Readings in urban theory / edited by Susan S. Fainstein and Scott Campbell.

Title & Author:

Readings in urban theory / edited by Susan S. Fainstein and Scott Campbell.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

Description:

viii, 447 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: Theories of Urban Development and their Implications for Policy and Planning / Susan S. Fainstein and Scott Campbell -- pt. I. The Changing Urban and Regional System. 2. Bourgeois Utopias: Visions of Suburbia / Robert Fishman. 3. The Global City / Saskia Sassen. 4. The Informational Mode of Development and the Restructuring of Capitalism / Manuel Castells. 5. The Economics of Postwar Regional Disparity / Ann R. Markusen. 6. Reading the Map: A Theory of Military-Industrial Places / Ann R. Markusen, Peter Hall, Scott Campbell and Sabina Deitrick. 7. The Changing World Economy and Urban Restructuring / Susan S. Fainstein -- pt. II. Race and Urban Poverty. 8. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Hidden Agenda / William Julius Wilson. 9. Race, Class and Segregation: Discourses about African Americans / Norman Fainstein.
10. Toward Greater Racial Diversity in the Suburbs / W. Dennis Keating -- pt. III. The Politics of Redevelopment, Public-Private Partnerships, and Gentrification. 11. Partnership and the Pursuit of the Private City / Gregory D. Squires. 12. The City as a Growth Machine / John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch. 13. Gentrification, the Frontier, and the Restructuring of Urban Space / Neil Smith -- pt. IV. The City and Contemporary Culture. 14. Voices of Decline / Robert A. Beauregard. 15. See You in Disneyland / Michael Sorkin. 16. Social Justice, Postmodernism, and the City / David Harvey.

ISBN:

1557866082 (acid-free paper)
9781557866080 (acid-free paper)
1557866090 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9781557866097 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Urban economics.
Cities
Villes.
Économie urbaine.
cities.
Stadt
Stadtstruktur
Aufsatzsammlung
Steden.
Écologie urbaine.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Fainstein, Susan S.
Campbell, Scott, 1958-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112020
Call No.: ID HT151.R35; ID:96-B2063
Status: Available

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