Index of urban sociology articles explained

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.

A

abandonment — accessibilityActive Livingactivity centreadaptive reuseAdministration for Children and FamiliesAcid Rain Program(EPA) — achievement gap in the United Statesaffirmative action — African American — Aid to Families with Dependent Children(AFDC) — air quality(indoor) — Air Pollution Indexair quality indexalienationamalgamationannexationanomiearcologyarsonasset-based community development — Asian American — Athens Charterautomobileautomobile dependencyautonomy

B

bureaucracy — birth rate — block grantbudgetbusbusiness cyclebusiness park

C

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 Solutions — context theory — Copenhagenization (bicycling) — core frame modelcorporationcost of living(U.S.) — counter urbanizationcrimecriminal justicecultural biasculture of poverty-The Coons Effect

D

de facto segregationde jure segregation — death rate — decentralizationdevolution — disability — disinvestmentdivision of labour

E

economic developmenteconomic growthelitismemission standardemploymentempowerment zoneenterprise zoneentertainment centerentrepôtethnic enclave

F

Federal Housing AdministrationFHA loanfragmentation

G

gang — gentrification — globalizationgovernmentGreat Depressiongridlockgrowth management

H

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

I

immigrationinclusionary zoningincomeindoor air pollution in developing nationsindustrial ecologyindustrializationinequalityinfrastructureinterest group

K

kinship

L

land uselandfillleapfrogging

M

magnet school — methanol — middle classmigrationmodernizationMoving to Opportunitymultiple nuclei model

N

National Ambient Air Quality StandardsneighborhoodNeo-Marxismnuclear family

O

organized crime — overcrowding

P

parochialismPersonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity ActPhase I Environmental Site Assessmentpolarizationpolice brutalitypollution — poverty — poverty lineprivatizationpublic transport — psychological stress — public housingpublic schoolpublic transport

R

racial discriminationracial integration — racism — rail systemrecyclingregime theoryrevenue sharingrural

S

savings and loan crisisscholarship — segregation — single parent — smart growthsocial complexitysocial disorganization theorysocial housingsocial solidaritysocial worksocial welfare provision — Socialism — solidaritySoviet Unionsteam enginestreetcarstreet childrensuburbanizationsuburbsun belt

T

taxestechnologyTimes Square Red, Times Square BlueTANFthird world

U

underemploymentunderground economy — unemployment — Uniform Crime Reportunionizationurban decayUrban Mass Transportation Act of 1964urban renewalurban sprawlurbanization

V

Vice Lords — violence — volunteervoting bloc

W

Wagewar on povertywaste disposalwater supplywelfarewelfare reformwhite flightwhite collar crimeworkfare

X

xenophobia

Z

zoning

Urban-Related Lists

List of United States cities by population

See also

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

List of air-filtering plants

Further reading

Flanagan, William G. (2001). Urban Sociology : Images and Structure, Prentice Hall, Keiser, R. Lincoln. (1969). The Vice Lords: Warriors of the Streets, Holt, Rinehart and Winston,

Shannon, Thomas R. (2001). Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective, Waveland Press Inc,

Spradley, James P. (1999). You Owe Yourself a Drunk: An Ethnography of Urban Nomad, Waveland Press Inc,

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,

Williams, Terry. (1992). Crackhouse: Notes from the End of the Line, Penguin Group(USA),