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Titolo |
Urban ills . Volume 1 : twenty-first-century complexities of urban living in global contexts / / edited by Carol Camp Yeakey, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, and Ajanette Wells |
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Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (457 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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YeakeyCarol Camp |
ThompsonVetta L. Sanders |
WellsAnjanette |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sociology, Urban |
Urbanization - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Ch01. "Running in Place"; Ch02. The Finance Economy and Racialized Labor Markets; Ch03. To Heat or to Eat; Ch04. Homeownership Among Low-Income Families; Appendix A; Ch05. Coming and Going; Ch06. Predictability, Flexibility, Stability; Ch07. Surprising Diversity in Financial Stability; Ch08. Where Did My Neighbors Go?; Ch09. How Urban Shrinkage Impacts on Patterns of Socio-Spatial Segregation; Ch10. Is the Grass Any Greener on the Other Side of the Projects?; Ch11. Revisiting the US Black and French Red Belts; Ch12. Poverty, Families, and Schools |
Ch13. The Development of Coping Skills for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics StudentsCh14. Human Trafficking in the United States; Ch15. The Third World Near You; Index; Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Urban Ills: Confronting Twenty First Century Dilemmas of Urban Living in Global Contexts brings together original research by a wide array of interdisciplinary scholars to examine contemporary dilemmas impacting urban life in global contexts, following the latest global economic downturn. Focusing extensively on vulnerable populations, |
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economic, social, health and community dynamics are explored as they relate to human adaptation to complex environments. <sp |
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