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Urbanization
L. McCarthy

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This book provides a coherent, comprehensive introduction to urban geography. It offers a historical and process-oriented approach with a North American focus that also provides a global context and comparative international perspective. From a global perspective, the authors examine urban trends and their outcomes in both the developed and the less developed countries in order to understand, analyze, and interpret the landscapes, economies, and communities of towns and cities around the world.* Process-oriented approach to cities - Benefits the student/professor by focusing on key ideas, concepts, and theories rather than becoming bogged down with a huge collection of facts. Example: Fig. 1.4, Urbanization as a Process. * Historical approach to cities - Provides a framework for understanding urbanization and urban change over time.Example: Chapter 2 covers the origins and growth of towns and cities from Mesopotamia through the Industrial Revolution; Chapter 3 covers the foundations of the American urban system. * Global perspective and globalization context - Situates cities within both the larger global context and processes of economic, political, and cultural globalization and their outcomes.Examples: Ch. 1 Box on "Globalization and Cities"; Ch. 7 Box on "Core, semi-periphery and periphery in the world-system." * Coverage of new technologies for studying cities - e.g., Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is introduced in the Ch. 1 box on U.S. census definitions and addressed in the Ch. 12 box on how GIS marketing applications help Starbucks brew up better locational analyses. Examples: Ch. 1 Box on "Census Definitions;" Ch. 12 Box on "GIS Marketing Applications." * Material throughout the text on Western cities - Allowing a focus on North American cities while also paying attention to cities in developed countries elsewhere in the world (in Europe, Australia, Russia, and Japan).Examples: Ch. 4 box on "Contemporary European Urbanization"; Ch. 6 boxes on "Japanese Cities: Tokyo and the Tokaido Megalopolis" and " Australian Edge Cities?" Ch. 12 boxes on "Social exclusion and migrant workers in West European cities" and "Residential and economic structure in European cities;" Ch. 13 boxes on "Public and private housing in European cities" and " Neighborhood stability in West European cities;" Ch. 15 boxes on "Crime and corruption in the cities of the Russian Federation," "High-speed rail in an integrating Europe," and " London's traffic congestion charge;" Ch. 16 box on "Urban regeneration in London's docklands;" and Ch. 17 boxes on "The visible legacy of urban policy and planning in European cities," and "Planning the socialist city in Eastern Europe." * Material throughout the text on cities in the less developed countries - Incorporating attention for Latin American, African, Islamic, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian cities.Examples: Chapter 7 covers urbanization in the less developed countries; Chapter 8 covers urban form and land use in the less developed countries; and Chapter 9 covers urban problems and responses in the less developed countries. * "Follow Up" at the end of each chapter - Contains a list of key terms from that chapter, 2-3 study questions or additional activities related to that chapter, and separate instructions for a "portfolio" containing various kinds of material (text, maps and photos, sound recordings, etc.) that students can compile as they work their way through the text. * Comprehensive glossary of terms that are boldfaced throughout the text.