David Bell / Mark Jayne

Small Cities

Urban experience beyond the metropolis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Until now, much research in the field of urban planning and change has focused on the economic, political, social, cultural and spatial transformations of global cities and larger metropolitan areas – in this topical new volume, David Bell and Mark Jayne redress this balance, focusing on urban change within small cities around the world.

Drawing together research from a strong international team of contributors, this four part book is the first systematic overview of small cities. A comprehensive and integrated primer with coverage of all key topics, it takes a multi-disciplinary approach to an important contemporary urban phenomenon. The book addresses:
political and economic decision making
urban economic development and competitive advantage
cultural infrastructure and planning in the regeneration of small cities
identities, lifestyles and ways in which different groups interact in small cities.

Centering on urban change as opposed to pure ethnographic description, the book’s focus on informed empirical research raises many important issues. Its blend of conceptual chapters and theoretically directed case studies provides an excellent resource for a broad spectrum of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as providing a rich resource for academics and researchers.

Providing a critical introduction into how, on whose behalf, and with what consequences cities are run, the international contributors to this topical volume focus their research on urban change within small cities around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780415366588
• ISBN-10: 0415366585
• Artikelnr.: 22038764

Autorenporträt

David Bell is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds
Mark Jayne is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester.
David Bell teaches Human Geography at the University of Leeds, UK.
Andrew Bradley is Lecturer in Sports Tourism and Events Management in Gloucestershire Business School, UK.
T. C. Chang is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography at National University of Singapore.
Frank Eckardt is Professor of Urban Sociology at the Institute for European Urban Studies at the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany.
Tim Edensor teaches Human Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Graeme Evans is Director of the Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Tom Fleming is Director of TF Creative Consultancy, UK, and specializes in research and support for the cultural sector and creative industries.
Jo Foord is Principal Research Fellow in the Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Lia Ghilardi is the founder and director of Noema Research and Planning Ltd, an international cultural planning consultancy.
Tim Hall is Lecturer in the School of Environment, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Mark Jayne is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.
Ellen Kraly (Ellen Percy) is Professor of Geography (1984) at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York State, USA.
Loretta Lees is Reader in Geography at Kings College London, UK.
Joseph Leibovitz is Lecturer in Urban and Regional Studies at the Institute of Geography, the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Greg Lloyd is Head of the School of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee, UK.
John McCarthy is Senior Lecturer at the School of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee, UK.
Malcolm Miles is Reader in Cultural Theory at the University of Plymouth, UK.
Steven Miles is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Nancy K. Napier is Professor of International Business and Executive Director of the Global Business Consortium at Boise State University, USA.
Deborah Peel is Lecturer at the School of Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee, UK.
John Joe Schlichtman is a recent graduate of the New York University Department of Sociology, and Visiting Assistant Professor at Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, New York, USA.
AbdouMaliq Simone is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, UK.
Gordon Waitt is Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
University of Leeds, UK