It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us—the cities we live in—that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city’s edge, to explore its forgotten…
Urban theory beyond the West: a world of cities
Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the…
Provides an overview of the development of David Harvey's arguments, from his earliest preoccupations with the role of geography in Marxism, to his more recent writings on postmodern capitalism and the transformation of urban development. [from publisher's advertisement].
Atlas of cities
More than half the world's population lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. Urbanization is a global phenomenon, but the way cities are developing, the experience of city life, and the prospects for the future of cities vary widely f…