1. Social geography and the sociospatial dialectic 2. The changing economic context of city life 3. The cultures of cities 4. Patterns of sociospatial differentiation 5. Spatial and institutional frameworks: citizens, the state and civil society 6. Structures of building provision and the social production of the urban environment 7. The social dimensions of modern urbanism 8. Segregation and congregation 9. Neighbourhood, community and the social construction of place 10. Environment and behaviour in urban settings 11. Bodies, sexuality and the city 12. Residential mobility and neighbourhood change 13. Urban change and conflict 14. Whither urban social geography? Recent developments