Deciphering the City - Hardcover

Schwab, William A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138403679 ISBN 13: 9781138403673

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Well-written and extremely topical, Deciphering the City efficiently deals with the large and small issues facing cities today. A focus on globalization's impact on the role of cities, an explicit mission to drive home the applied nature of urban studies to students. This innovative text offers an exciting introduction to the history, issues, problems, potential solutions and challenges, facing citiesin the developed and the developing worldfor the twenty-first century. Globalization has changed the roles of cities in the global economy and this text begins with an introduction to the phenomenon of globalization, and how the changes it has brought about have affected the social, political, and economic institutions of societies. The second section of the text concentrates on the psychology of the city and the community-building process, while the book's third section illustrates the structure of cities and their historical and emerging patterns. Deciphering the City makes studying the city a relevant and interesting subject necessary in understanding the functioning of today's world.

About this title

About the Author:

William A. Schwab is university professor of sociology, University of Arkansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1138403679
• ISBN 13: 9781138403673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1