Urban Geography: A Critical Introduction offers a comprehensive exploration of contemporary urban landscapes and processes. It delves into patterns and dynamics of urbanization, urban development, planning strategies, and the lived experiences of residents in modern cities. The book highlights the diverse realities of urban geographies while also emphasizing global connections through networks, flows, and relations. Utilizing the city as a focal point, it introduces critical concepts that illustrate how broader social processes, relationships, and power structures are evolving. Focusing on the voices and lives of ordinary urban inhabitants and marginalized groups, rather than just elites, this text encourages readers to critically assess dominant neoliberal narratives about cities and to uncover the rich diversity of urban worlds.