Alternative urban spaces across civic, private, and public spheres emerge in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with.
Alternative urban spaces across civic, private, and public spheres emerge in response to the great challenges that urban actors are currently confronted with.
For over three decades, urban theorist Michael Peter Smith has engaged in constructing innovative theories on central research questions in urban studies.
For over three decades, urban theorist Michael Peter Smith has engaged in constructing innovative theories on central research questions in urban studies.
An important contribution to our understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject.
An important contribution to our understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject.
The literature on modernist and postmodernist urban development is abundant, yet few researchers have taken up the challenge of studying the areas hi which marginalized people live as sources of resistance to continued modernization.
The literature on modernist and postmodernist urban development is abundant, yet few researchers have taken up the challenge of studying the areas hi which marginalized people live as sources of resistance to continued modernization.
A place like Orlando, Florida is not transformed from swampland to sprawling metropolis through Peter Pan-like flights of fancy, but through theme park expansions requiring developmental schemes that are tough minded and often worsen relationships between the wealthy and the poor.
A place like Orlando, Florida is not transformed from swampland to sprawling metropolis through Peter Pan-like flights of fancy, but through theme park expansions requiring developmental schemes that are tough minded and often worsen relationships between the wealthy and the poor.
The American city and the American movie industry grew up together in the early decades of the twentieth century, making film an ideal medium through which to better understand urban life.
The American city and the American movie industry grew up together in the early decades of the twentieth century, making film an ideal medium through which to better understand urban life.
The rapidly changing structure of urban social and economic activity in recent years has given rise to a great deal of concern regarding the fate of that area of the city where economic activity is chiefly concentrated: the central business district (CBD).
The rapidly changing structure of urban social and economic activity in recent years has given rise to a great deal of concern regarding the fate of that area of the city where economic activity is chiefly concentrated: the central business district (CBD).
One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another.
One of the most significant and obvious examples of how mobile communication influences our understanding of time and space is how we coordinate with one another.
Many people see American cities as a radical departure in the history of town planning because of their planned nature based on the geometrical division of the land.
Many people see American cities as a radical departure in the history of town planning because of their planned nature based on the geometrical division of the land.
The New Companion to Urban Design continues the assemblage of rich and critical ideas about urban form and design that began with the Companion to Urban Design (Routledge, 2011).
The New Companion to Urban Design continues the assemblage of rich and critical ideas about urban form and design that began with the Companion to Urban Design (Routledge, 2011).
