Transformation of Cities

DAVID C. THORNS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is the author of many books, including Fragmenting Societies? A Comparative Analysis of Regional and Urban Development (Routledge 1992).

• IntroductionIndustrial-Modern CityDemographic Change and the CityGlobal CitiesEveryday Life in the CityConsumption and Urban CultureUrban Social Inequality and ExclusionPlanning and the Urban EnvironmentThe Sustainable CityReflections.

'...a pleasure to get the chance to read this. It will certainly be used in my own teaching.' - Stephen A. Royle, Queen's University Belfast, Geography