Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - ...(展开全部)

作者：彼得·桑德斯，萨塞克斯大学社会学荣誉教授，自由职业顾问，独立作家。曾任悉尼独立研究中心社会研究所主任，墨尔本的澳大利亚家庭研究所任调研经理。除《城市政治》之外，他还出版了多本著作，例如，《社会理论与城市问题》2013年、《重建业主之国：英国的房产权出了什么问题？如何根治》（2016年）、《平等行业的崛起》（2011年）、《社会流动的神话》（2010年）、《社会阶级及其划分》（2006年）。 译者：夏家驷，教授，文学硕士。现任北京理工大学珠海学院外国语学院英语系责任教授，广东省翻译协会第六届理事会理事。历任华南农业大学外国语学院副院长、英语系主任、英语专业首席教师、教学名师，历年国家社科基金通讯评委。华中师范大学外国语学院英语系77级、82届毕业生，上海复旦大学外文系孙骊教授的访问学者，美国加州理工州立大学高级访问学者。2017年与时汶共同出版专...(展开全部)

In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Europe and the United States and covers such issues as 'non-decision making' and...(展开全部)

<DIV>Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct architectural and planning practice. Today, with the world’s urban population surpassing three billion people, urban design has become more crucial than ever. Indeed, the concerns that initially brought leading architects and city planners together—including concerns over spr...(展开全部)

Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly significant area of academic endeavour, of public policy and professional practice. Compiled by the a...(展开全部)

There is enormous interest in urban design and the regeneration of our urban areas, but current thinking often concentrates on the built form, forgetting the important role that open spaces play. Urban Open Spaces brings together extensive research and practical experience to prove the opportunities and benefits of different types of open space to society and individuals. Focus...(展开全部)

Though China's urban history reaches back over five thousand years, it is only in the last quarter century that urbanization has emerged as a force of widespread social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. Employing a historical perspective, John Friedmann presents...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre's first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Re...(展开全部)