Urbanization in a Global Context - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190165766 ISBN 13: 9780190165765

Publisher: OUP Canada, 2022

Synopsis

Urbanization in a Global Context is a contributed text that helps Canadian students understand the process of urbanization by examining cities outside Canada across the Global North and South. Truly international in its approach, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of urban places and fosters analysis that identifies the similarities and differences between cities in different world regions. Each chapter focuses on different contemporary urban issues - ranging from urban policy, climate change, and gender to transportation and water governance - and introduces current urban scholarly debates, grounding them in international case studies. How these issues resonate with the Canadian urban context is discussed in text boxes, which employ descriptive accounts, drawing on examples from a selection of small-, mid-, and large-sized Canadian cities. Activities and questions at the end of each chapter prompt students to collaborate with peers to further critically reflect upon how these urban issues could relate to their lived experience in Canadian cities.

About this title

About the Author

Alison L. Bain is an Associate Professor of Geography at York University.

Linda Peake is a Professor of Social Science who teaches in the Urban Studies program and the Graduate Program in Geography and is the Director of the CITY Institute at York University.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Canada
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190165766
• ISBN 13: 9780190165765
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Bain Alison, Peake Linda