Product Description

This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyzes the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioral characteristics of urban living.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #214433 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
'Focused on key questions concerning the origins, growth and consequences of global urban development, this new edition of Urban World/Global City provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and highly accessible guide to the complex relationships that characterize an increasingly global urban society.' - Dr Nick Fyfe, University of Dundee

'Clark's Urban World/Global City provides a concise introduction to contemporary international urban studies using a global historical approach that is accessible to students from a range of disciplines.' - Nick Kohl, Temple University

From the Back Cover
This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyzes the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioral characteristics of urban living.  The latest theoretical and empirical developments and insights are synthesized and presented in an accessible and engaging way.

This second edition has been extensively updated and referenced. Each chapter includes sets of learning objectives, annotated readings and topics for discussion. Well-illustrated throughout, it will be essential reading for students of geography, sociology and development studies and all who seek an understanding of how the urban world has evolved and how it will change in the twenty-first century.

About the Author
David Clark is Professor of Urban Geography at Coventry University.

Customer Reviews

very informative for the general public
We are using this book for our perspectives class and it is really an interesting piece of collection of ideas and thoughts. The author relies on a lot of data to prooove his points which I think is very necessary in this kind of studies. The only problem which I have is that the author does not mention much about the asian subcontinent of India, which in my opinion is very useful and informative to the readers of books such as these.