Cities of Europe [electronic resource] : Changing Contexts, Local Arrangement and the Challenge to Urban Cohesion : changing contexts, local arrangements, and the challenge to urban cohesion

Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities. * A unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities. * Focuses on the interplay between segregation, social exclusion and governance issues in these cities. * Takes a comparative approach by highlighting the specifics of European cities vis--a--vis other urban contexts and analysing the intra--European differences. * The CD--ROM features a series of 2,000 photographs from seventeen cities (Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Bucharest, Helsinki, London, Milan, Naples, New York, Paris, Rotterdam, Tirana, Turin, and Utrecht). * Also features 126 thematic maps, interviews with established scholars, and literature reviews. * The book and the CD--ROM are linked through an extensive cross--referencing system.