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An urban geography of dignity

Health & Place, 2009
This paper uses the phenomenon of dignity as a lens through which to explore the relationship between cities and the health of people living in them. We describe a "taxonomy of dignity," developed using grounded theory, that explicates the social processes and contexts of dignity violation and dignity promotion.
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The Urban Geography Reader

2020
As a Ph.D student of cultural anthropology with a burgeoning interest in urban geography, I found this edited collection of articles useful, particularly as an overview of trends in urban geography since the middle of the twentieth century. Perhaps seasoned urban geographers who are intimately familiar with the developments and debates within their sub-
Nicholas R. Fyfe, Judith T. Kenny
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Urban geography: city structures [PDF]

open access: possibleProgress in Human Geography, 1977
Three types of work characterize the study of city structures, according to my earlier paper on this topic (Johnston, 1977). Two of them (neoclassical-functional description and the behavioural approach) are well-established and work continues to be produced along conventional lines (Herbert and Johnston, 1976a; 1976b); the third (institutional ...
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Fiscal geographies: “Placing” taxation in urban geography

Urban Geography, 2019
As the state’s primary means of both redistributing wealth and incentivizing private investment, tax plays an outsized role in a range of critical urban processes, including (re)development, gentrification, financialization, and local and regional governance. We argue, through reference to existing literature in urban and economic geography, as well as
Kelly Kay, Renee Tapp
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China's urban geography

Progress in Human Geography, 1990
"In this paper I seek to review recent work on Chinese urban geography and to appraise the development of China's urban geography as a field of study both inside and outside China. The temporal scope will span scholarship finished and published mainly during the 1980s." The focus is on works published in English.
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