Publisher's Synopsis
Each title in this series focuses on an important contemporary issue which has worldwide implications and which is arousing fierce general debate. The key aspects of each particular topic are selected for discussion and analysis in an effort to raise levels of awareness and to promote independent thought and opinion an the most challenging issues of our time. This book provides background reading for GCSE studies and Standard Grade in Scotland.;This book examines the problems of cities in both the developed and developing world. The author also discusses in simple language the possible solutions to urban problems and their political implications.;The introductory chapter discusses the growth of cities, and in particular the urbanization of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The author then goes on to describe a variety of contemporary urban problems; pollution, water supply, transport and housing. The text also examines the social divisions which exist in cities, between rich and poor and different racial and religious groups. The book concludes by discussing urban planning and the way in which it may help to alleviate the problems of cities in the future.;Tony Reynolds is an urban geographer who has taught for many years at Brighton Polytechnic and at colleges in the United States. He is currently lecturing at a sixth form college.
