Researching the city/ edited by Kevin Ward

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Ward, Kevin [Editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: SAGE, 2014Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 167 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmISBN:

9781446202111
9781529700961

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DDC classification:

307.760721 23 WAR

Contents:

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: 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

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Books List(s) this item appears in: Urban & Rural Planning Disciplines

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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

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