Handbook of Urban Geography by Tim Schwanen (English) Hardcover Book

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Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research.

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This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization. It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research. The Handbook of Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality, socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the horizons for future geography research.Researchers and academics in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this an accessible and useful reference work.

Author Biography

Edited by Tim Schwanen, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK and the late Ronald van Kempen, formerly Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Table of Contents

Contents:PrefaceIntroduction to the Handbook of Urban GeographyTim SchwanenPART I URBAN THEORIES AND METHODS2. Worlding cities and comparative urbanismLaura Cesafsky and Kate Derickson3. Urban political ecologies of and in the cityJoshua J. Cousins and Joshua Newell4. Urban cosmopoliticsAnders Blok and Ignacio Farías5. Big data and the cityMatthew Zook, Taylor Shelton and Ate PoorthuisPART II URBAN NETWORKS6. Multiple geographies of global urban connectivity as measured in the interlocking network modelBen Derudder and Peter J. Taylor7. Inside mobile urbanism: cities and policy mobilitiesCristina Temenos, Tom Baker and Ian R. Cook8. Metropolitan mobilities: transnational urban labour marketsCathy McIlwaine and Megan Ryburn9. Refugee mobility across networks and citiesIlse Van Liempt and Francesco Vecchio10. Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effectsTim Schwanen and Denver V. NixonPART III URBAN REDEVELOPMENT11. Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive constructionMarkus Hesse12. The cultural economy in citiesTom Hutton13. Urban regeneration through cultureJonathan Ward and Phil Hubbard14. Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanismAndrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin15. Terrorism, risk and the quest for urban resilienceJon CoaffeePART IV URBAN INEQUALITIES16. Urban inequalityChris Hamnett17. Segregation: a multi–contextual and multi–faceted phenomenon in stratified societiesMasayoshi Oka and David W. S. Wong18. Neighbourhood effects on social outcomesSako Musterd, Roger Andersson and George Galster19. Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalismAgustín Cocola-Gant20. Urban informatics and e-governanceBarney WarfPART V URBAN SOCIALITIES21. Sociality, materiality and the citySophie Watson22. Spaces of encounter: learning to live together in superdiverse citiesNick Schuermans23. Children's geographies: encounters and experiencesPeter KraftlPART VI URBAN POLITICS24. Exploring insurgent urban mobilizations: from urban social movements to urban political movements?Lazaros Karaliotas and Erik Swyngedouw25. Urban governance: re-thinking top-down and bottom-up power relations in the wake of neo-liberalisationMike Raco and Sonia Freire-Trigo26. The right to the city: theoretical outline and reflections on migrants' activism in post-reform urban ChinaJunxi Qian and Shenjing He27. Contextualizing neighbourhood activism: spatial solidarity in the cityKatherine B. Hankins and Deborah G. MartinPART VII URBAN SUSTAINABILITIES28. Urban sustainability transitionsJonathan Rutherford29. Eco-citiesRobert Cowley30. The governance of climate change in urban areasVanesa Castán BrotoIndex

Review

'The Handbook provides a comprehensive selection over the most important scholarly approaches and debates since the turn of the century. In a crowded field, the Handbook should be of value for both academics and students in the fields of human geography, urban studies, planning, or urban sociology.' -- Jörg Plöger, Eurasian Geography and Economics'Well-indexed, this text is highly recommended for all libraries and essential for libraries supporting programs in geography, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and political science.' -- J C Stachacz, CHOICE Magazine'This book was written and edited with a great passion for the content world of urban geography. The chapters are not long, enabling a reading of the different sections in a single sitting. The book's first goal - to present the discipline in its various colors - is fully achieved. The authors maintain that the book is intended for research students at various stages, and this is in fact the case. Indeed, as I read through it, I found myself giving chapters and conveying insights to the research students I am currently advising. This is a manifestation of the book's strength: its systematic presentation of core topics. The classics of the field are also dealt with nicely, and the book offers definitions of a broad spectrum of basic concepts in urban geography. In this way, the book provides a wonderful service for lecturers teaching basic and advanced courses in urban geography, as well as neighboring disciplines such as urban sociology.' -- Meirav Aharon-Gutman, Geography Research Forum'For more than half a century, urban geography has led revolutions in social theory and spatial analysis. How do we make sense of the latest transformations of cosmopolitan planetarity and urban socionatural evolution? This Handbook is the essential guide through the diverse empirics and epistemological pluralism of contemporary urban worlds. We need to read, reflect, and act on every chapter in this valuable collection.' --Elvin Wyly, The University of British Columbia, Canada'This Handbook embraces the diversity of interests and approaches within twenty-first century urban geography. Including chapters from both the usual suspects, but also importantly beyond the usual suspects, this is a wide-ranging, informed and readable book that will prove valuable to students of cities worldwide.' --Loretta Lees, University of Leicester, UK

Review Quote

'Well-indexed, this text is highly recommended for all libraries and essential for libraries supporting programs in geography, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and political science.'

Details ISBN1785364596 Pages 512 Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 1785364596 ISBN-13 9781785364594 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-06-28 DEWEY 307.76 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd UK Release Date 2019-06-28 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2019-06-28 NZ Release Date 2019-06-28 Author Ronald van Kempen Series Research Handbooks in Geography series Edited by Ronald van Kempen Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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