Defining the Urban Interdisciplinary and Professional Perspectives

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