The boundaries of this project may be defined as the various academic disciplines that contribute to urban studies more generally (urban anthropology, urban economics, urban geography, urban history,
Urban sociology and other urban disciplines have been focused on the city (the global city, the networked city, the postindustrial city). While a majority of the world population lives in urban areas
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
Too often the term “ghetto” is simply applied to any African American community, to the inner city as a whole, or recently to anything that is degraded or unrefined. But what is a ghetto? Does it ari
Editors Lopes and Hutchison present readers with a collection of research and academic perspectives exploring the plural and complex nature of the use of contemporary urban spaces. The editors have
