Urban Sociology

Contents: Preface. 1. Status of urban sociology. 2. Study of urban social problems. 3. Urban spatiality and segregation. 4. Demography of urban transformation. 5. Understanding urban poverty. 6. Economic transformation and urban restructuring. 7. Changing urban lifestyles. 8. Social inequalities in urban areas. 9. Social exclusion among urban children. 10. Sociological perspectives of drug abuse. 11. Transnational social formations. 12. Imaging of post-modern urban spaces. 13. Density dependence model in industrial demography. Bibliography. Index.

"Urban sociology is the sociological study of the various statistics among the population in cities. Chiefly the study of urban areas where industrial, commercial and residential zones converge. This practice sheds light on the influence of the city scape environment in Burghal areas of poverty in response to several different languages, a low quality of life, several different ethnic groups and a low standard of police guardianship that all amount to social disorganisation.

The present volume provides a comprehensive introduction to urban sociology, urban anthropology, and urban studies. While fundamentally sociological this book uses a multi-disciplinary approach to explore all facets of urban living. It provides a balanced framework for the study of the field of evaluating and integrating both ecological and political economic perspectives and examining the experiential aspect of political and economic life in cities." (jacket)