The new Blackwell companion to the city / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson.
The new Blackwell companion to the city / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson.
The new Blackwell companion to the city / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson.
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Publisher
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
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Date
2011.
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N307.76/165
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 768 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
Part I: City Materialities: 1. Reflections on Materialities / Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson -- 2. Neoliberal Urbanism: Cities and the Rule of Markets / Nik Theodore, Jamie Peck, and Neil Brenner -- 3. The Liquid City of Megalopolis / John Rennie Short -- 4. Ups and Downs in the Global City: London a...
26. The Future of New York's Destruction: Fantasies, Fictions, and Premonitions after 9-11 / Max Page -- 27. Public Spaces? Branding, Civility, and the Cinema in Twenty-First-Century China / Stephanie Hemelryk Donald -- 28. The Postmetropolis and Mental Life: Wong Kar-Wai's Cinematic Hong Kong / Chr...
51. The Homosexuality of Cities / Julie Abraham -- 52. Gendering Urban Space / Jessica Ellen Sewell -- 53. Nights in the Global City / Sophie Body-Gendrot -- Part VI: City Politics and Planning. -- 54. Reflections on Politics and Planning / Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson -- 55. Urban Planning in an U...
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Publisher
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
"Drawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this collection reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes and structures that bind...
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The new Blackwell companion to the city / edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson.
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Companion to the city.
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Wiley-Blackwell companions to geography.
Rev. ed. of: A companion to the city, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N307.76/165
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74VvrjlMz0XM
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ISBN
1405189819 (hardback)
9781405189811 (hardback)
DDC
307.76
MMS ID
991011443519702626
