Urban Studies

The financial crisis has given new impetus to the struggles of oppositional urban social movements that have long emphasized the injustice, destructiveness and unsustainability of capitalist forms of urbanization. Through contributions by urban theorists, sociologists, geographers, political scienti..

The financial crisis has given new impetus to the struggles of oppositional urban social movements that have long emphasized the injustice, destructiveness and unsustainability of capitalist forms of urbanization. Through contributions by urban theorists, sociologists, geographers, political scienti..

Discusses urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. This work explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. It also includes a discussion of local resilience, ..

Discusses urban terror - its meaning, its ramifications, and its impact on city life. This work explains what kinds of cities have become prime targets, why terrorism has become lethal, and how its inspiration has changed from secular to religious. It also includes a discussion of local resilience, ..

Recognizing the pivotal role that local governments play in the high-tech economy, this book examines the effect of technology industries and infrastructures on cities and the local policy actions required for effective response to these challenges. It provides coverage of the technology economy wit..

Recognizing the pivotal role that local governments play in the high-tech economy, this book examines the effect of technology industries and infrastructures on cities and the local policy actions required for effective response to these challenges. It provides coverage of the technology economy wit..

In this extensively updated second edition, Phil Hubbard considers the different ways that the lived and messy realities of urban life have been approached by geographers, past and present. Situating these in the context of ongoing debates concerning globalization, urban fragmentation and planetary ..

In this extensively updated second edition, Phil Hubbard considers the different ways that the lived and messy realities of urban life have been approached by geographers, past and present. Situating these in the context of ongoing debates concerning globalization, urban fragmentation and planetary ..

By showing how much of what is considered peripheral to urban life is actually critical to it, the book opens up new ways for understanding what it is possible to do in cities from now on...

By showing how much of what is considered peripheral to urban life is actually critical to it, the book opens up new ways for understanding what it is possible to do in cities from now on...

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Cities..