Overview
- Released to accompany the International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)
- Covers some of the most important questions currently being debated by urban scholars
- Written in an accessible, nontechnical style for the general reader
- Refers to concrete urban situations in both rich and poor countries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding (BRIEFSGU)
Buy print copy
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
About this book
This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing world, and (c) the diverse housing and shelter needs of urban populations. The book also explores a number of critical urban problems and the political challenges that they pose. Empirical evidence from urban situations on all five continents is brought into play throughout the discussion.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Working, Housing: Urbanizing
Book Subtitle: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU
Authors: Jennifer Robinson, Allen J. Scott, Peter J. Taylor
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45180-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45179-4Published: 12 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45180-0Published: 04 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2509-7784
Series E-ISSN: 2509-7792
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 60
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Labor Economics, Human Geography, Regional Development