| City Worlds Contributor(s): Allen, John (Author), Massey, Doreen (Author), Pile, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415200695 ISBN-13: 9780415200691 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: "City Worlds" presents both an overview and the core of the argument in the "Understanding Cities" series. The book draws on our spatial imaginations to prompt a distinctive understanding of cities. Analysing cities through spatial understanding, "City Worlds" explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their problems and threats. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| LCCN: 98044122 |
| Series: Understanding Cities |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.44" W x 9.52" (1.08 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people. |