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Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Black Belt (U.S. region)
During the first half of the nineteenth century, as many as one million enslaved Africans were transported through sales in the domestic slave trade to the Deep South in a forced migration to work as laborers for the region's cotton plantations.
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Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a political movement that intended to achieve Black Power.
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Boosterism
Boosterism is the act of promoting ("boosting") a town, city, or organization, with the goal of improving public perception of it.
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City
A city is a large human settlement.
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Community development
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad term given to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities.
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Economics
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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Environmental studies
Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment in the interests of solving complex problems.
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Ethnography
Ethnography (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω grapho "I write") is the systematic study of people and cultures.
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Geography
Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth.
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Horace R. Cayton Jr.
Horace R. Cayton Jr. (April 12, 1903 – January 21, 1970) was a prominent American sociologist, newspaper columnist, and author who specialized in studies of working-class black Americans, particularly in mid-20th-century Chicago.
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Housing
Housing, or more generally living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings collectively, for the purpose of sheltering people —the planning or provision delivered by an authority, with related meanings.
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Index of urban studies articles
Urban studies is the diverse range of disciplines and approaches to the study of all aspects of cities, their suburbs, and other urban areas.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill (21 January 18641 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl.
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Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy.
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Latin America
Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.
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Louis Wirth
Louis Wirth (August 28, 1897 – May 3, 1952) was an American sociologist and member of the Chicago school of sociology.
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Princeton University Library
Princeton University Library is the main library system of Princeton University.
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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Race (human categorization)
A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
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Racial segregation in the United States
Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, includes the segregation or separation of access to facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines.
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Racism in the United States
Racism in the United States against non-whites is widespread and has been so the colonial era.
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Robert E. Park
Robert Ezra Park (February 14, 1864 – February 7, 1944) was an American urban sociologist who is considered to be one of the most influential figures in early U.S. sociology.
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Social inequality
Social inequality occurs when resources in a given society are distributed unevenly, typically through norms of allocation, that engender specific patterns along lines of socially defined categories of persons.
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Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.
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Sociology of gender
Sociology of gender is a prominent subfield of sociology.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced) was one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s.
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Transdisciplinarity
Transdisciplinarity connotes a research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic approach.
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Transport
Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Urban design
Urban design is the process of designing and shaping the physical features of cities, towns and villages.
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Urban geography
Urban geography is the subdiscipline of geography that derives from a study of cities and urban processes.
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Urban history
Urban history is a field of history that examines the historical nature of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization.
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Urban planning
Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the development and design of land use in an urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks.
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Urban sociology
Urban sociology is the sociological study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas.
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Urban Studies (journal)
Urban Studies is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of urban studies.
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Urban Studies Foundation
The Urban Studies Foundation is a Scottish research charity connected with the Urban Studies Journal.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt "W.
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William Julius Wilson
William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935) is an American sociologist.
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