a critical introduction Jonas, Andrew E. G. creator McCann, Eugene. jt. aut. Thomas, Mary. jt. aut. text bibliography enk West Sussex Wiley Blackwell 2015 monographic eng

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xviii, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. "Urban Geography a comprehensive introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary urban geography, including patterns and processes of urbanization, urban development, urban planning, and life experiences in modern cities. Reveals both the diversity of ordinary urban geographies and the networks, flows and relations which increasingly connect cities and urban spaces at the global scale Uses the city as a lens for proposing and developing critical concepts which show how wider social processes, relations, and power structures are changing Considers the experiences, lives, practices, struggles, and words of ordinary urban residents and marginalized social groups rather than exclusively those of urban elites Shows readers how to develop critical perspectives on dominant neoliberal representations of the city and explore the great diversity of urban worlds "-- "Reveals both the diversity of ordinary urban geographies and the networks, flows and relations which increasingly connect cities and urban spaces at the global scale"-- Andrew E.G. Jonas, Eugene McCann and Mary Thomas. Glossary: p. 307-324. Includes bibliographical references and index Urban geography Human geography GF125 .J66 2015 307.76 JOU Jonas, Andrew E. G., 1961- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015 (DLC) 2014046219 9781405189804 (hbk) 2014044811 http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781405189804.jpg http://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/jimages/9781405189804.jpg DLC 141113 20221004120531.0 18371753 eng