Urban world, global city

Author(s)

• Clark, David

Bibliographic Information

Urban world, global city

David Clark

Routledge, 1996

• : hbk
• : pbk

Other Title

Urban world/global city

Note

Bibliography: p. 195-204

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. The latest theoretical and empirical developments are synthesized and presented in an accessible and engaging way.

Table of Contents

• Preface, 1. Global petterns and perspectives, 2. Urban populations and urban places, 3. Urban growth and urbanisation: historical patterns, 4. Urban development as a global phenomenon, 5. Lifestyles in the city
• traditional placebound interpretations, 6. Global urban society, 7. World cities, 8. The future urban world, Appendix, References, Index

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Details

• NCID: BA28176685
• ISBN:
  • 0415144361
  • 041514437X
• LCCN: 95026472
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 211 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 361.78
  • LCC : HV151
  • DC20 : 307.76
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cities and towns
  • LCSH : Urbanization
  • LCSH : Sociology, Urban