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Explores contemporary urban geography using the concept of community''. Links theoretical concepts with empirical experience. Produces an ... More

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Since the dawn of civilization, human-kind has managed to overcome natural obstacles and live in a wide array of environments. From high in the ... More

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A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. As the growing world population increasingly comes to live in ... More

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Cities are both products of culture, and sites where culture is made and received. By presenting the very best of classic and contemporary writing on ... More

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The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book draws on a range of perspectives ... More

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Drawing inspiration from the work of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, Georg Simmel, this book explores the dream-like and ghost-like experiences of ... More

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In contrast to Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre, and other European thinkers engaged with the concept of the urban, American intellectuals tend to ... More

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For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds ... More

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This text brings together newly commissioned articles in order to provide a detailed overview of recent trends affecting Canadian cities, and future ... More

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In 2000, for the first time, a majority of the world's population was living in cities. The trend towards increasing urbanization shows no sign of ... More

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In 2000, for the first time, a majority of the world's population was living in cities. The trend towards increasing urbanization shows no sign of ... More

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Unsettling Cities explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life. It explores cities as sites ... More

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Some cities have grown into mega cities and some into uncontrolled sprawl; others have seen their centres decline with populations moving to the ... More

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"Cities of Europe" is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European ... More

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"Cities of Europe" is a unique combination of book and CD-ROM examining the effects of recent socio-economic transformations on western European ... More

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In "Cities," Raymond Joshua Scannell examines how dramatic changes in the global economy and technology during the latter half of the twentieth ... More

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This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. The most ... More

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The emerging and continuing challenge of cities and urbanization has become a forefront in current global concerns. Professors George Pomeroy's and ... More

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The emerging and continuing challenge of cities and urbanization has become a forefront in current global concerns. Professors George Pomeroy's and ... More

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City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key concepts in human geography. Always at the heart of discussions in social ... More

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