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Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison.

Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.

This text aims to provide a contemporary, multi-disciplinary analysis of how the study of urban society is likely to develop during the next millennium. Topics and theories investigated include the widespread influence of political economy perspectives and other non-Marxist approaches.

* Contemporary advanced societies. * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations.

Examines the development of social rented housing over the years in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA. This work shows how social housing policies and outcomes have been shaped by broader societal forces - political conflict, economic modernisation, and, also the growth of inequality and social polarization.

Divided Cities is the comparative analysis of New York and London which many have been waiting for. Wider in scope and richer in detailthan any previous study, this work provides the best introduction available to these pre--eminent world cities.

Describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic 'reform' and 'adjustment'.

A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. .

* A path--breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. * Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. * Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence.

This cutting--edge, multi--disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which urban studies is likely to take during the twenty--first century.

Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.

Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post--Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial debates over the nature of capitalisma s newest age.

Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities. * A unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities.

The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. aeo Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. aeo Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon.

* The first significant analysis of "Post-Socialist" Cities and their role in the more general transition. * Brings together new contributions from leading commentators in the field - drawn from Europe and America.

* Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. .

This text provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global cities, to reveal a growing pattern of social and spatial division or polarization. Case studies of New York, Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Calcutta and Rio are included.