Key Thinkers on Cities by Regan Koch (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Key Thinkers on Cities by Regan Koch, Dr. Alan Latham The work of 40 innovative and influential thinkers are profiled in this text to provide students with an engaging introduction to and intellectual survey of those who are and have been instrumental in the way we interact with cities FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Key Thinkers on Cities provides an engaging introduction to the dynamic intellectual field of urban studies. It profiles the work of 40 innovative thinkers who represent the broad reach of contemporary urban scholarship and whose ideas have shaped the way cities around the world are understood, researched, debated and acted upon. Providing a synoptic overview that spans a wide range of academic and professional disciplines, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, the entry for each key thinker comprises: A succinct introduction and overviewIntellectual biography and research focus An explication of key ideas Contributions to urban studies The book offers a fresh look at well-known thinkers who have been foundational to urban scholarship, including Jane Jacobs, Henri Lefebvre, Manuel Castells and David Harvey. It also incorporates those who have helped to bring a concern for cities to more widespread audiences, such as Jan Gehl, Mike Davis and Enrique Penalosa. Notably, the book also includes a range of thinkers who have more recently begun to shape the study of cities through engagements with art, architecture, computer modelling, ethnography, public health, post-colonial theory and more. With an introduction that provides a mapping of the current transdisciplinary field, and individual entries by those currently involved in cutting edge urban research in the Global North and South, this book promises to be an essential text for anyone interested in the study of cities and urban life. It will be of use to those in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, sociology and urban planning. Author Biography Regan Koch is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London. His interests are in matters of public space, urban sociality and collective culture, and the representation and imagination of urban life. Working between London and various cities across the US, Regan′s research has focused on exploring novel food trends, social entrepreneurship, licensing laws and government regulations, and changing social norms related to how we live together in cities. His work has been published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Urban Studies, the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, and in several edited collections. Alan Latham is a Professor of Human Geography at University College London. His research focuses on sociality, social infrastructure, and the public life of cities more generally. He has undertaken research in Germany, America, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Sweden on cities as diverse as Auckland, London, New York, Eugene (OR), Malmo, Berlin, and Champaign-Urbana. Before moving to UCL he held academic positions at the University of Southampton, and the University of Auckland. Table of Contents Introduction: How to think about cities - Regan Koch and Alan Latham01 Janet Abu-Lughod - Joseph Heathcott02 Ash Amin - Junjia Ye03 Elijah Anderson - Michael DeLand04 Michael Batty - Helen Couclelis05 Brian Berry - Elvin Wyly06 M. Christine Boyer - Agustín Cócola Gant07 Neil Brenner - Tauri Tuvikene08 Teresa Caldeira - Sonia Roitman09 Manuel Castells - Phil Hubbard10 Jason Corburn - Andrew Barnfield11 Mike Davis - Melanie Lombard12 Bent Flyvbjerg - Martijn Duineveld, Kristof Van Assche and Raoul Beunen13 Matthew Gandy - Andrew Karvonen14 Néstor García Canclini - Angela Giglia15 Jan Gehl - Annie Matan16 Edward Glaeser - Jurgen Essletzbichler17 Stephen Graham - Kurt Iveson18 David Harvey - Louis Moreno19 Dolores Hayden - Leslie Kern20 Jane Jacobs - Oli Mould21 Jane M. Jacobs - Ryan Centner22 Natalie Jeremijenko - Clemens Driessen23 Rem Koolhaas - Davide Ponzini24 Henri Lefebvre - David Pinder25 Kevin Lynch - Quentin Stevens26 William J. Mitchell - David Beer27 Harvey Molotch - Eugene McCann28 Enrique Peñalosa - Juan Pablo Galvis29 Jennifer Robinson - Rajyashree Reddy30 Ananya Roy - Hanna Hilbrandt31 Saskia Sassen - Michele Acuto32 Richard Sennett - Alan Latham33 Karen C. Seto - Michail Fragkias34 Abdumaliq Simone - Colin McFarlane35 Neil Smith - Tom Slater36 Michael Storper - Alan Latham37 Mariana Valverde - Regan Koch38 Loïc Wacquant - Tom Slater39 Fulong Wu - I-Chun Catherine Chang40 Sharon Zukin - Mark Jayne Review "Key Thinkers on Cities is an excellent assemblage of urban studies scholars who reflect insightfully on the major ideas and contributions of many of the most influential contributors to urban theory and practice of the past three decades." -- Michael Peter Smith"Urban studies has experienced a theoretical renaissance of late, and the tumble dryer of ideas that has emerged underline the need to take stock. In this book, Koch and Latham are more than up to the task, bringing together a plurality of 40 thinkers on cities that spans economics, geography, sociology, anthropology, planning and beyond. The scope of the book is admirable, capturing the diversity of approaches and disciplines that builds on but also moves well beyond the usual suspects and trends. Indeed, and using a celestial analogy, the book covers not only the super-giant suns with their considerable gravity, but also those thinkers only emerging from the cosmic dust, rogue planets forging their own unique understandings, and the shooting stars that promise exciting new insights. But the edited volume goes one step further by relating theories across thinkers, thereby uncovering the rich relationalities that underpin urban studies today." -- Dr Geoff DeVerteuil"The contributors to Key Thinkers weave together the personal and the professional to provide a wonderful set of insights into the people behind contemporary urban studies. And in the process they highlight the many and varied methods and theories that co-exist in this diverse and heterogeneous field. This book is a must-read for all of us who want to know more about why we understand cities in the way we do!" -- Kevin Ward"This is a fresh and comprehensive survey of the current state of urban theory, both revisiting the reputation of established experts as well as bringing forth new voices and theories that have enlivened the field in recent years." -- Donald McNeill Review Quote "Urban studies has experienced a theoretical renaissance of late, and the tumble dryer of ideas that has emerged underline the need to take stock. In this book, Details ISBN1473907748 Language English ISBN-10 1473907748 ISBN-13 9781473907744 Media Book Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Regan Koch DEWEY 307.76 Year 2017 Short Title KEY THINKERS ON CITIES Pages 280 Publication Date 2017-07-11 UK Release Date 2017-07-11 NZ Release Date 2017-07-11 Author Dr. Alan Latham Birth 1949 Affiliation Professor of Public Law, University of Manchester Qualifications M.D. Alternative 9781473907751 Audience Undergraduate Publisher Sage Publications Ltd Imprint Sage Publications Ltd AU Release Date 2017-06-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127074719;

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