03041nam 22006011 450 991046439640332120200520144314.00-7391-7701-X(CKB)3710000000056368(EBL)1550500(OCoLC)863203974(SSID)ssj0001170324(PQKBManifestationID)11960295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170324(PQKBWorkID)11184758(PQKB)10596783(MiAaPQ)EBC1550500(Au-PeEL)EBL1550500(CaPaEBR)ebr10799585(EXLCZ)99371000000005636820131114h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUrban illsVolume 1 twenty-first-century complexities of urban living in global contexts /edited by Carol Camp Yeakey, Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, and Ajanette WellsLanham :Lexington Books,[2014]©20141 online resource (457 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-8560-8 0-7391-7700-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SchoolsCh13. 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; ContributorsUrban 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, economic, social, health and community dynamics are explored as they relate to human adaptation to complex environments. <spSociology, UrbanUrbanizationSocial aspectsElectronic books.Sociology, Urban.UrbanizationSocial aspects.307.76Yeakey Carol Camp931823Thompson Vetta L. Sanders931824Wells Anjanette931825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464396403321Urban ills2096021UNINA