Urban geography
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Group Author: | ; ; |
Published: |
Wiley,
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Publisher Address: | [Hoboken, NJ] |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 484 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
0471451584 (WIE) 9780471451587 (WIE) 047135998X 9780471359982 |
Index Number: | K901 |
CLC: |
K901 K915 |
Call Number: | K915/K173 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. Introduction to cities and urban geography -- 1. An introduction to urban geography -- 2. The origins and development of cities -- Pt. 2. Metropolitan systems -- 3. Evolution of the American urban system -- 4. Globalization and the urban system -- 5. Telecommunications and the city -- Pt. 3. Economic landscape of the city -- 6. Urban land use, the central business district and the growth of the suburbs -- 7. Landscapes of production -- Pt. 4. The social landscape of the city -- 8. Slicing the urban pie, models of social geography -- 9. Urban housing markets, sprawl, blight, and regene |