Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies: (Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies)

Reissuing works originally published between 1968 and 1997, this 24 volume set offers a selection of scholarship on urban studies. Topics include urban policy, urban economics, and identity and poverty in urban communities. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject and how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of sociology and urban studies.

Table of Contents:
1. The British New Towns: A Programme without a Policy Meryl Aldridge (1979) 2. Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica: The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods Diane J. Austin (1984) 3. Concepts and Techniques in Urban Analysis Bola Ayeni (1979) 4. Leisure and Urban Processes: Critical Studies of Leisure Policy in Western European Cities Edited by Peter Bramham, Ian Henry, Hans Mommaas, Hugo van der Poel (1989) 5. The Future of Urban Form: The Impact of New Technology Edited by John Brotchie, Peter Newton, Peter Hall and Peter Nijkamp (1985) 6. The Elderly in Poor Urban Neighborhoods Valerie Slaughter Brown (1997) 7. Urban Problems in Western Europe: An Economic Analysis Paul C. Cheshire and Dennis G. Hay (1989) 8. Identity and Poverty: Defining a Sense of Self among Urban Adolescents Laura DeHaan and Shelley MacDermid (1996) 9. Slum Clearance: The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales John English, Ruth Madigan and Peter Norman (1976) 10. Operational Urban Models: An Introduction David H. S. Foot (1981) 11. Development and the Rural-Urban Divide Edited by John Harriss and Mick Moore (1984) 12. Urban Ports and Harbor Management: Responding to Change along U.S. Waterfronts Edited by Marc J. Hershman (1988) 13. Urban Deprivation and the Inner City Edited by Colin Jones (1979) 14. Public Service Provision and Urban Development Edited by Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox and Steven Pinch (1984) 15. The Romance of Culture in an Urban Civilisation: Robert E. Park on Race and Ethnic Relations in Cities Barbara Ballis Lal (1990) 16. The Uncertain Future of the Urban Core Christopher M. Law (1988) 17. Urban Studies: A Canadian Perspective Edited by N. H. Lithwick and G. Paquet (1968) 18. Group Work with Suburbia's Children: Difference, Acceptance, and Belonging Edited by Andrew Malekoff (1991) 19. Basic Needs and the Urban Poor: The Provision of Communal Services Edited by Peter James Richards and Anne Margaret Thomson (1984) 20. Managing the City: The Aims and Impacts of Urban Policy Edited by Brian Turnbull Robson (1987) 21. Race and Gender Discrimination across Urban Labor Markets Susanne Schmitz (1996) 22. An Introduction to Urban Geography John R. Short (1984) 23. Land Use and Urban Form: The Consumption Theory of Land Rent Grant Ian Thrall (1987) 24. Urban and Rural Change in West Germany Edited by Martin Trevor Wild (1983)

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Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field.