This text provides an authoritative and stimulating introduction to the study of towns and cities. It considers urban geography from global, historical, economic, environmental, political and social perspectives and gives an overview on the future of cities and cities of the future.
Prof Paccione is chair of Geography at the University of Strathclyde.
Professor Pacione's principal research interest is in the field of Urban Geography. An applied or problem-oriented perspective informs much of his research activity.
He has published twenty-five books and more than 130 research papers in an international range of academic and professional journals. Recently published research includes analyses of the processes of urban restructuring and the reproduction of inequality in Britain's cities; local responses to globalisation; the geography of educational disadvantage; local currencies; geography and public finance; local exchange trading systems; the use of models in urban geography; geographies of religious affiliation; sustainable urban development; urban morphogenesis; and the question of relevant research and the pursuit of useful knowledge in human geography.
As a geography college student, I read this book for my exams and this is probably one of the greatest books ever written on any theme related to geography. M.Pacione made it really interesting and explained in detail almost everything we need to know about urban geography. Also, in this book I found probably my second favorite quote of all time: "...and, as we have seen, places matter!"