Winner of the Regional Studies Association's Best Book Award 2018.
In the last few decades, many global cities and towns have
experienced unprecedented economic, social, and spatial structural
change. Today, we find ourselves at the juncture between entering a
post-urban and a post-political world, both presenting new
challenges to our metropolitan regions, municipalities, and cities.
Many megacities, declining regions and towns are experiencing an
increase in the number of complex problems regarding internal
relationships, governance, and external connections. In particular,
a growing disparity exists between citizens that are socially
excluded within declining physical and economic realms and those
situated in thriving geographic areas. This book conveys how forces
of structural change shape the urban landscape. In The Post-Urban
World is divided into three main sections: Spatial Transformations
and the New Geography of Cities and Regions; Urbanization,
Knowledge Economies, and Social Structuration; and New Cultures in
a Post-Political and Post-Resilient World. One important subject
covered in this book, in addition to the spatial and economic
forces that shape our regions, cities, and neighbourhoods, is the
social, cultural, ecological, and psychological aspects which are
also critically involved. Additionally, the urban transformation
occurring throughout cities is thoroughly discussed. Written by
today's leading experts in urban studies, this book discusses
subjects from different theoretical standpoints, as well as various
methodological approaches and perspectives; this is alongside the
challenges and new solutions for cities and regions in an
interconnected world of global economies. This book is aimed at
both academic researchers interested in regional development,
economic geography and urban studies, as well as practitioners and
policy makers in urban development.
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