| Centrality and Cities Contributor(s): Bird, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415860431 ISBN-13: 9780415860437 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Reference - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 222 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Professor Bird presents a synthesis of the many approaches to the study of a central featuer of modern life - the city, including its distant past and its future. He sees centrality as a mental projection on to space, and discusses the concept in relation to three types of its manifestation in spatial terms: the city as centre of a tributary region; the centres and central areas of cities themselves; and the city considered as a centre or gateway for other distant regions, often overseas. This book should do much to unravel the funamental similarities between cities of the world while recognizing the myriad variations upon a common theme. This book was first published in 1977. |
