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The Urban World

Ninth Edition
J. John Palen
ISBN13: 9780199946044ISBN10: 0199946043 Paperback, 400 pages
Jun 2011,  In Stock

Retail Price to Students:

$89.95 (04)
400 pages; ISBN13: 978-0-19-994604-4ISBN10: 0-19-994604-3
Combining expert scholarship with a readable style, offers students a 21st-century view of the changing nature of urban life

Table of Contents

Brief Contents

Part I: Focus and Development

1. The Urban World
2. The Emergence of Cities

Part II: American Urbanization

3. The Rise of Urban America
4. Ecology and Political Economy Perspectives
5. Metro and Edge City Growth
6. The Suburban Era

Part III: Metropolitan Life

7. Urban Culture and Lifestyles
8. The Social Environment of Metro Areas: Strangers, Crowding, Homelessness, and Crime
9. Diversity: Women, Ethnics, and African Americans
10. Diversity: Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans

Part IV: Metro Issues, Housing, Sprawl, and Planning

11. Cities and Change
12. Housing Policies, Sprawl, and Smart Growth
13. Planning, New Towns, and New Urbanism

Part V: Worldwide Urbanization

14. Developing Countries
15. Asian Urban Patterns
16. African and Latin American Urbanization
17. Conclusion: Toward the Urban Future

Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author