Communities within cities : an urban social geography

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Communities within cities : an urban social geography

Wayne K.D. Davies and David T. Herbert

Belhaven Press , Co-published in the Americas by Halsted Press, 1993

  • : uk
  • : uk : pbk
  • : us
  • : us : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This textbook stresses the social dimensions of urban geography, linking theoretical concepts with empirical evidence from European and North American cities. Themes include sense of place, community interaction, provision of services, community care, and planned neighbourhoods.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Alternative perspectives on community studies. Part 2 Community studies - the societal context: societal types
  • contemporary societal fragmentation
  • explanations for societal fragmentation
  • changing nature of local communities. Part 3 Areal content of communities: summarizing community character
  • measuring social structures
  • residential area change
  • classifying communities - the qualitative perspective. Part 4 Interactions, social networks and communities: domains and dimensions of behaviour
  • perspectives from social network analysis
  • neighbourhood dependent groups
  • neighbourhood effects on behaviour. Part 5 The social construction of communities - creating and identifying senses of place: literature as a source of a sense of place
  • cognitive variations
  • perspectives from socio-semiotics
  • extending the sense of place - affective dimensions
  • applications. Part 6 Community development: the conscious development of communitites in cities
  • reasons for community development
  • alternative delivery systems
  • charity and philanthropic assistance
  • technical assistance
  • the self-help approach
  • critical or conflict approach. Part 7 Service provision and communities: provision of retail goods and services
  • schools
  • leisure and social facilities
  • health caresystems
  • the caring community
  • crime and policing
  • community associations and actions. Part 8 Physical design and communities: origins of community based design
  • upper class segregation in romantic rural suburbs
  • model towns and garden cities
  • rival approaches - cities of towers and neighbourhood unit planning
  • contemporary design for suburban residential units
  • niche communities. Part 9 Conclusions - understanding community.

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