Research in Urban Sociology

by Mark Clapson

Most urban growth over the last several decades has been in suburban areas, but research in urban sociology and other urban disciplines has been focused on the city (the global city, the networked city, the post-industrial city). A majority of the world population lives in urban areas, most in suburban regions, including the shanty towns of Asia, favelas of South America, slums of Africa and banileue and inner-city suburbs of the developed nations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857243470
• ISBN13: 9780857243478
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"