Towns & Cities

By Emrys Jones

Book Overview

The author surveys the theories of defining towns and cities, of distinguishing urban from rural environments, and of classifying cities; he provides an account of the historical process of urbanization and a description of the characteristics of pre-industrial and Western cities; and he discusses the problems of the city in relation to its region.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195003373
• ISBN13: 9780195003376
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12