THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
The neighbourhood is the area immediately around one's home; it usually displays some homogeneity in terms of housing type, ethnicity or socio-cultural values. Neighbourhoods may offer a locus for the formation of shared interests and development of community solidarity. Issues of relevance to the urban geographer at this level include the processes of local economic decline or revitalisation, residential segregation, levels of service provision and the use of neighbourhood political organisations as part of the popular struggle to control urban space.
THE CITY
Cities are centres of economic production and con- sumption, arenas of social networks and cultural activities, and the seat of government and administration Urban geographers examine the role of a city in the regional, national and international economy, and how the city's socio-spatial form is conditioned by its role (for example, as a financial centre or manufacturing base). Study of the distribution of power in the city