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Books : Cities of the World: World Regional Urban DevelopmentIn association with Amazon.comby: Stanley D. Brunn  Dewey Decimal Number: 307.14 EAN: 9780060410285 ISBN: 0060410280 Label: HarperCollins Publishers Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 507 Publication Date: 1992-12 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Sales Rank: 373579 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This fully updated and revised fourth edition of the classic text offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding the urban landscape, and by extension the world's politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, a group of noted experts explores the eleven major global regions. Liberally illustrated with a new selection of photographs, maps, and diagrams, the text also includes a rich array of boxed vignettes. Clearly written and timely, this text will be invaluable for those teaching introductory or advanced classes on global cities, regional geography, and urban studies. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great book!Very good book for all beginners wanting to learn more about the world's greatest and largest cities. This book also discusses the history of many of these cities along with their social geography. Overall, a very good read! Rating:  - 2003? seems more like 1950This book is poorly written, full of factual and gramatical errors, and suffers from what I would nicely call "eurocentricity." The book blames the problems of less developed countries on the populations of those countries and does not discuss the effects of colonialism or neocolonialism. I was expecting an unbiased, interesting, enlightening text on world cities, history, culture, and urban systems, what I got is a lot of population ecology and an unabashed advertisement for globalization and the ... Read More Rating:  - This can also be considered a book on world historyAn important reason that I think this book gives a balanced, non-biased overview of the development of cities throughout the world is because it was written by a diverse group of authors. While in every chapter or section of the book we find that "Western imperialists" are always involved in the evolution of world cities, this book also emphasizes how indigenous city planning still shape the cities and offer the means for cities to be friendlier places to live. Since cities are sources ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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