Research shows that lack of car ownership is associated with poorer health. It is often
assumed that the reason for this observed relationship is that access to a car–or not–reflects …

In recent years, research and publication activity in the field of small and medium-sized cities
(SMSCs) in an international context has been increasing. However, a survey of extant …

利用2000 年的第5 次人口普查数据和1982 年的第3 次人口普查数据, 采用因子分析和聚类分析
技术研究了近20 年来北京都市区的社会空间结构及其演化. 对比1982 年的情况, 2000 …

THE DICTIONARY OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 'Even better than before, the Dictionary is an
essential tool for all human geographers and over the years has provided an invaluable …

This textbook provides an accessible and critical synthesis of urban regeneration in the UK,
incorporating key policies, approaches, issues, debates and case studies. The central …

Today, for the first time in the history of Humankind urban dwellers outnumber rural
residents. Urban places, towns and cities, are of fundamental importance–for the distribution …

The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging
writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography …

This extensively revised and updated fourth edition not only examines the new geographical
patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have …

Crime has long been thought to be intimately associated with the physical environment in
which it occurs. Theoretical and empirical developments over the past 20 years demonstrate …

Within the rapidly expanding literature on inner-city revitalization (or gentrification), there has
been no attempt to assess in a comparative and systematic manner a range of explanations …