Experiencing cities

by Hutter, Mark

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Title Statements

Full title :Experiencing cities / Mark Hutter

Summary

Preface -- Historical developments -- Introduction to experiencing cities -- The emergence of cities -- The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology -- Disciplinary perspectives -- Chicago school : urbanism and urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Urban political economy, the new urban sociology, and the power of place -- City imagery -- City imagery -- The skyscraper as icon -- The social psychology of city life -- Experiencing strangers and the quest for public order -- "Seeing" disorder and the ecology of fear -- City people and places -- Urban communities and social policies -- Families, gender, and singles in the city -- The consumer city: shopping and sports -- The urban world -- American and global suburbanization patterns -- Social capital and the resilience of cities -- References -- Index --.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

The Physical Object

Description:xxvii, 526 Seiten : Illustrationen : 24.2 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138851603, 1138851604, 9781138851610, 1138851612, 9781315724027, 1315724022
oclc:ocn944326595
LC Classification:HT151
Dewey Decimal:307.76

Part I: Historical developments -- Introduction to experiencing cities -- The emergence of cities -- The industrial revolution and the rise of urban sociology -- Part II: Disciplinary perspectives -- Chicago School : urbanism and urban ecology -- Urban planning -- Urban political economy, the new urban sociology, and the power of place -- Part III: City imagery -- City imagery -- The skyscraper as icon -- Part IV: The social psychology of city life -- Experiencing strangers and the quest for public order -- "Seeing" disorder and the ecology of fear.

Part V: City people and places -- Urban communities and social policies -- Families, gender, and singles in the city -- The consumer city: shopping and sports -- Part VI: The urban world -- American and global suburbanization patterns -- Social capital and the resilience of cities.