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Textbook
Introduction to Cities: How Place and Space Shape Human ExperienceISBN: 978-1-4051-5554-0
Paperback
408 pages
August 2012, ©2012, Wiley-Blackwell
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- Covers a wide range of theoretical approaches to the city, from the historical to the cutting edge
- Emphasizes the important themes of space and place
- Offers a balanced account of cities and offers extensive coverage including urban inequality, environment and sustainability, and methods for studying the city
- Takes a global approach, with examples from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai
- Includes a range of pedagogical features such as a substantial glossary of key terms, critical thinking questions, suggestions for further reading and a range of innovative textboxes which follow the themes of Exploring Further, Studying the City and Making the City Better
- Extensively illustrated with maps, charts, tables, and over 80 photographs
- Accompanied by a comprehensive student companion site featuring a list of relevant journals, a guide to useful web resources, and an annotated documentary film guide, alongside a useful instructor companion site with further examples, case studies, and discussion and essay questions; instructors will find a link to the instructor website on the student website at www.wiley.com/go/cities
