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Researching the City : A Guide for Students.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781446296073
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 307.76
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Contents:
RESEARCHING THE CITY COVER -- RESEARCHING THE CITY -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: DESIGNING AN URBAN RESEARCH PROJECT -- CHAPTER 3: ARCHIVAL RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 4: INTERVIEWS -- CHAPTER 5: URBAN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 6: WORKING IN THE SHADOW ZONES OF URBAN ECONOMIES: USING QUESTIONNAIRES TO RESEARCH HIDDEN POPULATIONS -- CHAPTER 7: DISCOURSE AND LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER 8: USING DIARIES TO STUDY URBAN WORLDS -- CHAPTER 9: GIS: A METHOD AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 10: WORLDS THROUGH GLASS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO AS GEOGRAPHIC METHOD -- CHAPTER 11: WRITING UP -- INDEX.
Summary: A much-needed guide for students doing dissertations on urban issues and cities. Covering both qualitative and quantitative methods, a team of leading researchers show how particular methods are used successfully in urban research projects.
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RESEARCHING THE CITY COVER -- RESEARCHING THE CITY -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: DESIGNING AN URBAN RESEARCH PROJECT -- CHAPTER 3: ARCHIVAL RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 4: INTERVIEWS -- CHAPTER 5: URBAN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH -- CHAPTER 6: WORKING IN THE SHADOW ZONES OF URBAN ECONOMIES: USING QUESTIONNAIRES TO RESEARCH HIDDEN POPULATIONS -- CHAPTER 7: DISCOURSE AND LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER 8: USING DIARIES TO STUDY URBAN WORLDS -- CHAPTER 9: GIS: A METHOD AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 10: WORLDS THROUGH GLASS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO AS GEOGRAPHIC METHOD -- CHAPTER 11: WRITING UP -- INDEX.

A much-needed guide for students doing dissertations on urban issues and cities. Covering both qualitative and quantitative methods, a team of leading researchers show how particular methods are used successfully in urban research projects.

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