Urbanization : An Introduction to Urban Geography

1. Urbanization and Urban Geography

The Study of Urban Geography
Urbanization: Processes and Outcomes
The Plan of the Book

2. The Origins and Growth of Cities

The Definition of a City
Preconditions for Urbanization
Theories of Urban Origins
Urban Origins
Internal Structure of the Earliest Cities
Urban Expansion from the Regions of Urban Origin
The Roots of European Urban Expansion
Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution

3. The Foundations of the American Urban System

Frontier Urbanization
The Mercantile Epoch (1790--1840)
Early Industrial Expansion and Realignment (1840--1875)
The Organization of Industry (1875--1920)
Early Fordism, the Automobile Era, Suburban Infill, and the Great Depression (1920--1945)

4. Urban Systems in Transition

Freeways, Regional Decentralization, and Metropolitan Consolidation (1945--1972)
Economic Crisis and Neo-Fordist Urban Restructuring (1972--1983)
Neo-Fordist Economic Restructuring and the Emergence of ''Informational'' Cities (1983--present)

5. The Foundations of Urban Form and Land Use

The Mercantile City (before 1840)
The Early Industrial City (1840--1875)
The Industrial City (1875--1920)
Urban Structure in the Industrial Era

6. Changing Metropolitan Form

Suburban Infill (1920--1945)
Freeways and Metropolitan Sprawl (1945--1972)
Neo-Fordist Development (1973--Present)
The End of ''Suburbia''

7. Urbanization in the Less Developed Countries

Urbanization Trends and Projections: The Less Developed Countries in Global Context
Factors promoting Urban Growth
Theories of Urbanization and Economic Development
An Historical Perspective on Colonial Urbanization
Overurbanization and Megacities

8. Urban Form and Land Use in the Less Developed Countries

Patterns of Urban Form and Land Use

9. Urban Problems and Responses in the Less Developed Countries

Urban Problems
Responses to the Problems of Urbanization

10. The City as Text: Architecture and Urban Design

Architecture and the Dynamics of Urban Change
The Style of Production/The Production of Style

11. The Urban Development Process

Property, Location, Rent, and Investment
The Structures of Building Provision
Key Sources and Suggested Reading
Related World Wide Web Sites

12. The Residential Kaleidoscope

Social Interaction and Residential Segregation
Interpretations of Residential Ecology
The New Mosaic: Attempting to identify ''Lifestyle'' Communities

13. How Neighborhoods Change

Neighborhood Change
Housing Markets
Residential Mobility and Neighborhood Change
Housing Market Gatekeepers, Bias, and Discrimination
Putting It All Together: The Example of Gentrification

14. Urbanization, Urban Life, and Urban Spaces

Social Life In Cities
Theoretical Interpretations of Urban Life
Gendered Spaces: Women, Home, and Community

15. Problems of Urbanization

Problem? What Problem?
From Haunts of Vice to Gang Wastelands–and Back
Slums and Poverty Areas
Criminal Violence
Homelessness
Infrastructure and Environmental Problems

16. The Politics of Change: Urbanization and Urban Governance

Laissez-faire: Government and Politics in the Mercantile City (1790-1840)
Municipal Socialism and the Rise of Machine Politics (1840-1875)
Boosterism and the Politics of Reform (1875-1920)
Metropolitan Fragmentation and the Formation of Progrowth Coalitions (1920-1945)
Cities as Growth Machines and Service Providers (1945-1973)
Fiscal Crisis and Entrepreneurial Politics (1973-present)
Conceptual and Theoretical Perspectives on Governance, Politics, and Urban Change

17. Urban Policy and Planning

The Roots of Urban Policy and Planning
The Beginning: Philanthropy and Reform
The City Practical
The New Deal
Fordist Era Policy and Planning
Neo-Fordist Policy and Planning
Postmodern Planning
Planning for Healthy and Livable Cities

18. Urban Futures

A Perspective on Future Change
Economic Change
Demographic Change
Social Change
Cultural Change
Political Change
Future Visions