Taking a thematic approach, this book covers the main aspects of modern urban life taught on undergraduate courses. The key approaches to the city within contem

Space, the City and Social Theory offers a clear and critical account of key approaches to cities and urban space within social theory and analysis. It explores

Who makes our cities, and what part do everyday users have in the design of cities? This book powerfully shows that city-making is a social process and examines

The importance of the spatial dimension of the structure, organization and experience of social relations is fundamental for sociological analysis and understan

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