Working, Housing: Urbanizing [electronic resource] : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

• Tác giả: Jennifer Robinson, Allen J Scott, Peter J Taylor
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 9783319451794 (print)
• ISBN-13: 978-3319451800
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 307.76 Urban communities
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: XIII, 60 p. 11 illus., 7 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 117482
• Chủ đề: 1. Economic development; 2. Geography; 3. Human geography; 4. Labor economics; 5. Urban geography

Tóm tắt

This book presents an incisive outline of the historical development and geography of cities. It focuses on three themes that constitute essential foundations for any understanding of urban form and function. These are: (a) the shifting patterns of urbanization through historical time, (b) the role of cities as centers of production and work in a globalizing world, and (c) the diverse housing and shelter needs of urban populations. The book also explores a number of critical urban problems and the political challenges that they pose. Empirical evidence from urban situations on all five continents is brought into play throughout the discussion.