The Geography Of Towns

Author : Arthur E. Smailes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135148219X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Towns written by Arthur E. Smailes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first released much praise was given to this book: "An outstanding book on urban geography. . . representative of the best on this subject."--Higher Education Journal "The book ought to be required reading for every planner and student of planning . . . a magnificent achievement." --Town and Country Planning. The Geography of Towns provides a concise but thorough introduction to the important subject of urban geography. It traces the development of urban areas from the earliest sites of Nineveh, Aleppo, and Agade to modern megalopolises and strip cities, and deals authoritatively with problems of classification and ranking, location and type, origins, and course of development, and the relationship of the city to its region and nation. All facets of urban geography are covered, including the core, integuments, population structure, land-use patterns, enclaves, and town structure. Population mobility and the continual crisscross circulation of populations within and between town and region are seen as important forces affecting the internal geography of towns. The author questions the usefulness or validity of such terms as "neighborhood" and stresses the need for more meaningful conceptualizations and vocabulary. One of the fundamental problems connected with urban geography is to assist in the planning of future cities. This book contributes substantially to an understanding of the interrelations of town and region and to an understanding of the components of the city itself which are essential to intelligent planning for the future.

Author : Arthur Eltringham Smailes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Towns written by Arthur Eltringham Smailes and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Howard Kunstler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671888250
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography Of Nowhere written by James Howard Kunstler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-07-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that much of what surrounds Americans is depressing, ugly, and unhealthy; and traces America's evolution from a land of village commons to a man-made landscape that ignores nature and human needs.

Author : Arthur E. Smailes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book “The” Geography of Towns written by Arthur E. Smailes and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Griffith Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Geography written by Thomas Griffith Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Pacione
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415191968
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Geography written by Michael Pacione and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is an introduction to the study of towns and cities. The book synthesizes a wealth of material to provide a comprehensive introduction for students of urban geography, drawing on a rich blend of theoretical and empirical information, to advance their knowledge of the city. For the first time in the history of humankind, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is destined to continue. Urban places, towns and cities are of fundamental importance: for the distribution of population within countries; in the organization of economic production, distribution and exchange; in the structuring of social reproduction and cultural life; and in the allocation and exercise of power. Even those living beyond the administrative or functional boundaries of a town or city, will have their lifestyle influenced to some degree by a nearby or distant city.

Author : Griffith Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113566904X
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Geography written by Griffith Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into three parts. The first deals with typical settelements in each of the seven continents, the early stages of settlements, land surveys and general phases of town evolution. The second part discusses changes in site and patter, from Neolithic to modern times. The third part specializes in topographic and functional controls in modern towns. Chapters on Planning, Regional Surveys and Classification of towns close the book. There are about 300 specially drawn plans and diagrams of towns - which should appeal to the sociologist and town planner as well as to every serious student of geography. This book was first published in 1949.

Author : Allen J Scott
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446264424
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Economy of Cities written by Allen J Scott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-08-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture is big business. It is at the root of many urban regeneration schemes throughout the world, yet the economy of culture is under-theorized and under-developed. In this wide-ranging and penetrating volume, the economic logic and structure of the modern cultural industries is explained. The connection between cultural production and urban-industrial concentration is demonstrated and the book shows why global cities are the homelands of the modern cultural industries. This book covers many sectors of cultural economy, from craft industries such as clothing and furniture, to modern media industries such as cinema and music recording. The role of the global city as a source of creative and innovative energy is examined in detail, with particular attention paid to Paris and Los Angeles.

Author : Jerzy Bański
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000421635
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns written by Jerzy Bański and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Small Towns addresses the theoretical, methodical, and practical issues related to the development of small towns and neighbouring countryside. Small towns play a very important role in spatial structure by performing numerous significant developmental functions for rural areas. At the local scale, they act as engines for economic growth of rural regions and as a link in the system of connections between large urban centres and the countryside. The book addresses the role of small towns in the local development of regions in countries with different levels of development and economic systems, including those in Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, and Australia. Chapters address the functional structure of small towns, relations between small towns and rural areas, and the challenges of spatial planning in the context of shaping the development of small towns. Students and scholars of urban planning, urban geography, rural geography, political geography, historical geography, and population geography will learn about the role of small towns in the local development of countries representing different economic systems and developmental conditions.

Author : Phil Hubbard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134329806
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City written by Phil Hubbard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key concepts in human geography. Always at the heart of discussions in social theory, the definition and specification of ‘the city’ nonetheless remains illusive. In this volume, Phil Hubbard locates the concept of ‘the city’ within current traditions of social thought, providing a basis for understanding its varying usages and meanings through a critical discussion of the contribution of key authors and thinkers. Written in a lively and accessible style, the individual chapters of City offer a thematic overview of four dominant ways of approaching cities: as lived-in places as imagined spaces as networks of association as technologies of flow. Drawing on a diverse range of literatures and case studies, the book spells out the importance of a geographical perspective on the city, suggesting that it is only by bringing these different ways of mapping the city together that we can begin to make sense of cities.