| The Social Production of Urban Space Contributor(s): Gottdiener, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0292727720 ISBN-13: 9780292727724 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 307.760 |
| LCCN: 93039444 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.82" W x 8.93" (1.12 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its first publication in 1985, The Social Production of Urban Space has become a landmark work in urban studies. In this second edition, M. Gottdiener assesses important new theoretical models of urban space--and their shortcomings--including the global perspective, the flexible accumulation school, postmodernism, the new international division of labor, and the growth machine perspective. Going beyond the limitations of these and older theories, Gottdiener proposes a model of urban growth that accounts for the deconcentration away from the central city that began in the United States in the 1920s and continues today. Sociologists, political scientists, economists, geographers, and urban planners will find his interdisciplinary approach to urban science invaluable, as it is currently the most comprehensive treatment of European and American work in these related fields. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gottdiener, M.: - M. Gottdiener is a professor of sociology and urban studies at the University of California, Riverside, and author of several trend-setting works on urban development. |