The Urban Order
An Introduction to Urban Geography
1. Edition June 1996
516 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-55786-361-4
John Wiley & Sons
Traditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.
Introduction.
Part I: The City and Economy.
Part II: The City and Society.
Part III: The Production of the City.
Concluding Comments.
Index.
Part I: The City and Economy.
Part II: The City and Society.
Part III: The Production of the City.
Concluding Comments.
Index.
"The strengths of this text are its breadth of coverage of the main
debates in the field, the author's continuing and lively engagement
with his subject and his genuine attempts to cross paradigms in
discussion of what constitutes different understandings of urban
orders. The comparative material... is a welcome change from the
usual northern hemispheric focus of texts written in English."
Urban Policy and Research
"The first thing to say about this text is that it is clearly
aimed at undergraduate students... Short and his publishers have
put in a great deal of effort to ensure the book's accessibility.
At a time when the demands placed upon students are growing, the
ease with which information can be traced is an increasingly
important consideration. This textbook achieves this remarkably
effectively." Paul Teedon, The Geographical Journal.
"This is an excellent book and has relevance for all academic
fields concerned with urban dynamics. As an introduction to, and
overview of, urban events during this last century it is thorough
and presented in a very readable and accessible form." Lone
Poulsen, University of Witwatersrand
debates in the field, the author's continuing and lively engagement
with his subject and his genuine attempts to cross paradigms in
discussion of what constitutes different understandings of urban
orders. The comparative material... is a welcome change from the
usual northern hemispheric focus of texts written in English."
Urban Policy and Research
"The first thing to say about this text is that it is clearly
aimed at undergraduate students... Short and his publishers have
put in a great deal of effort to ensure the book's accessibility.
At a time when the demands placed upon students are growing, the
ease with which information can be traced is an increasingly
important consideration. This textbook achieves this remarkably
effectively." Paul Teedon, The Geographical Journal.
"This is an excellent book and has relevance for all academic
fields concerned with urban dynamics. As an introduction to, and
overview of, urban events during this last century it is thorough
and presented in a very readable and accessible form." Lone
Poulsen, University of Witwatersrand
John Rennie Short was born in Tullibody, Scotland. He was educated at Alloa Academy and Aberdeen University. He completed his PhD at Bristol University and lectured in geography at Reading University before taking up his present position of Professor of Geography at Syracuse University in 1990. His previous books include Housing and Residential Structure (1980), The Humane City (Blackwell, 1989), Imagined Country (1991) and Human Settlement (1993).