The Urban World Book

	List of Special Sections
	About the Author
	Preface
Pt. 1	Focus and Development	1
1	The Urban World	2
2	Emergence of Cities	20
Pt. 2	American Urbanization	61
3	The Rise of Urban America	62
4	Structure and Organization of American Cities	89
5	Urban Political Economy	109
6	Metropolitan and Edge-City Growth	129
Pt. 3	Urban and Suburban Life	155
7	City Life-Styles	156
8	Social Environment of the City: Strangers, Neighbors, Crowding, Crime, and Homelessness	177
9	Changing Suburbanization Patterns	197
10	Ethnic Diversity: Ethnics, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans	232
11	Women in Metropolitan Life	268
Pt. 4	Problems, Housing, and Planning	295
12	The Question of Urban Crisis	296
13	Housing and the Community	316
14	Planning in the United States and Elsewhere	335
Pt. 5	Worldwide Urbanization	371
15	Less-Developed Countries	372
16	Asian Urban Patterns	388
17	African and Middle Eastern Urbanization	417
18	Urbanization in Latin America	444
Pt. 6	Conclusion	465
19	Toward the Urban Future	466
	Bibliography	487
	Name Index	517
	Subject Index	524