Book Series

Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

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Cities and Cinema

By Barbara Mennel

Films about cities abound. They provide fantasies for those who recognize their city and those for whom the city is a faraway dream or nightmare.…

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March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36446-1 (Routledge)

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Cities and Economies

By Yeong-Hyun Kim, John Rennie Short

Cities and Economies explores the complex and subtle connections between cities and economies. The rise of the merchant city, the development of the industrial city…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36574-1 (Routledge)

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Cities and Nature

By Lisa Benton-Short, John Rennie Short

Cities and Nature illustrates how the city is part of the environment, and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. The city has…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35589-6 (Routledge)

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Cities and Cultures

By Malcolm Miles

Cities and Cultures is a critical account of the relations between contemporary cities and the cultures they produce and which in turn shape them. The…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35443-1 (Routledge)

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Cities and Consumption

By Mark Jayne

In investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is consumption…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32734-3 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Children, Youth and the City
By Kathrin Horschelmann, Lorraine van Blerk
To be published December 30th 2009

Cities, Politics & Power
By SIMON PARKER
To be published October 30th 2009

Cities and Gender
By Helen Jarvis, Jonathan Cloke, Paula Kantor
To be published May 28th 2009