A Companion to the City
Blackwell Companions to Geography
1. Edition August 2002
656 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-23578-1
John Wiley & Sons
A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective.
* Indispensable companion for students of the City.
* Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields.
* Includes contributions from major scholars in the field.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: Imagining Cities.
Part II: The Economy and the City.
Part III: Cities of Division and Difference.
Part IV: Public Cultures and Everyday Space.
Part V: Urban Politics and Urban Interventions.
Index.
Part I: Imagining Cities.
Part II: The Economy and the City.
Part III: Cities of Division and Difference.
Part IV: Public Cultures and Everyday Space.
Part V: Urban Politics and Urban Interventions.
Index.
"...covers everything from the role of dance in shaping cities to
race and class in South Africa to the application of military
techniques to city planning." (The Observer, 19 June 2011)
"Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson's Companion to the City is
a wonderful compendium of some of the best writing on cities and
urbanism. It covers a wide range of approaches encompassing the
city in literature, planning, representations of the city, policy
and analysis. It truly is a 'companion' and like all good
companions has always something relevant to say whatever the
reader's mood or whatever s/he is searching for." Professor
Elizabeth Wilson, previously of University of North London
"This is a first-class read, useful for architects and planners
as well as for students of the city. A state-of-the-art book."
Richard Sennett, London School of Economics and Political
Science
"This is a substantial, well illustrated volume in five parts
[...] The editors have certainly succeeded in their aim to 'create
a multidiscplinary approach to cities' in compiling their
'companion'." Stephen Royle, Queen's University Belfast
race and class in South Africa to the application of military
techniques to city planning." (The Observer, 19 June 2011)
"Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson's Companion to the City is
a wonderful compendium of some of the best writing on cities and
urbanism. It covers a wide range of approaches encompassing the
city in literature, planning, representations of the city, policy
and analysis. It truly is a 'companion' and like all good
companions has always something relevant to say whatever the
reader's mood or whatever s/he is searching for." Professor
Elizabeth Wilson, previously of University of North London
"This is a first-class read, useful for architects and planners
as well as for students of the city. A state-of-the-art book."
Richard Sennett, London School of Economics and Political
Science
"This is a substantial, well illustrated volume in five parts
[...] The editors have certainly succeeded in their aim to 'create
a multidiscplinary approach to cities' in compiling their
'companion'." Stephen Royle, Queen's University Belfast
Gary Bridge is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Urban
Studies, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, and
writes on issues of rationality, time, space and the city.
Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open
University. Her recent books include Surface City: Sydney at the
Millennium (with Peter Murphy, 1997) and Postmodern Cities
and Spaces (co-edited with Katherine Gibson, Blackwell,
1995).
Studies, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, and
writes on issues of rationality, time, space and the city.
Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open
University. Her recent books include Surface City: Sydney at the
Millennium (with Peter Murphy, 1997) and Postmodern Cities
and Spaces (co-edited with Katherine Gibson, Blackwell,
1995).
