The Urban Order
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An Introduction to Cities, Culture, and Power
John Rennie Short
简介
Traditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.
contents
1. Introduction
Part I: The City and Economy:
2. Cities and Economic Development
3. The Urbanization of the Economy
4. The City and the Global Economy
5. The Political Economy of Urbanization
6. Capital, Labor and the City; Case Study 1: Part 1
7. Capital, Labor and the City: Case Study 1: Part 2
8. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order: Case Study II
Part II: The City and Society:
9. The Housing Market
10. The Social Arena
11. Life in the City
12. The Political Arena
13. Residential Mobility in the City: Case Study III
14. Gender, Space and Power: Case Study IV
15. Race, Ethnicity and the City: Case Study V
Part III: The Production of the City:
16. City as Investment
17. City as Text
18. City Images
19. Reconstructing the Image of a City: Case Study VI
20. Conflict and Compromise in the Built Environment: Case Study VII
21. Postscript: Barcelona
Concluding Comments
Index
