Sociology & Social Policy

For courses in Urban Sociology, Urban Culture, or Urban Anthropology.  This innovative text examines the various theoretical perspectives and paradigms of urban and cultural analysis. The book examines urban sociology from the growth of ancient cities to modern times by using culture as its recurrin..

Originally published in 1990, this work analyses the use of contemporary computer models to simulate urban systems. The work deals with the two significant traditions of model-building: firstly the building of integrated models following the seminal research of Lowry first published in 1964, but wit..

Originally published in 1990, this work analyses the use of contemporary computer models to simulate urban systems. The work deals with the two significant traditions of model-building: firstly the building of integrated models following the seminal research of Lowry first published in 1964, but wit..

Urban Dynamics in Black Africa..

This title was first published in 2002: Urban governance has faced numerous challenges as city governments, their partners and their critics struggle to transform themselves in the context of post-industrial economies and societies. This context has generated new relations of economic life and socia..

Urban Housing Policy..

This book employs the inherent contradictions and questions that emerge from an exploration of the Grime music scene to build a complex reading of the socio-economic significance of urban music, and to disrupt the accepted definition of NEET as a site of immobility and inactivity...

Urban Theory..

This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyzes the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioral characteristics of urban living...

This book identifies and accounts for the characteristics of the contemporary city and of urban society. It analyzes the distribution and growth of settlements and explores the social and behavioral characteristics of urban living...

Urbanization in a Federalist Context..

This title was first published in 2000:  This text offers a comprehensive collection of selected papers from the 24th Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (CIRET) conference. Areas selected include leading indicators and turning points, classifications of business cycles, s..