Researching the city/
Ward, Kevin
Researching the city/ edited by Kevin Ward - 1st ed. - London: SAGE, 2014 - viii, 167 pages : 25 cm illustrations, map ;
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction
2. Designing an urban research project / Kevin Ward 3. Archival research / Stephen V. Ward
4. Interviews / Allan Cochrane
5. Urban ethnographic research / Kate Swanson
6. Working in the shadow zones of the urban economies : using questionnaires to research hidden populations / Nik Theodore
7. Discourse and linguistic analysis / Annette Hastings
8. Using diaries to study urban worlds / Alan Latham
9. GIS : a method and practice / Matthew W. Wilson
10. Worlds through glass : photography and video as geographic method / Bradley L. Garrett
Writing up / Kevin Ward
Summary: "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
9781446202111 9781529700961
Cities and towns-- Research Methodology
Social sciences --Research Methodology
Sociology--Urban
23 / WAR
Researching the city/ edited by Kevin Ward - 1st ed. - London: SAGE, 2014 - viii, 167 pages : 25 cm illustrations, map ;
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction
2. Designing an urban research project / Kevin Ward 3. Archival research / Stephen V. Ward
4. Interviews / Allan Cochrane
5. Urban ethnographic research / Kate Swanson
6. Working in the shadow zones of the urban economies : using questionnaires to research hidden populations / Nik Theodore
7. Discourse and linguistic analysis / Annette Hastings
8. Using diaries to study urban worlds / Alan Latham
9. GIS : a method and practice / Matthew W. Wilson
10. Worlds through glass : photography and video as geographic method / Bradley L. Garrett
Writing up / Kevin Ward
Summary: "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
9781446202111 9781529700961
Cities and towns-- Research Methodology
Social sciences --Research Methodology
Sociology--Urban
23 / WAR