{"product_id":"the-new-blackwell-companion-to-the-city-paperback","title":"The New Blackwell Companion to the City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSophie Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most interdisciplinary collection of its kind\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from non Western perspectives and cities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing together leading scholars from a variety of academic disciplines, this entirely new collection of commissioned essays reports the leading edge of research and analysis into the contemporary urban condition. With more than half of the world's population living in urban environments, cities are places of huge complexity and diversity and the processes, networks, and structures that bind them together reach out across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanization from a range of intellectual and international perspectives. Whilst considering established themes, such as urban divisions and differences, publics and cultures, politics and planning, \u003ci\u003eThe New Blackwell Companion\u003c\/i\u003e to the City also addresses new debates concerning materiality, mobilities, affect, and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating international examples from the US to Europe, and China to South Africa, this book explores the economic, social, cultural, environmental, and political issues that flow from and within the modern city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urban Studies at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReason in the City of Difference: Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eGentrification in a Global Context\u003c\/i\u003e (with Rowland Atkinson, 2005), and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell City Reader, second edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with Sophie Watson, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eMixed Communities: Gentrification by Stealth?\u003c\/i\u003e (with Tim Butler and Loretta Lees, 2012). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Watson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the Open University and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCity Publics: The (dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), co-author of \u003ci\u003eSurface City: Sydney at the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePostmodern Cities and Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eMetropolis Now\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell City Reader, second edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gary Bridge, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 784\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.6 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52765162570035,"sku":"9781118655306","price":93.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cXZVSHFVUFpqRUdBUWwwOGpYeTZsUT09.webp?v=1764615860","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-new-blackwell-companion-to-the-city-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}