Experiencing cities

by Hutter, Mark

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Title Statements

Full title :Experiencing cities / Mark Hutter.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:Third Edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:32 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 19 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781138851603, 1138851604, 9781138851610, 1138851612
oclc:on1226337334
LC Classification:HT151
Dewey Decimal:307.76

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 -- .