Urban Studies - Economy & Society

Throughout the world, the study of cities takes place within a wide variety of social sciences as well as in the some humanities disciplines. Furthermore, in the study of cities a major split occurs between those focusing the economic as opposed to the more social questions raised by cities. In the former the focus is on city economies, their change and how policy intervention is able to steer change; in the latter the emphasis is more on social life and change, power and inequalities. As such, the readings in both Urban Studies – Economics and Urban Studies – Society set out to map the multidisciplinary nature of the field.

Urban Studies - Economics:
Volume I - What are Cities?
Volume II - The Urban Economy
Volume III - Urban Economy, Connecting Cities
Volume IV - Managing & Steering Economies

Urban Studies - Society:
Volume I - Cities as social Spaces
Volume II - Experiencing the City
Volume III - Designing & Planning Cities
Volume IV - Cities, Ideas & Ideals