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Urban Geography 3rd edition Cities across the world are changing rapidly, influenced by the forces of economic and cultural globalisation and by the pressures for environmental, economic and social sustainability. City economies, landscapes, images, environments and social geographies are changing as a result of these forces. This third edition of Urban Geographycontinues to examine the new geographical patterns that are forming within cities and the ways in which geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. Introducing both traditional and contemporary approaches and perspectives in urban geography, this book examines the globalisation of the urbanisation process and explores ways in which governments and institutions have responded to the resulting challenges. This extensively revised new edition, styled in a student-friendly chapter format, includes a new chapter on urban regeneration and comprehensively updated case studies, all illustrated by numerous figures, photos and tables. This is a valuable introduction to urban geography for all geography students. Tim Hallis Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Gloucestershire. Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series Series Editors: David Bell, Manchester Metropolitan University Stephen Wynn Williams, Staffordshire University This series of texts offers stimulating introductions to the core subdisciplines of human geography. Building between ‘traditional’ approaches to subdisciplinary studies and contemporary treatments of these same issues, these concise introductions respond particularly to the new demands of modular courses. Uniformly designed, with a focus on student-friendly features, these books will form a coherent series which is up-to- date and reliable. Existing Titles: Cultural Geography Tourism Geography Development Geography Political Geography Geographies of Globalization Urban Geography, 3rd edition Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series Urban Geography 3rd edition Tim Hall First published 1998 by Routledge Reprinted 1998 Second edition published 2001 by Routledge Reprinted 2002, 2005 Third edition published 2006 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2006 Tim Hall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hall, Tim, 1968– Urban geography / Tim Hall.— 3rd ed. p. cm. — (Routledge contemporary human geography series) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Urban geography. I. Title. II. Series. GF125.H35 2006 307.76—dc22 2005020301 ISBN10: 0–415–34445–X ISBN13: 9–78–0–415–34445–6 (hbk) ISBN10: 0–415–34446–8 ISBN13: 9–78–0–415–34446–3 (pbk) For Cathy Contents List of plates viii List of figures ix List of tables x List of case studies xi Acknowledgements xiii 1 Why urban geography? 1 2 New cities, new urban geographies 3 3 Changing approaches in urban geography 19 4 The changing economic geography of the city 36 5 Urban policy and regeneration 57 6 Transforming the image of the city 77 7 Recent urban change 97 8 Unequal cities 129 9 Sustainability and the city 152 10 Your urban geographies 178 References 180 Index 193 Plates 2.1 Postmodern urbanisation, the Olympic Port, Barcelona 6 6.1 Enhancing urban image through new development, Bull Ring Development, Birmingham, UK 86 6.2a Syracuse logo 1848 91 6.2b Syracuse logo 1986 91 7.1 Security and luxury inner-city residential developments, Birmingham, UK 115 8.1 Run-down housing adjacent to new hotel developments, Cultural Forum 2004 site, Barcelona 142 8.2 Graffiti protesting against the impacts of new development, Barcelona 149 9.1 The manicured civic landscape, Imperial Gardens, Cheltenham, UK 167 9.2 The fortuitous landscape, an abandoned railway line, Cheltenham, UK 168 Figures 2.1 Burgess’ concentric zone model 9 2.2 Hoyt’s sector model 9 2.3 Mann’s model of a British city 10 2.4 The post-industrial ‘global’ metropolis 13 7.1 A model of suburban development 121

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