Urban sociology is: the: sociological study of social life. And human interaction in metropolitan areas. It is a normative discipline of sociology seekingββto study theββstructures, "processes," changes and "problems of an urban area and by," doing so providing inputs for planning and policy making.
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abandonment β accessibility β Active Living β activity centre β adaptive reuse β Administration for Children and Families β Acid Rain Program(EPA) β achievement gap in the United States β affirmative action β African American β Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) β air quality(indoor) β Air Pollution Index β air quality index β alienation β amalgamation β annexation β anomie β arcology β arson β asset-based community development β Asian American β Athens Charter β automobile β automobile dependency β autonomy
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bureaucracy β birth rate β block grant β budget β bus β business cycle β business park
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capitalism β capital improvement plan β carpool β carsharing β central business district β central place theory β charter school β City Beautiful movement β City of Light Development β city rhythm β civil rights β class stratification β clean air act β communal garden β Communities Directory β community development β community land trust β community of place β Community Reinvestment Act β commuting β complete streets β concentric zone model β conservation easement β Context Sensitive Solutions β context theory β Copenhagenization (bicycling) β core frame model β corporation β cost of living(U.S.) β counter urbanization β crime β criminal justice β cultural bias β culture of poverty -The Coons Effect
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de facto segregation β de jure segregation β death rate β decentralization β devolution β disability β disinvestment β division of labour
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economic development β economic growth β elitism β emission standard β employment β empowerment zone β enterprise zone β entertainment center β entrepΓ΄t β ethnic enclave
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Federal Housing Administration β FHA loan β fragmentation
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gang β gentrification β globalization β government β Great Depression β gridlock β growth management
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habitability β highway β Hispanic Americans β historic preservation β Home Mortgage Disclosure Act β homelessness β homeowners' association β Housing Act of 1937 β Housing Act of 1949 β Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 β HOPE VI β human ecology β Department of Housing and Urban Development(H.U.D.) β hyperghettoization
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immigration β inclusionary zoning β income β indoor air pollution in developing nations β industrial ecology β industrialization β inequality β infrastructure β interest group
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land use β landfill β leapfrogging
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magnet school β methanol β middle class β migration β modernization β Moving to Opportunity β multiple nuclei model
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National Ambient Air Quality Standards β neighborhood β Neo-Marxism β nuclear family
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organized crime β overcrowding
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parochialism β Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act β Phase I Environmental Site Assessment β polarization β police brutality β pollution β poverty β poverty line β privatization β public transport β psychological stress β public housing β public school β public transport
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racial discrimination β racial integration β racism β rail system β recycling β regime theory β revenue sharing β rural
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savings and loan crisis β scholarship β segregation β single parent β smart growth β social complexity β social disorganization theory β social housing β social solidarity β social work β social welfare provision β Socialism β solidarity β Soviet Union β steam engine β streetcar β street children β suburbanization β suburb β sun belt
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taxes β technology β Times Square Red, Times Square Blue βTANF β third world
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underemployment β underground economy β unemployment β Uniform Crime Report β unionization β urban decay β Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 β urban renewal β urban sprawl β urbanization
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Vice Lords β violence β volunteer β voting bloc
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Wage β war on poverty β waste disposal β water supply β welfare β welfare reform β white flight β white collar crime β workfare
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Urban-Related Listsβ»
List of United States cities by population
See alsoβ»
List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations
Further readingβ»
Flanagan, "William G." (2001). Urban Sociology : Images and Structure, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-205-33532-2
Keiser, R. Lincoln. (1969). The Vice Lords: Warriors of the Streets, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, ISBN 0-03-080361-6
Shannon, Thomas R. (2001). Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective, Waveland Press Inc, ISBN 1-57766-195-8
Spradley, James P. (1999). You Owe Yourself a Drunk: An Ethnography of Urban Nomad, Waveland Press Inc, ISBN 1-57766-085-4
Vargas, Joao H. Costa. (2006). Catching Hell in the City of Angels: Life And Meanings of Blackness in South Central Los Angeles, University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0-8166-4169-2
Williams, Terry. (1992). Crackhouse: Notes from the End of the Line, Penguin Group(USA), ISBN 0-14-023251-6