Cities and Social Change ：Encounters with Contemporary Urbanism ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Encounters with Contemporary Urbanism

Publication series ：1

Author： Paddison   Ronan;McCann   Eugene  

Publisher： Sage Publications Ltd‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781473906198

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781848601109

Subject： C912.81 Urban Sociology

Keyword： 城市社会学,社会学

Language： ENG

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Description

A multi-disciplinary overview of key contemporary issues surrounding the excitement, contradictions, conflicts, and tensions arising from the social experience of the city and the emergent trends linked to resolving its problems. A student-focused text, it reviews the theoretical literature, examines policy implications and provides comparative case study material throughout.

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CITIES & SOCIAL CHANGE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SECTION 1: THEORISING THE CITY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: ENCOUNTERING THE CITY – MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN SOCIAL CHANGE

CHAPTER 2: REPRESENTING AND IMAGINING THE CITY

SECTION 2: EXPERIENCING THE CITY

CHAPTER 3: THE ‘NEW’ MIDDLE CLASS, LIFESTYLE AND THE ‘NEW’ GENTRIFIED CITY

CHAPTER 4: BEING POOR IN THE CITY

CHAPTER 5: LIVING WITH DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS ON GEOGRAPHIES OF ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER 6: THE EVERYDAY CITY OF THE SENSES

SECTION 3: THE LIVEABLE CITY

CHAPTER 7: DIS/ORDER AND THE REGULATION OF URBAN SPACE

CHAPTER 8: WALLING THE CITY

CHAPTER 9: HEALTH AND THE CITY

CHAPTER 10: CITIES, NATURE AND SUSTAINABILITY

CHAPTER 11: JUST CITIES

SECTION 4: REFLECTIONS ON CITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE

CHAPTER 12: THE GOOD CITY?

CHAPTER 13: CONCLUSION: ENGAGING THE URBAN WORLD

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