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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (457 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Sociology, Urban; Urbanization - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: YeakeyCarol Camp ThompsonVetta L. Sanders WellsAnjanette
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, economic, social, health and community dynamics are explored as they relate to human adaptation to complex environments. <sp
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban ills
• ISBN: 0-7391-7701-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464396403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II