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What´s in a Name?: Talking about Urban Peripheries
Richard Harris
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Description for What´s in a Name?: Talking about Urban Peripheries
Paperback. In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Editor(s): Harris, Richard; Vorms, Charles. Series: Global Suburbanisms. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JPQB; RG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
'Borgata', 'favela', 'periurbain', and 'suburb' are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres. In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the ... Read more
'Borgata', 'favela', 'periurbain', and 'suburb' are but a few of the different terms used throughout the world that refer specifically to communities that develop on the periphery of urban centres. In What's in a Name? editors Richard Harris and Charlotte Vorms have gathered together experts from around the world in order to provide a truly global framework for the study of the urban periphery. Rather than view these distinct communities through the lens of the western notion of urban sprawl, the contributors focus on the variety of everyday terms that are used, together with their connotations. This volume explores the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Global Suburbanisms
Condition
New
Weight
1g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442626966
SKU
V9781442626966
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About Richard Harris
Richard Harris is a professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University. Charlotte Vorms is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Paris 1-Pantheon Sorbonne.
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