A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. Indispensable companion for students of the City. Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields. Includes contributions from major scholars in the field.

加里•布里奇

当代著名城市理论学家,英国布里斯托大学城市学研究中心教授。著作包括Reason in the City of Difference: Pragmatism, Communicative Action and Contemporary Urbanism (2005),Gentrification in a Global Context (2005), 以及 A Companion to the City (2000)等。

索菲•沃森

现为英国开放大学社会学系教授。著作包括City Publics: The (Dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters (2006), Markets as Sites for Social Interaction: Spaces of Div \paces (1995) 以及 Metropolis Now (1994)等。