Urban geography
By: David H. Kaplan, James O. Wheeler, Steven R. Holloway ; Thomas W. Hodler, cartographer.
Contributors: Wheeler, James O.; Holloway, Steven R.; Hodler, T. W.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Hoboken, NJ]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Urban geography -- Textbooks.; Human geography -- Textbooks.; City and town life -- Textbooks.
Genres: Textbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introduction to cities and urban geography; title: 1. An introduction to urban geography; title: 2. The origins and development of cities; title: Pt. 2. Metropolitan systems; title: 3. Evolution of the American urban system; title: 4. Globalization and the urban system; title: 5. Telecommunications and the city; title: Pt. 3. Economic landscape of the city; title: 6. Urban land use, the central business district and the growth of the suburbs; title: 7. Landscapes of production; title: Pt. 4. The social landscape of the city; title: 8. Slicing the urban pie, models of social geography; title: 9. Urban housing markets, sprawl, blight, and regeneration; title: 10. Segregation, race, and urban poverty; title: 11. Immigration, ethnicity, and urbanism; title: Pt. 5. The political landscape of the city; title: 12. Metropolitan governance and fragmentation; title: 13. Planning the better city; title: Pt. 6. Cities around the world; title: 14. Cities in the developed world; title: 15. Cities in the less developed world; title: 16. Regional variations in urban structure and form.