Readings in urban analysis
Subtitle: perspectives on urban form and structure
By: edited by Robert W. Lake.
Contributors: Lake, Robert W., 1946-; Rutgers University. Center for Urban Policy Research.
Publisher: Center for Urban Policy Research
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Cities and towns -- United States; Urban economics; Human ecology -- United States; Housing -- United States
Description: The notion of urban analysis Robert W. Lake discusses focuses on the spatial structure of the city, its causes, and its consequences. At issue is the city as a spatial fact: a built environment with explicit characteristics and spatial dimensions, a spatial distribution of population and land uses, a nexus of locational decisions, an interconnected system of locational advantages and disadvantages, amenities and dis-amenities. Beginning with landmark articles in neo-classical and ecological theory, the reader covers the latest departures and developments. Separate sections cover political approaches to locational conflict, institutional influences on urban form, and recent Marxist approaches to urban analysis. Among the topics included are community strategies in locational conflict, the political economy of place, the role of government and the courts, institutional influences in the housing market, and the relationship between urban form and capitalist development. This is a valuable introductory text for courses in urban planning, urban geography, and urban sociology.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-307.
Includes index.