The city provides an accessible but critical introduction to one of the key concepts of human geography. The definition of "city" and its defining features are still at the heart of discussions in social theory. In this volume, Phil Hubbard defines the concept of "city" in the present traditions of social thought, providing a basis for understanding its different meanings and meanings through critical discussion of the contribution of the leading authors and thinkers.

The city's individual chapters, written in a dynamic and accessible way, provide an overview of four dominant ways of approaching cities: where the living spaces you imagine are convergent networks of mass flow technologies. Drawing on a variety of literature and case studies, the book illustrates the importance of the geographical perspective of the city, suggesting that by combining these different ways of mapping the city together we can begin to understand cities..

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