Seeing the City : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Urban.

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The city is a complex object. Some researchers look at its shape, others at its people, animals, ecology, policy, infrastructures, buildings, history, art, or technical networks. Some researchers analyse processes of in- or exclusion, gentrification, or social mobility; others biological evolution,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verloo, Nanke (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bertolini, Luca (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Colección:Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity Ser.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Research > Methodology.
Cities and towns > Research > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Villes > Recherche > Méthodologie.
Villes > Recherche > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
stedelijke economie.
stadssamenleving.
stadsplanologie.
Cities and towns > Research
Cities and towns > Research > Methodology
Netherlands > Amsterdam
Methodologies, Interdisciplinarity, Urban Studies, Cities, Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Amsterdam.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • Nanke Verloo and Luca Bertolini
  • Seeing the city
  • Seeing Amsterdam
  • Seeing this volume
  • References
  • 2. Quantitative data collection: A meta view
  • Introduction
  • Origins of quantitative data collection and uses: the census
  • Collecting survey data
  • Administrative data
  • Big data
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Willem Boterman
  • 3. Urban ethnography and participant observations: Studying the city from within
  • Why studying the city from within?
  • 'Thick description', limitations, and underlying assumptions
  • Preparing for ethnographic fieldwork
  • Doing fieldwork
  • Representing and interpreting ethnographic data
  • Reflectivity and positionality
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Nanke Verloo
  • 4. Sensing the city through new forms of urban data
  • Introduction
  • Physical sensor data
  • Mobile phone data
  • Social media data
  • User-generated & POI-based web data
  • Summary
  • References
  • Achilleas Psyllidis
  • 5. Interviewing in urban research
  • Introduction
  • The purpose of interviewing
  • Developing the methodology: research sample
  • Constructing an interview guide
  • Ethical considerations and interview protocol
  • Going into the field
  • The art of interviewing
  • Processing your data while in the field
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Fenne M. Pinkster
  • 6. Digging in the crates: Archival research and historical primary sources
  • Introduction
  • What is an archive, and what lurks inside?
  • Setting foot in murky waters
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Tim Verlaan
  • 7. Reading spaces: A cultural analysis approach
  • Daan Wesselman
  • Object selection, research questions, and analytical toolkit
  • Analyzing aesthetics and discourse
  • Reflection
  • General conclusion
  • References
  • 8. The practice of institutional analysis in urban contexts
  • Objectives and motives of institutional analysis
  • Distinguishing and connecting levels of analysis departing from institutional tensions
  • Setting operational grids to set up the analysis
  • Gathering and analyzing data in a targeted way
  • The challenges of institutional analysis
  • References
  • Federico Savini
  • 9. Household preferences and hedonic pricing
  • Hans R.A. Koster and Jan Rouwendal
  • Introduction
  • Micro-economic foundations
  • Econometric estimation of hedonic price functions

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