This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: John Rennie Short
EAN: 9781137382658
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 494 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-12-05
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
WIDTH: 138 cm
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Book Themes:
Regional and area planning
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
John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
