Urbanization in a Global Context
Edited by Alison Bain and Linda Peake
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
List of Tables and Figures
Preface: A Guide to the Text
Acknowledgments
1:Introduction: Urbanization and Urban Geographies, Linda Peake and Alison L. Bain
PART ONE - URBAN DEVELOPMENT
2:Shifting Urban Contours: Understanding a World of Growing and Shrinking Cities, Kenneth Cardenas and Philip Kelly
3:National Urban Systems in an Era of Transnationalism, André Sorensen
4:Globalizing Cities and Suburbs, Richard Harris and Roger Keil
5:Incremental and Instant Urbanization: Informal and Spectacular Urbanisms, Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin and Michele Buckley
PART TWO - URBAN POLICY AND PLANNING
6:Urban Policy and Governance: Austerity Urbanism, Betsy Donald and Mia Gray
7:Land Use and Creativity in Post-industrial Cities, Alison L. Bain and Rachael Baker
8:Socialist and Post-socialist Cities in the Twenty-First Century, Lisa B.W Drummond and Douglas Young
9:Urban Planning, Indigenous Peoples, and Settler States, Ryan Walker and Sarem Nejad
10:Urban Policy and Planning for Climate Change, Daniel Aldana Cohen
PART THREE - URBAN FORMS
11:Gentrification, Gated Communities, and Social Mixing, Nicholas Lynch and Yolande Pottie-Sherman
12:Unequal and Volatile Urban Housing Markets, Alan Walks and Dylan Simone
13:Urban Public Spaces, Virtual Spaces, and Protest, Ebru Ustundag and Gökbörü S. Tanyildiz
14:Urban Geopolitics: War, Militarization, and "The Camp", Nicole Laliberté and Dima Saad
PART FOUR - URBAN LIVES
15:Placing the Transnational Urban Migrant, Harjant S. Gill and Margaret Walton-Roberts
16:The Urban Poor: The Urban Majority and Everyday Life, Sabin Ninglekhu and Katharine Rankin
17:Women in Cities, Linda Peake and Geraldine Pratt
18:Urban Governance, Ethnicity, Race, and Youth, Beverley Mullings and Abdul Alim Habib
19:Disabling Cities, Nancy Worth, Laurence Simard-Gagnon, and Vera Chouinard
20:Cities, Sexualities, and the Queering of Urban Space, David K. Seitz and Natalie Oswin
PART FIVE - URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIVEABILITY
21:Plants, Animals, and Urban Life, Laura Shillington and Alice Hovorka
22:Healthy Cities, Godwin Arku and Richard Sadler
23:Urban Water Governance, Rebecca McMillan, Sawanya Phakphian, and Amrita Danière
24:Delivering and Managing Waste and Sanitation Services in Cities, Carrie L. Mitchell, Kate Parizeau, and Virginia Maclaren
25:Global Convergence and Divergence in Urban Transportation, Craig Townsend
26:Conclusion: Envisioning Global Urban Futures, Alison L. Bain and Linda Peake
Glossary of Key Terms
Index