Key Concepts in Urban Studies (SAGE Key Concepts series)

by ProfessorMarkGottdiener (Author), Mr Leslie Budd (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $3.29

  The SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding.

  Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.

  Key Concepts in Urban Studies:

  * Clearly and concisely explains the basic ideas in the interdisciplinary field of urban studies

  * Offers concise discussions of concepts ranging from community, neighbourhood, and the city to globalization, the New Urbanism, feminine space, and urban problems

  * Constitutes a re-examination of the key ideas in the field

  * Is illustrated throughout with international examples

  * Provides an essential reference guide for all students and teachers across the urban disciplines within sociology, political science, planning and geography.