Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.Reviews of the first edition: "A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK "A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights
Introduction
PART I: THEORIZING THE CITY IN TIME
1. Theorizing The Premodern City
2. Theorizing The Modern City
3. Theorizing The Postmodern City
PART II: THEORIZING THE CITY IN SPACE
4. The City As Network
5. The Economic City
6. The City Of Difference
7. The Political City 8. The Everyday City
9. The City And Nature
10. Urban Imaginaries
11. Marketing The City
12. The Future Of Urban Theory: Directions And Intersections.