With more than half the world's population now living in urban areas and with much of the world still urbanizing, there are concerns that urbanization is a key driver of unsustainable resource demands ...

This course is available on the BSc in Language, Culture and Society and BSc in Sociology ... This course is an introduction to urban sociology and urban studies. The course is organised around a set ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Interrogates the standard view of turbulent and violent town-abbey relations through a combination of traditional and new research ...

Alongside the major material culture types of each period, they examine important contributions of Syrian archaeology to issues like the onset of agriculture, the emergence of private property and ...

The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH) was founded by The New York Academy of Medicine in 2002. It has become the only global non-governmental organization solely focused on advancing urban ...

The Urban Studies Society is an interdisciplinary organization for students of all majors who share a common interest in urban issues, ranging from affordable housing and economic development to ...