The Transformation of Cities

Urban Theory and Urban Life

David C. Thorns (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

258 Seiten

2002
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-74596-0 (ISBN)

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The aim of the book is to examine the transformation of the city in the late 20th century and explore the ways in which city life is structured. The focus is not just on America and Europe but also explores cities in other parts of the world as city growth in the twenty first century will be predominantly outside of these regions.

The aim of the book is to examine the transformation of the city in the late 20th century and explore the ways in which city life is structured. The shift from modern-industrial to information/consumption-based 'post-modern' cities is traced through the text. The focus is not just on America and Europe but also explores cities in other parts of the world as city growth in the twenty first century will be predominantly outside of these regions.

DAVID C. THORNS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is the author of many books, including Fragmenting Societies? A Comparative Analysis of Regional and Urban Development (Routledge 1992).

Introduction.- Industrial-Modern City.- Demographic Change and the City.- Global Cities.- Everyday Life in the City.- Consumption and Urban Culture.- Urban Social Inequality and Exclusion.- Planning and the Urban Environment.- The Sustainable City.- Reflections.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.7.2002
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 258 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-333-74596-5 / 0333745965
ISBN-13	978-0-333-74596-0 / 9780333745960
Zustand	Neuware