Introduction to Cities: How Place and Space Shape Human Experience

Abstract

Introduction 1 Part I The foundations 5 1 Cities as places and spaces 6 2 Social theories of urban space and place: The early perspectives 28 3 Social theories of urban space and place: Perspectives in the post-World War II era 49 4 Methods and rules for the study of cities 72 Part II The changing metropolis 99 5 The metropolis and its expansion: Early insights and basic principles 100 6 The origins and development of suburbs 123 7 Changing metropolitan landscapes after World War II 154 Part III The metropolis and social inequalities 177 8 The early metropolis as a place of inequality 178 9 Inequality and diversity in the post-World War II metropolis 204 Part IV The metropolis in the developing world 231 10 Urbanization and urban places in developing-country cities 232 11 Cities in the global economy 261 Part V Challenges of today and the metropolis of the future 295 12 Urban environments and sustainability 296 13 The remaking and future of cities 321

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