Urban Geography 3RD ED (Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series)

217 Pages·2006·1.21 MB·English

by  Tim Hall

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
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© 2006 Tim Hall
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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