Urban Sociology
Urban sociology is the sociological study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas. It is a normative discipline of sociology seeking to study the structures, environmental processes, changes and problems of an urban area and by doing so provide inputs for urban planning and policy making. In other words, it is the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society. Like most areas of sociology, urban sociologists use statistical analysis, observation, social theory, interviews, and other methods to study a range of topics, including migration and demographic trends, economics, poverty, race relations and economic trends. …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 8 May 2023 English
With increasing urban population density, conflicts in cities erupt more frequently and violently. Cities have become hotspots for armed combat, highlighting the urgency of understanding the impact of local communities …
drawn from disciplines and fields such as urban sociology, IR and security studies, democratization and …
Cities Centre, University of Toronto · 1 April 2022 English
history of dialogue between social sciences and biology that goes back to the foundation of urban sociology within the Chicago school of sociology and with the concept of human ecology. …
biology that goes back to the foundation of urban sociology within the Chicago school of sociology and …
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy · 15 February 2022 English
David Chu Program of Korea Studies Studies in Asia-Pacific Studies Virtual Symposium: MeToo in Asia Organized by the Centre for the Study of Korea and co- sponsored by the Department …
gender, intersectionality, citizenship, and urban sociology has appeared in Gender & Society, Sociological …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 January 2022 English
Portable Prisons is an exploration of the electronic monitoring of offenders based on an ethnographic case study from Scotland. Through interviews and observations, Gacek demonstrates this technology is representative of …
City (1925), they solidified Chicago-style (urban) sociology (in particular with Burgess’s essay). Members …
RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 3 November 2021 French
Notably, he was made a member of the Royal Society of Canada, an Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Officer of the Order of Academic Palms (France), winner …
teacher. He published 19 books on ethnicity, urban sociology and Mennonites in Canada. He finished his 20th …
Cities Centre, University of Toronto · 11 July 2020 English
Building on neighborhood change research and complexity theories of cities, we address three research questions: 1) What are the main types of neighborhoods in the city and how are they …
century, to the Chicago and Atlanta schools of urban sociology [1–3]. These early efforts 55 pioneered methods … historical legacy to the Chicago School of urban sociology 124 it has maintained a theoretical basis that …
RESOLVE, University of Saskatchewan · 27 February 2020 English
Among the many initiatives initiated by Tim and the MTC have been the development of the Manitoba Information and Education Centre that provides a plethora of online resources, the development …
but it sets up researcher in the areas of urban sociology, religion, a chain reaction; as a recipient …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 March 2018 English
Housing insecurity, intensified employment anxiety, access to adequate services and fear of personal and structural violence are some of the issues troubling today's cities and municipalities. Often, these conditions most …
Conseil supérieur de l'éducation du Québec · 2 March 2018 French
5 projets de nouveaux programmes d'enseignement universitaire
include processes and problems of social change, urban sociology, architecture, economics, political science …
PUL: Les Presses de l'Université Laval · 2017 French
De même que les espaces contestés semblent à première vue évoquer la métaphore de l’opposition, du retranchement, les images du conflit qui surgissent de la fébrilité de nos imaginaires traduisent …
