Beyond postmetropolis
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2316-770X.2013.2678Keywords:
Stimulus of urban agglomeration, The spatial turn, Regional urbanizationAbstract
Three recent developments have created new challenges and opportunities for urban geography and geographers. They include the re-discovery of the generative power of cities, the cross-disciplinary diffusion of critical spatial perspectives, and the rising interest in regions and regionalism. With these new developments as background, I reflect upon some of the ideas and themes introduced in Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions , published in 2000. Like the book, this effort to move beyond Postmetropolis is divided in three parts: Remapping the Geohistory of Cityspace, Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis, and Lived Space: Remembering 1992 in Los Angeles.
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