Reviews of the first edition: "A remarkable intellectual tour-de-force: incisive, comprehensive, wide-ranging, compelling." - Professor Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, UK "A great read: almost as gripping as a good novel. A must-have book for scholars and an ideal text to get students thinking and capture their interest." - Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago, USA and author of Territory, Authority, Rights

This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.