Title & Author:

Readings in urban analysis : perspectives on urban form and structure / edited by Robert W. Lake.

Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Center for Urban Policy Research, ©1983.

Description:

xxv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index.
[Part] I. The neo-classical tradition ; A theory of the urban land market / William Alonso -- The spatial structure of the housing market / Richard F. Muth -- The journey-to-work as a determinant of residential location / John F. Kain -- [Part] II. Human ecology ; Human ecology / Robert E. Park -- Toward a more human human ecology : an urban research strategy / Harvey L. Molotch -- Growth, politics, and the stratification of places / John R. Logan -- Men without property : the tramp's classification and use of urban space / James S. Duncan -- [Part] III. Conflict and institutional constraints ; Local interests and urban political processes in market societies / Kevin R. Cox -- Locational conflict and the politics of consumption / David Ley and John Mercer -- Urban social theory and research / Ray E. Pahl -- The role of institutions in the inner London housing market : the case of Islington / Peter R. Williams -- Large builders, federal housing programmes and postwar suburbanization / Barry Checkoway -- [Part] IV. Marxist approaches ; The urban process under capitalism : a framework for analysis / David Harvey -- Capital accumulation and urbanization in the United States / Richard Child Hill -- Class-monopoly rent, finance capital and the urban revolution / David Harvey -- Toward a theory of gentrification : a back to the city movement by capital, not people / Neil Smith.

Summary:

The notion of urban analysis Robert W. Lake discusses focuses on the spatial structure of the city, its causes, and its consequences. At issue is the city as a spatial fact: a built environment with explicit characteristics and spatial dimensions, a spatial distribution of population and land uses, a nexus of locational decisions, an interconnected system of locational advantages and disadvantages, amenities and dis-amenities. Beginning with landmark articles in neo-classical and ecological theory, the reader covers the latest departures and developments. Separate sections cover political approaches to locational conflict, institutional influences on urban form, and recent Marxist approaches to urban analysis. Among the topics included are community strategies in locational conflict, the political economy of place, the role of government and the courts, institutional influences in the housing market, and the relationship between urban form and capitalist development. This is a valuable introductory text for courses in urban planning, urban geography, and urban sociology.

ISBN:

0882850822 (pbk.)
9780882850825 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban economics.
Cities and towns United States.
Human ecology United States.
Housing United States.
Urban form United States.
Urban structure United States.
Villes États-Unis.
Économie urbaine.
Écologie humaine États-Unis.
Logement États-Unis.
Cities and towns
Housing
Human ecology
Aufsatzsammlung
Stadtentwicklung
Stadtforschung
Theorie
United States

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Lake, Robert W., 1946- editor.
Rutgers University. Center for Urban Policy Research.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79511
Call No.: ID:85-B10107
Status: Available