Researching the city /
edited by Kevin Ward.
- 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
chapter 1. Introduction -- chapter 2. Designing an urban research project -- chapter 3. Archival research -- chapter 4. Interviews -- chapter 5. Urban ethnographic research -- chapter 6. Working in the shadow zones of urban economies : using questionnaires to research hidden populations -- chapter 7. Discourse and linguistic analysis -- chapter 8. Using diaries to study urban worlds -- chapter 9. GIS : a method and practice -- chapter 10. Worlds through glass : photography and video as geographic method -- chapter 11. Writing up.
This practical guide for students focuses on both the city, and the different ways academics research it.