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Profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and profession...
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SAGE Publications Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker comprises: A succinct introduction and overview; Intellectual biography and research focus; An explication of key ideas; Contributions to urban studies. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 262 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781473907744 1473907748 9781473907751 1473907756 |
| Index Number: | HT330 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/K443 |
| Contents: |
Introduction : how to think about cities / Janet Abu-Lughod / Ash Amin / Elijah Anderson / Michael Batty / Brian J.L. Berry / M. Christine Boyer / Neil Brenner / Teresa Caldiera / Manuel Castells / Jason Corburn / Mike Davis / Bent Flyvbjerg / Matthew Gandy / Néstor García Canclini / Jan Gehl / Edward L. Glaeser / Stephen Graham / David Harvey / Dolores Hayden / Jane Jacobs / Jane M. Jacobs / Natalie Jeremijenko / Rem Koolhaas / Henri Lefebvre / Kevin Lynch / William J. Mitchell / Harvey Molotch / Enrique Peñalosa / Jennifer Robinson / Ananya Roy / Saskia Sassen / Richard Sennett / Karen C. Seto / AbdouMaliq Simone / Neil Smith / Michael Storper / Mariana Valverde / Loïc Wacquant / Fulong Wu / Sharon Zukin / |