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Key Thinkers on Cities (Hardcover)
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Key Thinkers on Cities (Hardcover)
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Key Thinkers on Cities provides an engaging introduction to the
dynamic intellectual field of urban studies. It profiles the work
of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of
contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way
cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and
acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range
of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives
and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker
comprises: A succinct introduction and overview Intellectual
biography and research focus An explication of key ideas
Contributions to urban studies The book offers a fresh look at
well-known thinkers who have been foundational to urban
scholarship, including Jane Jacobs, Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells
and David Harvey. It also incorporates those who have helped to
bring a concern for cities to more widespread audiences, such as
Jan Gehl, Mike Davis and Enrique Penalosa. Notably, the book also
includes a range of thinkers who have more recently begun to shape
the study of cities through engagements with art, architecture,
computer modelling, ethnography, public health, post-colonial
theory and more. With an introduction that provides a mapping of
the current transdisciplinary field, and individual entries by
those currently involved in cutting edge urban research in the
Global North and South, this book promises to be an essential text
for anyone interested in the study of cities and urban life. It
will be of use to those in the fields of anthropology, economics,
geography, sociology and urban planning.
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