Research in Urban Sociology – serie
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18 produkter
Constructions of Urban Space
Inbunden, 1999
1738 kr
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Urban space has emerged as the central organizing construct in studies of the post-modern metropolis. Contributors to this volume write on how urban space is used and contested by different social groups, how urban space is transformed by the changing economic relationships manifested in the new …
Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment
Av Kevin Fox Gotham, Ray Hutchison
Inbunden, 2001
1540 kr
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This is the fifth volume in a series which studies research in urban sociology, this work is an analysis of race and ethnicity in urban areas.
Race and Ethnicity in New York City
Av Jerome Krase, Ray Hutchison
Inbunden, 2004
1628 kr
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American cities are today more diverse than at any time in history. The continuing flow of new immigrants has settled in urban and suburban areas that have undergone visible change in population and neighborhoods. While Chicago long served as the convenient and well-studied model for urban …
Ethnic Landscapes in an Urban World
Av Ray Hutchinson, Jerome Krase
Inbunden, 2006
1259 kr
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This series addresses the major subject areas of urban sociology, ethnic and minority groups within the city, social network of urban residents, location of retail and industrial activities within the metropolitan complex, decline of the central cities and emergence of suburban lifestyles, and the …
Gender in an Urban World
Av Judith N. DeSena, Ray Hutchison
Inbunden, 2008
1175 kr
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This volume, "Gender in an Urban World," brings the analysis of gender from the margin to the center of urban theory. "Gender in an Urban World" examines the influence of gender in shaping relations in urban spaces and places. It represents a "crack" in the landscape of urban sociology, and engages …
Research in Urban Sociology
Av Mark Clapson, Ray Hutchison
Inbunden, 2010
1485 kr
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Most urban growth over the last several decades has been in suburban areas, but research in urban sociology and other urban disciplines has been focused on the city (the global city, the networked city, the post-industrial city). A majority of the world population lives in urban areas, most in …
Urban Sociology in Transition
Inbunden, 1993
1555 kr
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This volume is divided into two sections, the first presenting work by urban ecologists, the second presenting work by persons working within the broad contours of the new urban sociology. Each section contains chapters written by well-known scholars as well as promising young authors. The …
New Directions in Urban Sociology
Inbunden, 1997
1738 kr
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This volume acknowledges two important themes found in recent work in urban sociology. First is the effort to apply new theoretical models to the analysis of the urban landscape, in particular the recent work in the new urban sociology and the renewed emphasis on the role of the state in shaping …
Everyday Life in the Segmented City
Av Camilla Perrone, Gabriele Manella m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1470 kr
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This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference gathered a multiplicity of approaches and points of view dealing with issues of global urbanization. …
Urban Areas and Global Climate Change
Av William Holt
Inbunden, 2012
1512 kr
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Examining urban environmental issues at the macro, municipal level down to the micro community and individual level, this volume features cities and metropolitan regions across the global north and south with case studies from the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe to India, Central …
Urban Megaprojects
A Worldwide View
Av Gerardo del Cerro Santamaria
Inbunden, 2013
1709 kr
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The aim of this book is to understand the causes and consequences of new scales and forms of territorial restructuring in a steadily globalizing world by focusing on urban megaproject development. Contributions focus on the principal actors, institutions, and innovations that drive capitalist …
From Sustainable to Resilient Cities
Global Concerns and Urban Efforts
Inbunden, 2014
1608 kr
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The United Nations Brundtland Report defines sustainable development as one "that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Embedded in this concept of sustainable development are the needs of the world's poor as well as the …
Public Spaces
Times of Crisis and Change
Av Joao Teixeira Lopes, Ray Hutchison
Inbunden, 2016
1709 kr
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This volume is about the plurality and complexity of modern urban public spaces. The authors move far beyond the nostalgia of traditional streets, squares and gardens to mobilize contemporary sociological knowledge based on the mediated relations between spatial morphology and everyday life in …
Urban Ethnography
Legacies and Challenges
Inbunden, 2019
1173 kr
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Urban ethnography has produced some of the most influential and memorable studies in sociology since the discipline's founding. Showcasing the ideas, analysis, and perspectives of experts in the method conducting research on a wide array of social phenomena in a variety of city contexts, this …
Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology
Exploring the Urban Everyday
Av Luc Pauwels
Inbunden, 2023
1201 kr
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More extensive methodology is required to study the complexities of everyday life in the rapidly expanding urban areas around the globe, as well as to gain a better understanding of life in established urban areas. Presented over two volumes, Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology A and B explore …
Reimagining the Urban Commons in Italy
Reform, Social Innovation, and Transformation
Av Charmain Levy, Marco Alberio
Inbunden, 2025
1199 kr
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Building and expanding on the literature of case studies of urban commons that have emerged which question the development of urban commons theories and concepts and identify results and contradictions, this edited collection progresses our understanding of the different aspects, characteristics, …
Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology
Imagining the Sensory City
Av Luc Pauwels
Inbunden, 2023
1124 kr
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More extensive methodology is required to study the complexities of everyday life in the rapidly expanding urban areas around the globe, as well as to gain a better understanding of life in established urban areas. Presented over two volumes, Visual and Multimodal Urban Sociology A and B explore …
Rhythmanalysis
Place, Mobility, Disruption and Performance
Av Dawn Lyon
Inbunden, 2021
1180 kr
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This collection brings together new and original research on the concept and practice of ‘rhythmanalysis’ in urban sociology as a means to analyse the relationship between the time and space of the city.Originally proposed by French philosopher and urban scholar, Henri Lefebvre and his …
