Lisa Benton-Short is associate professor of geography at George Washington University.

This ambitious volume . . .tackles the multitude of issues facing the 21st century North American city including economic restructuring, globalisation, changing urban governance, growing and emerging inequalities, changing demographics and identities, the new challenges of the suburbs, pollution, hazards and sustainability, as well as how the ways in which urban geographers study cities has changed. . . . An ideal text for any undergraduate urban studies class, particularly those in geography or sociology. . . . This is a great book and I will certainly use it in my urban sociology classes and I encourage other urbanists to do so as well.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cities of North AmericaLisa Benton-ShortChapter 2: Changing Approaches to Urban GeographyKatie WellsChapter 3: An Urban History Robert LewisChapter 4: Border CitiesLindsey SuttonPart I: Urban EconomiesChapter 5: Urban Economic Restructuring David Wilson and Matthew AndersonChapter 6: Globalization and the City Yeong-Hyun KimPart II: Urban GovernanceChapter 7: Urban Governance Thomas J. VicinoChapter 8: Planning and PoliticsAmanda HuronPart III: Urban Social/Cultural ChallengesChapter 9: Urban Inequities Deborah G. MartinChapter 10: Urban Demographics and IdentitiesNathaniel M. LewisChapter 11: Suburban Challenges Bernadette HanlonPart IV: The Urban EnvironmentChapter 12: Cities and PollutionLisa Benton-Short and Christopher DeSousaChapter 13: Cities and Hazards John P. TiefenbacherChapter 14: Urban SustainabilityGeoff Buckley

Lisa Benton-Short is associate professor of geography at George Washington University.

This ambitious volume . . .tackles the multitude of issues facing the 21st century North American city including economic restructuring, globalisation, changing urban governance, growing and emerging inequalities, changing demographics and identities, the new challenges of the suburbs, pollution, hazards and sustainability, as well as how the ways in which urban geographers study cities has changed. . . . An ideal text for any undergraduate urban studies class, particularly those in geography or sociology. . . . This is a great book and I will certainly use it in my urban sociology classes and I encourage other urbanists to do so as well.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cities of North AmericaLisa Benton-ShortChapter 2: Changing Approaches to Urban GeographyKatie WellsChapter 3: An Urban History Robert LewisChapter 4: Border CitiesLindsey SuttonPart I: Urban EconomiesChapter 5: Urban Economic Restructuring David Wilson and Matthew AndersonChapter 6: Globalization and the City Yeong-Hyun KimPart II: Urban GovernanceChapter 7: Urban Governance Thomas J. VicinoChapter 8: Planning and PoliticsAmanda HuronPart III: Urban Social/Cultural ChallengesChapter 9: Urban Inequities Deborah G. MartinChapter 10: Urban Demographics and IdentitiesNathaniel M. LewisChapter 11: Suburban Challenges Bernadette HanlonPart IV: The Urban EnvironmentChapter 12: Cities and PollutionLisa Benton-Short and Christopher DeSousaChapter 13: Cities and Hazards John P. TiefenbacherChapter 14: Urban SustainabilityGeoff Buckley

Lisa Benton-Short is associate professor of geography at George Washington University.

This ambitious volume . . .tackles the multitude of issues facing the 21st century North American city including economic restructuring, globalisation, changing urban governance, growing and emerging inequalities, changing demographics and identities, the new challenges of the suburbs, pollution, hazards and sustainability, as well as how the ways in which urban geographers study cities has changed. . . . An ideal text for any undergraduate urban studies class, particularly those in geography or sociology. . . . This is a great book and I will certainly use it in my urban sociology classes and I encourage other urbanists to do so as well.

• Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cities of North AmericaLisa Benton-ShortChapter 2: Changing Approaches to Urban GeographyKatie WellsChapter 3: An Urban History Robert LewisChapter 4: Border CitiesLindsey SuttonPart I: Urban EconomiesChapter 5: Urban Economic Restructuring David Wilson and Matthew AndersonChapter 6: Globalization and the City Yeong-Hyun KimPart II: Urban GovernanceChapter 7: Urban Governance Thomas J. VicinoChapter 8: Planning and PoliticsAmanda HuronPart III: Urban Social/Cultural ChallengesChapter 9: Urban Inequities Deborah G. MartinChapter 10: Urban Demographics and IdentitiesNathaniel M. LewisChapter 11: Suburban Challenges Bernadette HanlonPart IV: The Urban EnvironmentChapter 12: Cities and PollutionLisa Benton-Short and Christopher DeSousaChapter 13: Cities and Hazards John P. TiefenbacherChapter 14: Urban SustainabilityGeoff Buckley