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This textbook of essays by leading critical urbanists is a compelling introduction to an important field of study; it interrogates contemporary conflicts and contradictions inherent in the social experience of living in cities that are undergoing neoliberal restructuring, and grapples with profound questions and challenging policy considerations about diversity, equity, and justice. A stimulant to debate in any undergraduate urban studies classroom, this book will inspire a new generation of urban social scholars.
Living with Difference: Reflections on Geographies of Encounter
Living with Difference: Reflections on Geographies of Encounter
Difference: The Hallmark of the City
Difference is a hallmark of cities. The size and density of urban populations means they are sites of proximity where all different sorts of people are brought together. The issue of diversity and juxtaposition has been at the heart of geographical attempts to understand urban life. At the beginning of the twentieth century a group of scholars – most famously Robert Park, Ernest Burgess and Roderick McKenzie – carried out detailed studies of where different kinds of people lived in the city. They became known as the Chicago School of Human Ecology because they used an analogy with plant communities to interpret the ...
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