Post-Metropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions

Author: (American) Soya, translated by Li Jun
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Publishing Date: 2006-12-01
Features: When we entered the new millennium, the urban research field in the diversity of academic rules and themes of urban studies has never been as vibrant and rich as it is now, with so many new ideas and methods, so closely intertwined with the major political and economic events of our time, and so turbulent in theory and methodology. Now may be the best time to study cities, and also the worst time, because there are so many new things and challenges to address, while there has never been such inconsistency in how to practically and theoretically grasp the new urban world. This book, using Los Angeles as a case study, redefines and discusses issues such as "the geographical history of urban space," "six discourses of post-metropolis," and "urban space in Los Angeles in 1992," not only expanding the scope of critical urban and regional thought but also opening up new ways of perceiving, understanding, and actually living in urban space.