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Part I. Cities across world regions. Chapter 1. Cities and regions in South Asia ; Chapter 2. Making cities and regions in globalising East Asia ; Chapter 3. Latin American cities and regions ; Chapter 4. Cities and regions in Sub-Saharan Africa ; Chapter 5. Australasian cities: urban change across Australia and New Zealand ; Chapter 6. European cities between continuity and change ; Chapter 7. The North American city
Part II. Leading theoretical perspectives and approaches. Chapter 8. New directions in Frankfurt critical theory for critical urban theory ; Chapter 9. Legacies and remnants of the Chicago school: lineage-making and interdisciplinary urban research at the University of Chicago ; Chapter 10. Environmental perspectives on cities ; Chapter 11. Feminist urban research: praxis and possibility across time and space
Part III. Methodological approaches. Chapter 12. A critical-empirical approach to the use of demographic methods and sources in urban studies ; Chapter 13. GIS in urban studies: a tool of expert analysis, practical application, and citizens' participation ; Chapter 14. Urban ethnography ; Chapter 15. Cities and metworks ; Chapter 16. Policy mobilities: how localities assemble, mobilise, and adopt circulated forms of knowledge
Part IV. Social problems in twenty-first-century cities. Chapter 17. Social heterogeneity and diversity ; Chapter 18. Inequalities and the city: gender, ethnicity, and class ; Chapter 19. The role of residential context and public policies in the production of urban inequalities ; Chapter 20. Immigration and immigrants in European countries ; Chapter 21. Migration and migrants in post-reform Chinese cities ; Chapter 22. Migration and migrants in the United States: the case for a fifth immigration phase ; Chapter 23. Segregation, social mix, and gentrification: nexuses
Part V. Political and economic problems in twenty-first-century cities. Chapter 24. Urban citizenship and governance ; Chapter 25. Policies and policy approaches in cities ; Chapter 26. Financialisation and real estate ; Chapter 27. Housing in the global north and the global south
Part VI. Closure. Chapter 28. Conclusions.
Part II. Leading theoretical perspectives and approaches. Chapter 8. New directions in Frankfurt critical theory for critical urban theory ; Chapter 9. Legacies and remnants of the Chicago school: lineage-making and interdisciplinary urban research at the University of Chicago ; Chapter 10. Environmental perspectives on cities ; Chapter 11. Feminist urban research: praxis and possibility across time and space
Part III. Methodological approaches. Chapter 12. A critical-empirical approach to the use of demographic methods and sources in urban studies ; Chapter 13. GIS in urban studies: a tool of expert analysis, practical application, and citizens' participation ; Chapter 14. Urban ethnography ; Chapter 15. Cities and metworks ; Chapter 16. Policy mobilities: how localities assemble, mobilise, and adopt circulated forms of knowledge
Part IV. Social problems in twenty-first-century cities. Chapter 17. Social heterogeneity and diversity ; Chapter 18. Inequalities and the city: gender, ethnicity, and class ; Chapter 19. The role of residential context and public policies in the production of urban inequalities ; Chapter 20. Immigration and immigrants in European countries ; Chapter 21. Migration and migrants in post-reform Chinese cities ; Chapter 22. Migration and migrants in the United States: the case for a fifth immigration phase ; Chapter 23. Segregation, social mix, and gentrification: nexuses
Part V. Political and economic problems in twenty-first-century cities. Chapter 24. Urban citizenship and governance ; Chapter 25. Policies and policy approaches in cities ; Chapter 26. Financialisation and real estate ; Chapter 27. Housing in the global north and the global south
Part VI. Closure. Chapter 28. Conclusions.