Urban Sociology. The city emerges once again as a strategic lens for the study of major macrosocial transformations as it was in the origins of sociology. Can urban sociology address these challenges and in so doing once again produce some of the analytic tools for understanding the broader transformation?

Urban Sociology

The city and the metropolitan region emerge as one of the strategic sites where macro social trends materialize and hence can be constituted as an object of study. Among these trends are globalization and the rise of the new information technologies, the intensifying of transnational and translocal dynamics, and the strengthening presence and voice of specific types of socio-cultural diversity. Each one of these trends has its own specific conditionalities, contents and consequences for cities, and for theory and research. Cities are also sites where each of these trends interacts with the others in distinct, often complex manners, in a way they do not in just about any other setting. The city emerges once again as a strategic lens for the study of major macrosocial transformations as it was in the origins of sociology. Can urban sociology address these challenges and in so doing once again produce some of the analytic tools for understanding the broader transformation? - lse.ac.uk/serials/Bjs/NEW100.HTM

Cyburbia - The Urban Planning Portal.- cyburbia.org/

Community & Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association - commurb.org/

Stefan Metaal's Urban Sociology Site - Urban sociology articles, discussions and resources on cities, suburbs, villages and other types of places. - members.chello.nl/smetaal/

Introduction to Urban Sociology and Urban Studies - info1.nwmissouri.edu/nwcourses/martin/urban/introduction/

Michigan State University is the nation’s premier land-grant university, and in that tradition, the MSU Center for Urban Affairs Community and Economic Development Program (CEDP) is committed to developing and applying knowledge to address the needs of society – primarily urban communities. Our mission is “to facilitate the use of university and community resources to address urban issues that enhance the quality of life. - msu.edu/~cua/overview/overview.htm - msu.edu/~cua/links/index.htm#Urban%20Development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research - blackwellpublishers.co.uk/journals/IJURR/descript.htm

Progress in Planning
The Progress in Planning explores advances in planning from an interdisciplinary perpsective, covering a wide range of topics including land use, design and behavior, spatial planning, environmental issues and urban form. - elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/4/0/9/show/topnav.htt?menu=gen

Urban Studies
The Urban Studies explores advances and issues in urban and regional planning, design and analysis drawing on a number of disciplines including geography, economics, sociology and public policy. - tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/00420980.html

Geographical Journal
The Geographical Journal is the publication of the Royal Geographical Society publishing geographical research into cultures, economies and environments. - rgs.org/templ.php?page=8publjou

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
The Journal of Environmental Planning and Management explores integrated approaches planning and management of the environment including applied research, the application of new approaches and techniques, and the evaluation of policy and practice. - tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/09640568.html

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
The Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning provides a forum for the critical analysis of environmental policy and planning from a political, social, economic, legal, cultural, aesthetic or planning perspective - tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1523908x.html

Journal of the American Planning Association
The Journal of the American Planning Association publishes current research on planning and urban development including cutting-edge research with practical application along with an archive of full text and graphics of Journal articles. - - japa.pdx.edu/ - planning.org/japa/

Journal of Urban Affairs
The Journal of Urban Affairs is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to articles that address contemporary urban issues and is directed toward an audience that includes practitioners, policy makers, scholars, and students. - udel.edu/uaa/journal.html

Journal of Urban Design
The Journal of Urban Design explores issues, challenges and opportunities in the field of urban design and its impact on the quality of the built environment from an interdisciplinary perspective. - tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13574809.html

Journal of Urban Economics
The Journal of Urban Economics publishes papers of great scholarly merit on a wide range of topics and employing a wide range of approaches to urban economics. - gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/j/msg02337.html

Journal of Urban Planning and Development
The Journal of Urban Planning and Development explores the the application of civil engineering to urban planning aspects such as area-wide transportation, the coordination of planning and programming of public works and utilities, and the development and redevelopment of urban areas. - ojps.aip.org/upo/?jsessionid=2169921056959039682

Land Degradation & Development
The Land Degradation & Development is devoted to Land Degradation, Promotion of Ecological Sustainability, Sustainable Land Management, Socioeconomic Implications for Sustainability and Development - interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1085-3278/

Landscape and Urban Planning
The Landscape and Urban Planning explores the relationships among landscape, planning and urban design from an interdisciplinary approach, looking at how landscape decisions are made and how they impact the market. - elsevier.nl/locate/landurbplan

Our Planet
The Our Planet publishes the United Nations Environment Programme s flagship magazine for environmentally sustainable development. - ourplanet.com/

Planning
The Planning offers news and analyses of events in planning (including suburban, rural, and small town planning, environmental planning, neighborhood revitalization, economic development, social planning, and urban design. - casa.ucl.ac.uk/planning/olp.htm

Planning Perspectives
The Planning Perspectives is an international journal the explores planning and the environment, publishing historical and prospective articles on the planning process and implementation. - tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02665433.html

Planning Practice & Research
The Planning Practice & Research explores various dimensions of planning with increasing attention on the distinctive features of planning practice and policy in different countries. - .tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/02697459.html

Planning Theory and Practice
The Planning Theory and Practice encourages development of theory and practice in spatial planning, and encourages the development of a spatial dimension in other areas of public policy. - tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/14649357.html

Economics of Planning
The Economics of Planning explores economic analysis and policy making for the development and integration of transition economies; of 2002, it incorporates`MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies. - kluweronline.com/issn/0013-0451/contents

Geographical Analysis
The Geographical Analysis publishes mathematical and nonmathematical articulations of geographical theory, and statements and discussions of the analytic paradigm. - ohiostatepress.org/journals/geoanal.htm