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Cities and Suburbs
This book is a systematic examination of the historical and current roles that cities and suburbs play in US metropolitan areas. It explores the history of cities and suburbs, …
Urban Theory
This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account …
Alabaster Cities
With keen insight and exhaustive research John Rennie Short narrates the story of urban America from 1950 to the present, revealing a compelling portrait of urban transformation. …
A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada
Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text offers a comprehensive examination of North America’s physical and human geography, weaving in the key themes of …
Making Space
In his latest work, John Rennie Short reveals how the spatial discourses of the sixteenth century formed a remarkable revolution that changed the way the world was represented. The …
Hosting the Olympic Games
Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games, reviewing existing …
Environmental Discourse and Practice
This book brings together a set of readings that throw light on the relationship between people and the environment. Provides both historical background and an analysis of key …
Cities and Economies
Cities and Economies explores the complex and subtle connections between cities and economies. The rise of the merchant city, the development of the industrial city and the …
Cities and Nature
Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the …
The SAGE Companion to the City
"This book pulls together an exceptional range of literature in addressing the complexity of contemporary patterns and processes of urbanization. It offers a rich array of concepts …
New Worlds, New Geographies
Elucidates the struggles of governments and individuals to situate themselves within changing nation states and restructurings of urban spaces into a kind of global village. These …