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082			_a307.76 _bBYR-U
100			_aByrne, David _956640
245			_aUnderstanding the urban / _cby David Byrne
260			_aHampshire : _bPalgrave MacMillan, _c2001.
300			_aix, 220 p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical reference and index.
505			_aContents : Introduction-- 1. The City at the Beginning of a New Millennium-- 2. The genesis and the implications of the Post-industrial city-- 3. Locality and Community : the significance of place-- 4. Grounding the Global : cities in a world system-- 5. The Divided City : the ecology of Postindustrial Places-- 6. Culture and the Urban : commodity, understanding and resource-- 7. The production and reproduction of the built environment.-- 8. Politics and governance in urban places-- Conclusion : the tranjectory of complex cities into the 21st century.
520			_aCities are changing at a rate unparalleled since the industrial revolution and more than half the population of the world now lives in cities compared with less than a quarter in 1950.
650			_aCities and towns _956641
650			_aMetropolitan areas _956642
650			_aCity and town life _956643
690			_aPL _948857
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