Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment - Hardcover

Short, John Rennie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137604727 ISBN 13: 9781137604729

Publisher: Palgrave, 2017

Synopsis

This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.

About this title

About the Author

John Rennie Short is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.

Review

Reviews of the first edition:

"A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK

"A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of "Territory, Authority, Rights
"

Reviews of the first edition:
"A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK
"A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of "Territory, Authority, Rights
"

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1137604727
• ISBN 13: 9781137604729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272