TY - BOOK AU - Fyfe, Micholas R. AU - Kenny, Judith T TI - Urban geography reader SN - 9780415307024 U1 - 307.76 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - PL N1 - Formerly CIP. Collection subset: Social Welfare Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1: Foundations 1. The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project Edward W. Burgess --2. The Structure and Growth of Residential Neighborhoods in American Cities Homer Hoyt-- 3. A Theory of Location for Cities Edward L. Ullman --4. The Nature of Cities Chauncey D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman Part 2: Globalization & Transnationalism-- 5. Social Polarization in Global Cities: Theory and Evidence Chris Hamnett-- 6. The World City Hypothesis: Reflections from the Periphery D. Simon-- 7. Cultural Globalization and the Identity of Place: The Reconstruction of Amsterdam Jan Nijman-- 8. World-City Network: A New Metageography? Beaverstock et al Part-- 3: Restructuring-- 9. The Urban Process Under Capitalism David Harvey-- 10. Beyond the Crabgrass Frontier: Industry and the Spread of North American Cities, 1850-1950 Richard Walker and Robert D. Lewis-- 11. Gentrification, the Frontier and the Restructuring of Urban Space Neil Smith-- 12. Postmodern Urbanism Michael Dear and Steven Flusty --Part 4: Governance, Politics and Inequality --13. Local Governance, the Crises of Fordism and the Changing Geographies of Regulation Mark Goodwin & Joe Painter --14. Local Politics in a Global Era: Thinking Locally, Acting Globally Susan E. Clarke and Gary L. Gaile-- 15. Territoriality, Politics and the 'Urban' Cox-- 16. Retooling the Machine: Economic Crisis, State Restructuring and Urban Politics Jessop, Peck and Tickell --17. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order Short --18. From Urban Entrepreneurialism to a 'Revanchist City'? On the Spatial Injustices of Glasgow's Renaissance McLeod Part-- 5: Difference --19. The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of a Racial Category Kay Anderson-- 20. An Archaeology of Environmental Racism in Los Angeles Laura Pulido, S. Sidawi & R. Voss-- 21. On the Links Between Home and Work: In Household Strategies in a Buoyant Labour Market Gerry Pratt & Susan Hanson --22. Gender Divisions and Gentrification Liz Bondi --23. Gentrification and Gay Neighborhood Formation in New Orleans: A Case Study Larry Knopp Part 6: Form & Symbolism-- 24. Styles of the Times: Liberal and Neo-Conservative Landscapes in Inner Vancouver, 1968-86 David Ley-- 25. The Restless Urban Landscape Paul Knox --26. Portland's Comprehensive Plan as Text: The Fred Meyer Case and the Politics of Reading Judith Kenny-- 27. The Magic of the Mall: An Analysis of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Contemporary Retail Built Environment Jon Goss --28. Sunshine and Shadow: Lighting and Color in the Depiction of Cities on Film Larry Ford ----Part 7: Technologies-- 29. City Watching: Close Circuit Television Surveillance in Public Spaces Nicholas Fyfe and John Bannister 30. Telecommunications and the Changing Geographies of Knowledge Transmission in the Late 20th Century Barney Warf --31. GIS Use in Community Planning: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Empowerment Sarah A. Ellwood --32. Fetishizing the Modern City: The Phantasmagoria of Urban Technological Networks Maria Kaika and Erik Swyngedouw N2 - Capturing the diversity of scholarship in the field of urban geography, this reader presents a stimulating selection of articles and excerpts by leading figures, addressing the changing conditions and responses to contemporary urbanization ER -