par Thomas, Alexander R. (1969-....)
Lexington Books
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Disponible - 913.43 THO
Niveau 2 - Géographie, urbanisme
City and country : the historical evolution of urban-rural systems
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Thomas, Alexander R. (1969-....)
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Résumé
City and Country is a far-reaching, interdisciplinary work seeking to reunite urban and rural scholarship and to allow readers to understand rural and urban places as fundamentally linked within systems. Thomas and Fulkerson (both, SUNY, Oneonta) emphasize the scale and scope of these urban-rural systems, including these systems' responses to changes in their physical environments, something not commonly addressed in other works on urban environments. This study lays out key theoretical ideas with summarizing bullet points at the end of each section and provides a narrative history of cities across the ancient and modern world, making this work accessible to those beginning to look at urban theory. The authors ground their research in extensive scholarship on urban development, primarily based in sociology, though they also draw heavily from theory in economics, geography, anthropology, and political science. This volume pulls together a staggering number of themes, sometimes uncomfortably so, to argue that although some features of city life are natural (the authors compare humans to other species, such as bonobo apes), a fuller understanding of cities must critically evaluate the complexity and vulnerability of their deep interconnections with rural areas.
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Date
- 2021
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Langues
- Anglais
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Description matérielle
- 473 p. ; 18 cm
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ISBN
- 978-1-7936-4434-3
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Indice
- 913.43 Géographie des réseaux et des transports
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Origine de la notice:
- BPI
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Disponible - 913.43 THO
Niveau 2 - Géographie, urbanisme
