The City

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is numbered differently from the encyclopedia entries. Caves is both the editor of the book and the author of the introductory essay.

Caves, R.W. (2005). Introduction. In Caves, Encyclopedia of the City (pp. xxi�Vxxix). London and New York: Routledge.

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The term "city" means anything and everything. Things we hear and see in art, films, and books often how we view a city. We can define a city by its progress, people, cultures, public spaces, governance, institutions, environment, economics, etc. It is a complex living being. As such, it includes many things that lead to broad definitions. Chant (1999, quoting Hammond 1972, p. 8) says there is "no neat definition of a city" (p. ix). Instead, he offers the following:
The city may be defined initially as a community whose members live in close proximity under a single government and in a unified complex of buildings, often surrounded by a wall. Since, however, this definition could also cover many ...

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