Cities of the World: Regional Patterns and Urban Environments - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442249161 ISBN 13: 9781442249165

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

Synopsis

This fully updated and revised sixth edition offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the urban landscape and, by extension, the world’s politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, noted experts explore the eleven major global regions. Each regional chapter considers urban history, economy, culture, and environment, as well as urban spatial models and problems and prospects. This edition focuses specifically on urban environmental issues, social and economic injustice, security and conflict, the history of urban settlement, urban models, and daily life. Building on 2015 as the Year of Water, the book introduces urban water concerns as a common undercurrent running through all chapters. The contributors explore how water affects cities and how cities affect water―from glacier loss to growing aridity, sea-level rise, increased flooding, potable water scarcity, and beyond. Vignettes of key cities give the reader a vivid understanding of daily life and the “spirit of place.” Liberally illustrated in full color with a new selection of photographs, maps, and diagrams, the text also includes distinctive textboxes to highlight key topics such as gender and the city, Islamic fashion, and global warming. Clearly written and timely, Cities of the World will be invaluable for introductory or advanced classes on global cities, regional geography, the developing world, and urban studies.

About this title

About the Author

Stanley D. Brunn is emeritus professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. Maureen Hays-Mitchell is professor of geography at Colgate University. Donald J. Zeigler is professor of geography at Old Dominion University. Jessica K. Graybill is associate professor of geography at Colgate University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442249161
• ISBN 13: 9781442249165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: Brunn Stanley D., Hays-Mitchell Maureen, Zeigler Donald J., Graybill Jessica K.