Urban Geography Books

New and Published Books

1. The Surveillance-Industrial Complex

   A Political Economy of Surveillance

   Edited by Kirstie Ball, Laureen Snider

   Today’s ‘surveillance society’ emerged from a complex of military and corporate priorities that were nourished through the active and ‘cold’ wars that marked the twentieth century. Two massive configurations of power – state and corporate – have become the dominant players. Mass targeted...

   Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge
2. Planning for Sustainability

   Creating Livable, Equitable and Ecological Communities, 2nd Edition

   By Stephen Wheeler

   How can human communities sustain a long-term existence on a small planet? This challenge grows ever more urgent as the threat of global warming increases. Planning for Sustainability presents a wide-ranging, intellectually well-grounded and accessible introduction to the concept of planning for...

   Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Progress in Urban Geography (Routledge Revivals)

   By Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   A substantial proportion of the world’s population now live in towns and cities, so it is not surprising that urban geography has emerged as a major focus for research. This edited collection, first published in 1983, is concerned with the effects on the city of a wide range of economic, social and...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Urban Problems and Planning in the Developed World (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This edited collection, first published in 1981, presents a discussion of the urban problems faced in the developed world, and addresses the plans and policies devised by governments to solve them. Using a number of city-based case studies, including New York, Tokyo and Glasgow, the authors present...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
5. Problems and Planning in Third World Cities (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   When this title was first published in 1981, growing concern for the future of cities and those who inhabited them, stimulated by trends in global urbanisation, had resulted in much emphasis being placed on a problem-solving approach to the study of the city. The chapters in this edited collection,...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
6. Progress in Political Geography (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
7. Progress in Industrial Geography (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This edited collection, first published in 1985, deals with a number of the major themes central to the study of industrial geography. Topics under discussion include new methodologies, the growing service industries, foreign investment and the industrial geography of the developing world. With a...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
8. Urban Problems (Routledge Revivals)

   An Applied Urban Analysis

   By Michael Pacione

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Urban problems and their resolution represent one of the major challenges for planners and decision makers in the modern world. This book, first published in 1990, makes a major contribution to the field, presenting an international and interdisciplinary approach to the challenges presented by the...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
9. Underdevelopment and Development in Brazil: Volume I

   Economic Structure and Change, 1822-1947

   By Nathaniel H Leff

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this work offers an analysis Brazil’s long-term economic history and development, spanning the period from independence to post-war industrial growth. The book focuses upon the classic problem of why Brazil failed to develop economically during the nineteenth century in a...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. Urbanisation in the Developing World

    Edited by David Drakakis-Smith

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1986, this reissue is concerned with the increased social problems, regional imbalances, and economic dislocation resulting from the alarming growth rate of cities in the developing world. It considers theoretical questions and contains wide-ranging case studies to support the...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge