Titre et auteur:

The city reader / edited by Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout.

Édition:

3rd ed.

Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 2003.

Description:

xviii, 520 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Série(s):

The Routledge urban reader series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to Study Cities / Richard LeGates -- Urbanization of the Human Population / Kingsley Davis -- Urban Revolution / V. Gordon Childe -- Polis / H.D.F. Kitto -- First-Person Accounts of Great Cities of the Medieval and Early Modern World / Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Bernal Diaz and Albrecht Durer -- Great Towns / Friedrich Engels -- Drive-in Culture of Contemporary America / Kenneth T. Jackson -- Beyond Suburbia: The Rise of the Technoburb / Robert Fishman -- What is a City? / Lewis Mumford -- Urbanism as a Way of Life / Louis Wirth -- Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital / Robert D. Putnam -- Uses of Sidewalks: Safety / Jane Jacobs -- "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia," "The Question of Earning a Living," and "Color Prejudice" / W.E.B. Du Bois -- From Institutional to Jobless Ghettos / William Julius Wilson -- Whose Culture? Whose City? / Sharon Zukin -- Visions of a New Reality: The City and the Emergence of Modern Visual Culture / Frederic Stout -- Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project / Ernest W. Burgess -- Almost Perfect Town / John Brinckerhoff Jackson -- Islamic City: Historic Myths, Islamic Essence, and Contemporary Relevance / Janet Abu-Lughod -- Social Exclusion and Space / Ali Madanipour -- Taking Los Angeles Apart: Towards a Postmodern Geography / Edward Soja -- Fortress L.A. / Mike Davis -- Neighborhood, the District, and the Corridor / Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk -- Impact of the New Technologies and Globalization on Cities / Saskia Sassen -- Contested Cities: Social Process and Spatial Form / David Harvey -- How to Study Urban Political Power / John Mollenkopf -- Ladder of Citizen Participation / Sherry Amstein -- Need for a New Vision for the Development of Large U.S. Metropolitan Areas / Anthony Downs -- Broken Windows / James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling -- Competitive Advantage of the Inner City / Michael Porter -- Center Cannot Hold / Michael Sorkin -- Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns / Frederick Law Olmsted -- "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" / Ebenezer Howard -- Contemporary City / Le Corbusier -- Broadacre City: A New Community Plan / Frank Lloyd Wright -- "Designing the Region" and "Designing the Region Is Designing the Neighborhood" / Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton -- City of Theory / Peter Hall -- Twentieth Century Land Use Planning: A Stalwart Family Tree / Edward J. Kaiser and David R. Godschalk -- Planning in the Face of Conflict / John Forester -- Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning / Paul Davidoff -- Green Urbanism and the Lessons of European Cities: 'The Vision of Green Urbanism' and 'Creating Green and Sustainable Cities in the United States: Lessons from Europe' / Timothy Beatley -- "Author's Introduction," "The Relationship Between Buildings, Monuments, and Public Squares," and "The Enclosed Character of the Public Square" / Camillo Sitte -- City Image and its Elements / Kevin Lynch -- Design of Spaces / William H. Whyte -- Toward an Urban Design Manifesto / Allan Jacobs and Donald Appleyard -- What Would a Non-sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work / Dolores Hayden -- Post-City Age / Melvin M. Webber -- European Cities, the Informational Society, and the Global Economy / Manuel Castells -- Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities / Stephen Wheeler -- Teleserviced City / William J. Mitchell.

Résumé:

This third edition juxtaposes the very best publications on the city. It reflects the latest thinking on globalization, information technology and urban theory. It is a comprehensive mapping of the terrain of urban studies: old and new.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

041527172X (Hardback ; alk. paper)
9780415271721 (Hardback ; alk. paper)
0415271738 (Paperback ; alk. paper)
9780415271738 (Paperback ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Urban policy.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Small cities.
Cities
City Planning
Politique urbaine.
Petites villes.
Urbanisme.
Villes.
cities.
towns.
urban planning.
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtgeografie
Stadtplanung
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stedelijk beleid.
Sociaal-economische verandering.

Classification/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Books.

Vedettes secondaires:

LeGates, Richard T.
Stout, Frederic, 1943-
Routledge urban reader series.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 228720
Cote: HT151 .C5 2003
Statut: Disponible