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Researching the city / edited by Kevin Ward. - 2nd edition - London, UK : Sage Publications; 2020. - xi, 216 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designing an urban research project / Kevin Ward -- Archival research / Stephen V. Ward -- Interviews / Allan Cochrane -- Urban ethnographic research / Kate Swanson -- Working in the shadow zones of the urban economies : using questionnaires to research hidden populations / Nik Theodore -- Discourse and linguistic analysis / Annette Hastings -- Using diaries to study urban worlds / Alan Latham -- GIS : a method and practice / Matthew W. Wilson -- Worlds through glass : photography and video as geographic method / Bradley L. Garrett -- Writing up / Kevin Ward.

"This is the practical guide for any student doing urban fieldwork. It explains how to undertake research from the initial idea, through design and implementation, to writing up and representation. Substantive chapters explain all the core methods in detail: Archival Methods; Interviews; Ethnography; Questionnaires; Discourse analysis; Diaries; using GIS; and Visual Methods. Using examples throughout, the text will help students think about fieldwork in relation to real-world evidence"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

LCCN: 2013936829

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB384856 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016499362 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cities and towns--Research--Methodology.
Sociology, Urban--Research--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
Cities and towns--Research.
Sociology, Urban.
sociologie urbaine.

LC Class. No.: HT110 / .R47 2020

Dewey Class. No.: 307.76072