Table of Contents
1.Introduction. Defining the Urban: Why Do We Need Definitions?
Part I: Academic Disciplines
2. Sociology: The Sociological "Urban"
3.Geography: Rethinking the "Urban" and Urbanization
4. Anthropology: The Death and Rebirth of Urban Anthropology
5.History: Understanding "Urban" from the Disciplinary Viewpoint of History
6.Economics
7.Ecology: Science and Ethics
8.Environmental Psychology: Views of the "Urban" from Environmental Psychology
Part II: Professional Practices
9.Public Policy: Looking for the "Urban" in Public Policy
10.Architecture and Urban Design: Leaving Behind the Notion of the City
11.Civil Engineering: Unlocking the Potential of Future Cities through Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
12.Urban Planning
13.Urban Governance: Transcending Conventional Urban Governance
14.Social Work: Social Work Intersections with Urbanism
15.Public Health: Urban Health: History, Definitions, and Approaches
16.Law: The Concept of "Urban" in Law
Part III: Emerging Approaches
17.Geospatial Techniques
18.Urban Political Ecology: Landscapes of Power
19.Urban Metabolism: Conceptualizing the City as an Organism
20.Transition Theories
21.Complexity Science: The Urban is a Complex Adaptive System
22.Science Fiction: The Urban in Posthuman Science Fiction
Synthesis
23.Defining the Urban: A Quixotic Pursuit
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