonen
14 Nestor Garcia Canclini - Angela Giglia
15 Jan Gehl - Annie Matan
16 Edward Glaeser - Jurgen Essletzbichler
17 Stephen Graham - Kurt Iveson
18 David Harvey - Louis Moreno
19 Dolores Hayden - Leslie Kern
20 Jane Jacobs - Oli Mould
21 Jane M. Jacobs - Ryan Centner
22 Natalie Jeremijenko - Clemens Driessen
23 Rem Koolhaas - Davide Ponzini
24 Henri Lefebvre - David Pinder
25 Kevin Lynch - Quentin Stevens
26 William J. Mitchell - David Beer
27 Harvey Molotch - Eugene McCann
28 Enrique Penalosa - Juan Pablo Galvis
29 Jennifer Robinson - Rajyashree Reddy
30 Ananya Roy - Hanna Hilbrandt
31 Saskia Sassen - Michele Acuto
32 Richard Sennett - Alan Latham
33 Karen C. Seto - Michail Fragkias
34 Abdumaliq Simone - Colin McFarlane
35 Neil Smith - Tom Slater
36 Michael Storper - Alan Latham
37 Mariana Valverde - Regan Koch
38 Loic Wacquant - Tom Slater
39 Fulong Wu - I-Chun Catherine Chang
40 Sharon Zukin - Mark Jayne