GEOG 121: People and Places
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Suggested Subject Headings
Cities and towns |
Garden cities |
Gentrification |
Globalization |
Neoliberalism |
Public spaces |
Sociology, Urban |
Urbanization
Subject Keyword search: urban renewal case studies
Article Databases
Finding Articles: Where to Start (movie)
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Geobase
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International Bibliogaphy of the Social Sciences
Indexes books
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ISI Citation Databases (Web of Science)
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Maps and Images
Social Explorer - Map demographic data from 1940 - 2000.
AccuNet/AP Photo Archive
A database of approximately 500,000 current and archived photos from the Associated Press's 50 million image print and negative library.
Example: Istanbul
Academic Articles
Potuoğlu-Cook, Ö. (2004). Beyond the Glitter: Belly Dance and Neoliberal Gentrification in Istanbul. Cultural Anthropology, 21(4), 633-660.
Caglar, K. (2005). Globalization and Social Exclusion in Istanbul. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29(1), 124-134.
Website
Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Official Website: Provides descriptions of projects undertaken within this framework.
Newspaper Article
US slams eviction of old Roma settlement Turkey Daily News
Selection of Academic Journals
How Do I Distinguish Different Types of Journals?
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
International Social Science Journal
Magazines and Newspapers
America's Newpapers - database of U.S. (and local) Newspapers
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