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Books on: urban studies

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Studies in the Structure of the Urban Economy

Book by Edwin S. Mills; Johns Hopkins Press, 1972

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Urban Economics

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...The Value of Urban Land." In The Quality of the Urban Environment , edited by Harvey Perloff, pp. 231...Association , 25 1970 : 71-82. 22 -----. "Urban Density Functions." Urban Studies , 7 1970 : 5-20. 23 -----. and Dee, Norbert...
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Global Finance and Urban Living: A Study of Metropolitan Change

Book by Leslie Budd, Sam Whimster; Routledge, 1992

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Central Business Districts, City And Town Life, International Finance, International Finance--Social Aspects, Urban Economics

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...economic restructuring and changing patterns of long-distance commuting, Department of Geography/School for Advanced Urban Studies, University of Bristol (mimeo). Leyshon, A., Thrift, N.J. and Tommey, C. (1989) The rise of the British...
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The Urban Ambience: A Study of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Book by Theodore Caplow, Sheldon Stryker, Samuel E. Wallace; Bedminster Press, 1964

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Neighborhood--Case Studies, Puerto Rico--Social Conditions--Case Studies, San Juan (P.R.)--Social Conditions

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...findings emerge from urban studies. Bell and Boat...Although they did not study the association...Dansereau, in a study of union members...review of neighboring studies by Dobriner leads...neighboring. Many recent studies have already begun...planted in much of the urban population. 15 Findings of This Study Table 1 in the appendix...
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Decentralizing Urban Policy: Case Studies in Community Development

Book by Paul R. Dommel, John Stuart Hall, Victor E. Bach, Leonard Rubinowitz, Leon L. Haley, John S. Jackson III; The Brookings Institution, 1982

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Decentralization In Government--United States, Federal Aid To Community Development--United States--Case Studies

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...Kaplan, The Politics of Neglect: Urban Aid from Model Cities to Revenue...Working Paper 42 Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of...22 .See James Q. Wilson, ed., Urban Renewal: The Record and the Controversy...
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India's Urban Future: Selected Studies from an International Conference Sponsored by Kingsley Davis, Richard L. Park [And

Book by Roy Turner; University of California Press, 1962

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Urbanization--India

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...8 The concept of the urban village used here is fully compatible...Herbert Gans, of the Institute for Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania. His...upon the second generation. "The Urban Villagers" 1959 ; mimeographed...

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Journal Articles on: urban studies

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Citizen Decision-Making in Socially Sensitive Housing Processes: A Case Study of Kitchener Canada

Journal article by Geeta Vaidyanathan, Susan Wismer; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 14, 2005

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Construction industry--Management, Decision making--Public participation, Decision-making--Public participation, Dwellings--Supply and demand, Housing--Supply and demand, Kitchener, Ontario--Case studies, Kitchener, Ontario--Social aspects, Urban cores--Social aspects

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...underpin housing and urban renewal issues. Below...research component of this study involved working with...Corporation (CMHC) research studies, and research carried...Conceptual Framework This study was inspired at the outset...Institute for Development Studies on sustainable livelihoods...economic processes in urban environment (Habraken...
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Multicultural Education: Urban-based Field Study for Learning about Diversity

Journal article by Charles McClintock, Sam Beck; Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 90, 1998

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Colleges & universities, Curricula, Field study, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Urban areas

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...adults in a democratic and urban society that include occupational...anticipated stage in life. The Urban Semester aims to educate these...into the subject matter of urban studies. Similarly, service-learning...set of values toward field study of service to others, to individual...
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Urban Watershed Studies - an Off-campus Site in the Built Environment, Northern New Jersey

Journal article by Richard R. Pardi, Michael J. Sebetich, Karen Swanson; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 52, 2004

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Curriculum development, Field study, Science education, Urban areas, Watersheds, William Paterson University

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Urban Watershed Studies - an Off-campus Site in...and learn in the built, urban environment. Increasingly...built environment because the urban environment challenges us...12 teachers in the field study of urban systems (Kean Enochs...
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A Descriptive Study of Urban School Counseling Programs

Journal article by Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, Natasha Mitchell; Professional School Counseling, Vol. 8, 2005

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Baltimore Maryland, Counseling services, Models, New York, Newark New Jersey, Philadelphia Mississippi, Socioeconomic factors, Studies, Trenton New Jersey, Urban schools, Washington DC

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...LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY No study is without limitations, and the present study is no exception. Although...participants were counselors in urban schools, more studies with counselors who work in predominately public urban schools are needed. This...
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Improvements in Academic Achievement among African American Students over Time: National Data and an Urban Case Study

Journal article by Sam Stringfield; The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 76, 2007

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Academic achievement gaps, Affirmative action, African Americans, Case studies, Civil rights, History, Learning, No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US, Politics, School systems, Students, Urban schools

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...over Time: National Data and an Urban Case Study by Sam Stringfield In a volume often...2001), and an illustrative case study of the use of test scores to assist...Act of 1964, Congress mandated a study of the condition of education for...

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Magazine Articles on: urban studies

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U.s. Forces Unprepared for Urban Conflict, Says Study

Magazine article by Joshua A. Kutner; National Defense, Vol. 83, April 1999

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Military engagements, Military readiness, Studies, Urban areas

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U.s. Forces Unprepared for Urban Conflict, Says Study by Joshua A. Kutner U.S. ground...their likely involvement in future urban military operations, says a recent...American Military and the Impending Urban Operations Threat, by Russell...
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Evaluating the Residential Investment Potential in Older Urban Areas: a Case Study

Magazine article by Richard Gsottschneider, Fred Pulitzer; Real Estate Issues, Vol. 25, Spring 2000

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Cities, Securities analysis, Studies, Trends, United States, Urban areas

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...Investment Potential in Older Urban Areas: a Case Study by Richard Gsottschneider...these smaller, older urban areas represent an investment...quantified in the case study. For example, both Quincy...residential values in the older urban cities outside of Boston...
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Tpl Releases Urban Study Results

Magazine article; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 41, August 2006

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Cities, Parks & recreation areas, Urban areas

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Tpl Releases Urban Study Results On the heels of Mays Urban Park and Recreation Summit, the Trust of Public Land, one of the cooperating groups of the event, released a study of urban park systems that found that the 56 largest cities in the...
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Engendering Urban Environmental Management: a Study of Women Councilors in Burdwan, India

Magazine article by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Gopa Samanta, Pallabi Sil, Chhanda Karfa; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2006

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Burdwan India, Decision making, Environmental aspects, Environmental management, Gender identity, Policy making, Urban areas, Women

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Engendering Urban Environmental Management: a Study of Women Councilors in...creating a pollution-free urban environment. The door...Observations This local study examines some of the...substantive aspects of urban environmental decision...
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Service Quality Perception and Satisfaction: a Study over Sub-urban Public Hospitals in Bangladesh

Magazine article by Shahriar Akter Md, Mohammad Upal, Umme Hani; Journal of Services Research, February 2008

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Bangladesh, Customer satisfaction, Health care, Hospitals, Perceptions, Performance evaluation, Quality of service, Studies

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...first conducted to find studies on service quality public...Bangladesh. A few published studies were found in the general...conceptual framework. The study took place between December...planned from uptown (sub-urban) Dhaka city (east...patient. Throughout this study we have analyzed service...recommendations will help the sub-urban medical hospital to minimize...

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Newspaper Articles on: urban studies

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WHAT NOW FOR REGENERATION? Architectural Historian Wouter Vanstiphout Studies the Environmental Conditions of Riots. Urban Planners Have Lessons to Learn from London's Unrest, He Tells Kieran Long

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 17, 2011

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City planning--Environmental aspects, Environmental quality--Environmental aspects, Historians--Environmental aspects, Riots--Environmental aspects, Urban planning--Environmental aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Historian Wouter Vanstiphout Studies the Environmental Conditions of Riots. Urban Planners Have Lessons to Learn...high point in terms of their urban development," says Dutch...Vanstiphouts interest in urban riots developed after the violent...
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Chinese Officials Visit Naperville Delegation Comes to Study Urban Planning

Newspaper article by Jake Griffin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 7, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Visit Naperville Delegation Comes to Study Urban Planning. by Jake Griffin Byline...Roughly 30 Chinese nationals studying urban planning got a lesson from Naperville...said Tingwei Zhang, a professor of urban planning at UIC leading the group...
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Smile, Raccoon: You're Oncandid Camera Largest Study of Urban Wildlife Starts in Suburbs

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 26, 2010

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Forest reserves, Wildlife, Zoos

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...Raccoon: Youre Oncandid Camera Largest Study of Urban Wildlife Starts in Suburbs. Byline...including our backyards. This week, urban wildlife ecologists from Chicagos...to be the most thorough study of urban wildlife thats ever been completed...
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Urban Hardship Drops across U.S. Study Covers 55 Cities over 30 Years

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 5, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Urban Hardship Drops across U.S. Study Covers 55 Cities over 30 Years. Byline...largest cities experienced a drop in urban hardship - a measure of factors such...We often see images of extensive urban hardship in the media, leading us...
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Unwed Urban Moms Gain from Attending Church, Study Finds

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 9, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Unwed urban moms gain from attending church, study finds Byline: Larry Witham, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Urban mothers who have illegitimate...churches, he said. The study, which looked at the...parents." It found that urban mothers who attend church...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: urban studies

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Winnipeg, University Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and the United Church of Canada. It has faculties of arts and science and theology, an Institute of Urban Studies, and a Mennonite Studies Centre. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Nolde, Emil

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...his Unpainted Pictures, ed. by W. Haftmann (tr. 1965, rev. ed. 1972) and Landscapes, ed. by M. Urban (tr. 1970); studies by W. Haftmann (tr. 1959) and P. Selz (1963). ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Reading, University Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...independent university. It has faculties of letters and social sciences, science, agriculture and food, and urban and regional studies, as well as a school of education. The National Institute for Research in Dairying is part of the university...
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Brock University

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and physical education and recreation. The university has developed a special interest in administration and in urban and Asian studies. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Clark University

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Clark has noted graduate schools of psychology, management, and geography and maintains institutes of urban education and environmental studies. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...

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