Documenting young people’s experiences of homelessness, crime and danger, this book analyzes the construction of homelessness as a social and legal 'problem'. It addresses themes of home and homelessness, exclusion and marginality, and risk and urban incivilities.
Social cohesion can be used to explain the socio-cultural consequences of structural changes related to industrialization and modernity. In Europe, th..
This groundbreaking volume researches the lives of gecekondu settlers in the capital city of Turkey in order to understand how households cope with po..
Most studies on urbanisation in developing countries concentrate on slums and shanty towns in isolation from the rest of the society. By contrast, Soc..
The aim of this book is to introduce the significantly different urban experiences in social and spatial segregation patterns and rationales which exi..
One of the distinguishing characteristics of London's bid to host the games was its commitment to legacy where it was argued that ’the legacy would le..
Seeing Cities Change demonstrates the utility of a visual approach and the study of ordinary streetscapes to document and analyze how the built enviro..
This volume examines sustainable mobilities from multiple angles varying by time, region, cultural and economic backgrounds, local stakeholders and go..
Sociologists have long noted that dynamism is an essential part of the urban way of life. However, walking as a significant social activity and crucia..
Graffiti and Street Art: Reading, Writing and Representing the City is an original and timely collection of the ways graffiti and street art infiltra..
This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditio..