Key Concepts in Urban Studies (SAGE Key Concepts series) - Softcover

Gottdiener, Mark D.; Budd, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761940987 ISBN 13: 9780761940982

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

The SAGE Key Concepts series provides students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critical evaluation through understanding.

Written by experienced and respected academics, the books are indispensable study aids and guides to comprehension.

Key Concepts in Urban Studies:

· Clearly and concisely explains the basic ideas in the interdisciplinary field of urban studies

· Offers concise discussions of concepts ranging from community, neighbourhood, and the city to globalization, the New Urbanism, feminine space, and urban problems

· Constitutes a re-examination of the key ideas in the field

· Is illustrated throughout with international examples

· Provides an essential reference guide for all students and teachers across the urban disciplines within sociology, political science, planning and geography.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Gottdiener is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at The University at Buffalo (SUNY).

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0761940987
• ISBN 13: 9780761940982
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200