Urban Geography: Social and Spatial Dynamics of the City
Jan 2026 · Academic Press
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Urban Geography: Social and Spatial Dynamics of the City is an essential introductory textbook for urban geography from an urban political economy perspective. It lays special emphasis on the dynamics of capitalist cities, exploring the complex politics of inequality in an engaging and approachable way. The book addresses a wide range of topics concerned with both production and social reproduction in the city and explores both social issues such as poverty and inequality as well as environmental issues such as climate change. The initial chapters of the book make a case for why cities are such an important locus of study for urban geography and traces the origins and historical development of cities globally. The textbook provides a detailed overview of the effects of the industrial revolution on the city and examines the historical geography of the US. From here, the subsequent chapters review the urban economy and urban hierarchies, engaging with questions of urban residential space, segregation, social ecology, and gentrification. The relationship between the state and the urban structure is investigated, as well as the issues of environmental problems, air pollution, climate change and water shortage. Finally, urbanization in the developing world is examined considering the legacies of colonialism and formal and informal urban economies. This textbook is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate students in geography and environmental science and non-science majors engaging with urban geography within the social sciences. It is also useful for professionals in the field of urban planning, environmental science, and architecture. This textbook contains study questions as additional resources for students and instructors.• Provides an exploration of urban geography from an urban political economy perspective• Delves into key concepts related to urban geography, and the spatial outcomes of social relations• Gives an overview of the dynamics of capitalist cities and inequality• Explores both social issues including poverty and inequality and environmental issues such as climate change.• Offers study questions for students and instructors at the end of each chapter
About the author
Barney Warf is a professor of Geography at the University of Kansas, USA. His research and teaching interests lie within the broad domain of humangeography. Much of his research concerns economic geography, emphasizing producer services and telecommunications.He has studied a range of topics that fall under the umbrella of globalization, including New York as a global city, fiber optics, the satellite industry, offshore banking, international producer services, and the geographies of the Internet. He has also written on military spending, voting technologies, the U.S. electoral college, and religious diversity. He has authored, co-authored, or coedited seven books, two encyclopedias, 32 book chapters and more than 100 refereed journal articles. Currently, he serves as editor of The Professional Geographer, co-editor of Growth and Change, co-book review editor for Dialogues in Human Geography, and edits a series of geography texts for Rowman and Littlefield publishers.He has served or serves on the editorial boards of the Geographical Review, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Growth and Change, Professional Geographer, Urban Geography, International Regional Science Review, and Geografiska Annaler.[He has an h-index of 16 according to Scopus.]
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