Index of urban sociology articles

Urban sociology is the sociological study of social life and human interaction in metropolitan areas. It is a normative discipline of sociology seeking to study the structures, processes, changes and problems of an urban area and by doing so providing inputs for planning and policy making.


abandonmentaccessibilityActive Livingactivity centreadaptive reuseAdministration for Children and FamiliesAcid Rain Program(EPA) — achievement gap in the United Statesaffirmative actionAfrican AmericanAid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) — air quality(indoor) — Air Pollution Indexair quality indexalienationamalgamationannexationanomiearcologyarsonasset-based community developmentAsian AmericanAthens Charterautomobileautomobile dependencyautonomy

bureaucracybirth rateblock grantbudgetbusbusiness cyclebusiness park

capitalismcapital improvement plancarpoolcarsharingcentral business districtcentral place theorycharter schoolCity Beautiful movementCity of Light Developmentcity rhythmcivil rightsclass stratificationclean air actcommunal gardenCommunities Directorycommunity developmentcommunity land trustcommunity of placeCommunity Reinvestment Actcommutingcomplete streetsconcentric zone modelconservation easementContext Sensitive Solutionscontext theoryCopenhagenization (bicycling)core frame modelcorporationcost of living(U.S.) — counter urbanizationcrimecriminal justicecultural biasculture of poverty -The Coons Effect

de facto segregationde jure segregationdeath ratedecentralizationdevolutiondisabilitydisinvestmentdivision of labour

economic developmenteconomic growthelitismemission standardemploymentempowerment zoneenterprise zoneentertainment centerentrepôtethnic enclave

Federal Housing AdministrationFHA loanfragmentation

ganggentrificationglobalizationgovernmentGreat Depressiongridlockgrowth management

habitabilityhighwayHispanic Americanshistoric preservationHome Mortgage Disclosure Acthomelessnesshomeowners' associationHousing Act of 1937Housing Act of 1949Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008HOPE VIhuman ecologyDepartment of Housing and Urban Development(H.U.D.) — hyperghettoization

immigrationinclusionary zoningincomeindoor air pollution in developing nationsindustrial ecologyindustrializationinequalityinfrastructureinterest group

kinship

land uselandfillleapfrogging

magnet schoolmethanolmiddle classmigrationmodernizationMoving to Opportunitymultiple nuclei model

National Ambient Air Quality StandardsneighborhoodNeo-Marxismnuclear family

organized crimeovercrowding

parochialismPersonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ActPhase I Environmental Site Assessmentpolarizationpolice brutalitypollutionpovertypoverty lineprivatizationpublic transportpsychological stresspublic housingpublic schoolpublic transport

racial discriminationracial integrationracismrail systemrecyclingregime theoryrevenue sharingrural

savings and loan crisisscholarshipsegregationsingle parentsmart growthsocial complexity — social disorganization theory — social housingsocial solidaritysocial worksocial welfare provisionSocialismsolidaritySoviet Unionsteam enginestreetcarstreet childrensuburbanizationsuburbsun belt

taxestechnologyTimes Square Red, Times Square BlueTANFthird world

underemploymentunderground economyunemploymentUniform Crime Reportunionizationurban decayUrban Mass Transportation Act of 1964urban renewalurban sprawlurbanization

Vice Lordsviolencevolunteervoting bloc

Wagewar on povertywaste disposalwater supplywelfarewelfare reformwhite flightwhite collar crimeworkfare

xenophobia

zoning

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List of United States cities by population

See also

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List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations

List of air-filtering plants

Further reading

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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