Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography

✍ Scribed by Paul Knox, Linda McCarthy

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 479
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban Geography, Third Edition captures the changes in the nature and outcomes of urbanization processes for people, as well as the development of new ways of thinking about urban geography. Unraveling the interlocking processes of urbanization, Knox and McCarthy present a vivid and meaningful explanation of constantly changing urban geographies and urban life. This framework supports the discussion of recent changes while addressing much of the “traditional” subject matter of urban geography. The book’s dynamic approach also allows for integration of both theories and facts, where key concepts and theories are presented in relation to prior events and ideas–providing a coherent and comprehensive introduction to urban geography that offers a historical and process-oriented approach. With a U.S. focus that also offers global context and comparative international perspectives, the authors examine urban trends and their outcomes in both developed and less-developed countries to understand, analyze, and interpret the landscapes, economies, and communities of towns and cities around the world.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 URBANIZATION AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Learning Outcomes
Chapter Preview
The Study of Urban Geography
Urbanization: Processes and Outcomes
The Plan of the Book
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
Review Activities
Part 2 Foundations and History of Urbanization
Chapter 2 THE ORIGINS AND GROWTH OF CITIES AND URBAN LIFE
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The Definition of a City
Preconditions for Urbanization
Theories of Urban Origins
Urban Origins
Internal Structure of the Earliest Cities
Urban Expansion from the Regions of Urban Origin
The Roots of European Urban Expansion
Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
Review Activities
Chapter 3 FOUNDATIONS: THE U.S. URBAN SYSTEM AND ITS CITIES
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Frontier Urbanization
The Mercantile Period (1790–1840)
Early Industrial Expansion and Regional Realignment (1840–1875)
The Organization of Industry (1875–1920)
Fordism, the Automobile, Suburban Infill, and the Great Depression (1920–1945)
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 4 URBAN SYSTEMS AND CITIES IN TRANSITION
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Regional Decentralization and Metropolitan Sprawl (1945–1973)
Economic crisis, Restructuring, and New Metropolitan Form (1973–Present)
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Part 3 Urbanization and the Less Developed Countries
Chapter 5 URBANIZATION IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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Urbanization Trends and Projections: The Less Developed Countries in Global Context
Factors Promoting Urban Growth
Theories of Urbanization and Economic Development
A Historical Perspective on Colonial Urbanization
Overurbanization
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
Review Activities
Chapter 6 URBAN FORM AND LAND USE IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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Patterns of Urban form and Land Use
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 7 URBAN PROBLEMS AND RESPONSES IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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Urban Problems
Responses to the Problems of Urbanization
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Part 4 Processes of Urban Change
Chapter 8 THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Learning Outcomes African Cities 145
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Property, Location, Rent, and Investment
The Structures of Building Provision
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 9 HOW NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGE
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Neighborhood Change
Housing Markets
Residential Mobility and Neighborhood Change
Housing Market Gatekeepers, Bias, and Discrimination
Putting it all Together: The Example of Gentrification
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 10 THE POLITICS OF CHANGE: URBANIZATION AND URBAN GOVERNANCE
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The History of Urban Governance
Entrepreneurial Politics and Neoliberalism (1973–Present)
Perspectives on Governance, Politics, and Urban Change
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 11 URBAN POLICY AND PLANNING
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The Roots of Urban Policy and Planning
The Beginning: Philanthropy and Reform
The City Practical
The New Deal
Policy and Planning for Renewal and Growth (1945–1973)
Neoliberal Policy and Planning
Planning for Healthy and Livable Cities
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
Review Activities
Part 5 People and Places
Chapter 12 THE RESIDENTIAL KALEIDOSCOPE
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Social Interaction and Residential Segregation
Interpretations of Residential Ecology
Recent Changes to the Foundations of Residential Segregation
Social Polarization and Spatial Segregation
The New Residential Mosaic: “Lifestyle” Communities
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 13 THE CITY AS TEXT: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN
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Architecture and the Dynamics of Urban Change
The Style of Production/The Production of Style
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 14 URBANIZATION, URBAN LIFE, AND URBAN SPACES
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Social Life in Cities
Theoretical Interpretations of Urban Life
Gendered Spaces
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Chapter 15 PROBLEMS OF URBANIZATION
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Problem? What Problem?
From Haunts of Vice to Gang Wastelands—and Back
Poverty
Criminal Violence
Homelessness
Infrastructure and Environmental Problems
Persistent Future Problems
FOLLOW UP: Key Terms
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Notes
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