Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society
Author: Michael Dear
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 572
ISBN-13: 1351067982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1981, Urbanization and Urban Planning in Capitalist Society, is a comprehensive collection of papers addressing urban crises. Through a synthesis of current discussions around various critical approaches to the urban question, the book defines a general theory of urbanization and urban planning in capitalist society. It examines the conceptual preliminaries necessary for the establishment of capitalist theory and provides a theoretical exposition of the fundamental logic of urbanization and urban planning. It also provides a detailed discussion of commodity production and its effects on urban development.