Product Description: This book addresses the topic of urban models with reference to large western cities and particularly to global cities. In the current transitional phase, the use of language and the systematization of phenomena has become important...read more

Product Description: A brief review of the early counterurbanisation literature, primarily transatlantic, suggests that the concept is poorly specified. A core definition is proposed by counterposing the notions of 'spillover' and 'clean break' - this is then refined through a structured critique of alternative hypotheses of the causes of counterurbanisation...read more