Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Advanced Introduction to Cities written by Peter J. Taylor and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics; innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city connectivities, the projection of power, and relations to states. Peter J. Taylor gives a broad and engaging overview of how these characteristics work and relate to each other, supplemented by ten short city insights which offer readers specific examples of cities and themes.