Screen LibraryDeciphering the city
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| Published: |
Pearson Prentice Hall,
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| Publisher Address: | Upper Saddle River, NJ |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 411 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0131134957 |
| Index Number: | C912 |
| CLC: |
C912.81 F29 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/S398 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Why study the city? -- Globalization and urbanization in the more-developed world -- Globalization and urbanization in the less-developed world -- The city in everyday life -- The community in the modern world -- The community in the postmodern world -- Reading the city -- Choosing a place to live -- A home-buying primer : when theory meets the road -- Suburbanization -- Segregation -- Urban problems in the global era -- Urban planning in the twenty-first century. |