Town and cities
"Jones, Emrys"
Town and cities - London Oxford university 1970 - 152p.
Urban geography is essentially a social science, since towns and cities bear the imprint of the planned or unintended consequences of human action to a far greater degree than the much more extensive rural or uninhabited parts of the world that may be studied by the general geographer. Professor Jones's clear and thought-provoking introduction to this subject is therefore
sociological in approach. He surveys the various theories put forward for defining towns and cities, for distinguishing urban
from rural environments, and for classifying cities; he provides an account of the historical process of urbanization and a description of the characteristic features of both pre-industrial and Western cities; and he discusses the problems of the relation
of the city to its region at the present time, and the major social questions that are raised by city life and the urban environment.
Emrys Jones has been Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science since 1961.
Urbanization
307.76 JON
Town and cities - London Oxford university 1970 - 152p.
Urban geography is essentially a social science, since towns and cities bear the imprint of the planned or unintended consequences of human action to a far greater degree than the much more extensive rural or uninhabited parts of the world that may be studied by the general geographer. Professor Jones's clear and thought-provoking introduction to this subject is therefore
sociological in approach. He surveys the various theories put forward for defining towns and cities, for distinguishing urban
from rural environments, and for classifying cities; he provides an account of the historical process of urbanization and a description of the characteristic features of both pre-industrial and Western cities; and he discusses the problems of the relation
of the city to its region at the present time, and the major social questions that are raised by city life and the urban environment.
Emrys Jones has been Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science since 1961.
Urbanization
307.76 JON