How to think about cities

How to think about cities / Deborah G. Martin and Joseph Pierce.

Cities are raucous, cacophonous, and complex. Many dimensions of life play out and conflict across cities' intricate landscapes, be they political, cultural, economic, or social. Urban policy makers and analysts often attempt to "cut through the noise" of urban disagreement by emphasi...

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Main Authors: Pierce, Joseph (Author), Martin, Deborah (Geographer) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Cities and towns.
Sociology, Urban.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Cities are places
  • City of London: a machine for living/the seat of wealth
  • Tehran: Islamic developmentalism/diverse cosmopolitanism
  • Worcester: local economic engine/regional forest under threat
  • Portland: paradise of environmentalism/legacy of exclusionary racism
  • Chongqing: international cyberpunk marvel/national policy innovator
  • Jerusalem: religious tourist destination/ethno-national citadel
  • Conclusion: impossibilities of fully knowing a city.

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