{"product_id":"introduction-to-cities-isbn-9781119167716","title":"Introduction to Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe revised and updated second edition of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are \u003ci\u003eplaces\u003c\/i\u003e, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they are \u003ci\u003espaces\u003c\/i\u003e, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/i\u003e covers the theory of cities from an historical perspective right through to the most recent theoretical developments. The authors offer a balanced account of life in cities and explore both positive and negative themes. In addition, the text takes a global approach, with examples ranging from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai. The book is extensively illustrated with updated maps, charts, tables, and photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition also includes a new section on urban planning as well as new chapters on cities as contested spaces, exploring power and politics in an urban context. It contains; information on the status of poor and marginalized groups and the impact of neoliberal policies; material on gender and sexuality; and presents a greater range of geographies with more attention to European, Latin American, and African cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevised and updated, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Cities \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a complete introduction to the history, evolution, and future of our modern cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of illustrations xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of tables xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of boxes xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the authors xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the second edition xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalk-through tour xxiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Cities as places and spaces 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities as places 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 1.1 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentity, community, and security 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as the site of our identity 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as the site of community 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaces as sites of security 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 1.1 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman beings make and remake places 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace and space 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 1.2 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 1.1 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities shape the fates of human beings 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and people 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe social and theoretical roots of modern urban theory 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 2.1 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFerdinand Tönnies: Community and society 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorg Simmel: The metropolis and mental life 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTönnies and Simmel: Further reflections 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chicago School of Sociology 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as social space 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as concentric zones 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city, social change, and social order 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 2.2 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in the city as a way of life 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 2.1 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly social theories of urban life 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretical descendants of Marx 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManuel Castells and the urban question 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Harvey: Injustice and inequality in the city 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Logan and Harvey Molotch: The city as a growth machine 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 3.1 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 3.2 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reflections: Marx and the critique of modern cities 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe return to place and the turn to culture 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJane Jacobs and the discovery of community in the modern metropolis 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 3.1 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharon Zukin and the turn to culture 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 3.1 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing global 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1980s and the creation of the global city 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower, politics, and ordinary lives 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluating theories of the city 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Methods and rules for the study of cities 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst rules for doing a social science of cities 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rule of validity 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rule of reliability 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 4.1 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and the question of numbers 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.1 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as a case study 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as the typical case 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe city as a prototypical case 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic and historical case studies 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthnographic case studies 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.2 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical case studies 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom one to multiple cases 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 4.3 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA last but very important rule on doing a good social science of cities: Fitting good theory to good methods 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd what about insight? 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Changing Metropolis 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetropolitan growth: Basic features 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 5.1 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mobility of people and groups in the metropolis 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial differences and migration in the metropolis 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration and the expansion of the metropolis 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe metropolitan center and its links to the hinterlands 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 5.2 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman agents and social institutions in the expansion of the metropolis 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 5.1 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanning and metropolitan development 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 5.1 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban growth, institutions, and human agents 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The origins and development of suburbs 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a suburb? Definitions and variations 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative suburban forms 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brief history of suburban development 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe original suburbs 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and the demand for suburban living 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 6.1 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 6.1 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly suburban diversity 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransportation technologies and suburban expansion 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 6.2 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe role of policy in suburban expansion 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe mass production of US suburbs 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges and challenges in contemporary suburbs 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivatization and gated communities 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe varied fates of older suburbs 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuburbs as places 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 6.1 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Changing metropolitan landscapes after World War II 154\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLos Angeles: The prototype of the postwar metropolis 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 7.1 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe changing metropolitan order 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decline of older industrial cities 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the postindustrial\/postmodern metropolitan regions 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe importance of transportation, again 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of places and spaces: The profound human and political consequences 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 7.1 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe emerging global economy: A brief overview 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 7.1 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople, place, and space in a global world 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Social Inequalities and Power in the Metropolis 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The early metropolis as a place of inequality 180\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial cities as unequal places 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly urban diversity 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGender in the early metropolis 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities of immigrants 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImmigrant lives: New York’s Five Points 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 8.1 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Five Points case in context 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly reform and intervention efforts 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the American ghetto 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrated beginnings 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 8.1 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew neighbours, new tensions 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe perpetuation and implications of black ghettos 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 8.2 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 8.1 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe significance of urban diversity and inequality 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Inequality and diversity in the post - World War II metropolis 206\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequality and the metropolis 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty and race 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 9.1 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty and homelessness 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 9.1 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGentrification and the remaking of the metropolis 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 9.2 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial diversity and the transformed metropolis 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe new immigration and the transformation of the metropolis 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurope 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 9.1 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States and Canada 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing the contemporary metropolis 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew ethnic enclaves 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLGBT neighbourhoods 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 9.2 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Western metropolis in flux 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Power, authority, and cities as contested spaces 236\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStates and markets 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe changing global economy 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities today as contested spaces 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe nature of local governance and politics 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal authorities and marginalized peoples 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Americans and local authorities 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe homeless and local authorities 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe very poor and local authorities 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContesting mistreatment by local authorities: Resistance and aid 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 10.1 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 10.1 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor contests over deep meanings and spaces in the metropolis 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJerusalem: The quintessential contested city 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contested spaces of Berlin 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Metropolis in the Developing World 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Urbanization and cities in developing countries 258\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization: The basic path and its impact on place 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeveloping-country cities in historical perspective 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.1 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe basic dimensions of urbanization 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban hierarchy 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban primacy 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver-urbanization versus under-urbanization 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.2 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural increase and in-migration 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom process and system to place 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA profile with multiple wrinkles 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMegacities as places: Opportunities and challenges 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize and density 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreating wealth and sustaining poverty 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 11.1 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 11.1 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe developing megacity as a lived place 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 11.2 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoverning the megacities 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 11.3 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReassessing the developing-country city 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Cities in the global economy 286\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities in a globalizing world: Theoretical background 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging cities in the global economy 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYiwu, China 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRajarhat, India 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reflections on Yiwu 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe-emerging cities in the global economy 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerlin, Germany: A once-prosperous, then challenged, and now re-emerging local culture 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShanghai, China: Local change in a global renaissance city 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeper into the global economy 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDongguan, China: A place transformed from a rural township into a global factory-city 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 12.1 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDubai, United Arab Emirates: From desert to urban miracle to mirage 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities in a fully networked global economy 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe regional dimension and mediation of cities 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming globally networked 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 12.1 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterdependence between cities and the global economy 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 12.2 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystematic constraint and individual flexibility 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe global restructuring of cities 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 12.1 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Challenges of Today and The Metropolis of the Future 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Urban environments and sustainability 316\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking use of nature 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural attributes and urban development 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting and manipulating nature 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 13.1 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInviting “disaster” 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy rebuild? 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban environments 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal environmental concerns 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 13.1 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment and inequality 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 13.2 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal environmental concerns 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization’s environmental impacts 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities and climate change 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddressing environmental issues: Toward sustainability 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 13.1 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The remaking and future of cities 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween place and space: Reinforcing a theoretical vision 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking cities at critical moments 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe crisis of Detroit 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of Detroit 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 14.1 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace-remaking on a larger scale 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaily place-remaking from below 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking neighbourhoods and communities 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe remaking of Brooklyn, New York 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Detroit and New York to China and Shanghai – again 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying the city 14.1 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemaking cities for the future 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScaling up and looking forward 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe China and India scenarios and their wider implications 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities of the future and the future of cities 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the city better 14.2 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA detour back to planning regarding its role in shaping future cities 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe foundational attributes of future cities 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring further 14.1 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA final look at the twenty-first-century city 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 393\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eXiangming Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the founding Dean and Director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and Paul Raether Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology at Trinity College, Hartford, and a guest professor in the School of Social  Development and Public Policy at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony M. Orum\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He was the founding editor  of the journal \u003cem\u003eCity \u0026amp; Community.\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKrista E. Paulsen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University  of North Florida, USA.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The revised and updated second edition of \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/em\u003e explores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/em\u003e examines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities are places, where people live, form communities, and establish their own identities, and that they are spaces, such as the inner city and the suburb, that offer a way to configure and shape the material world and natural environment.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Cities\u003c\/em\u003e covers the theory of cities from an historical perspective right through to the most recent theoretical developments. The authors offer a balanced account of life in cities and explore both positive and negative themes. In addition, the text takes a global approach, with examples ranging from Berlin and Chicago to Shanghai and Mumbai. The book is extensively illustrated with updated maps, charts, tables, and photographs.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This new edition also includes a new section on urban planning as well as new chapters on cities as contested spaces, exploring power and politics in an urban context. 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