Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide 

Urban Studies--Some Starting Points

Blackwell city reader (2002) [print] 
[A collection of articles with a global approach, looking at western and non-western cities]

Encyclopedia of the city (2005) [print] 

Global Report on Human Settlements [web acccess]
[Prepared by UN-HABITAT. The most authoritative and up-to-date assessment of conditions and trends in the world’s cities and other human settlements. 

Inquiry into sustainable cities (2005) [web acccess]
[House Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage report. Also available in print format]

Key concepts in urban geography (2009) [print]
[Collection of short essays which provide an introduction to the central concepts that define contemporary research in urban geography]

New forms of urbanization: beyond the urban/rural dichotomy (2003) [web acccess]
[Presents information on urbanization around the world]

Urban geography reader (2005) [print
[A collection of articles exploring urban geography in the developed and developing worlds, and examples of theoretical and applied research]

Urban theory and the urban experience: encountering the city (2004) [electronic]
[A collection of articles on urban research]

Urban Studies--Web Resources

          Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group and Network 
          [This website explores the relationship between world cities and the issue of
          contemporary globalization. Centered in Geography Dept. Loughborough University]

          Intute - Social Sciences - Human Geography
          [Provides access to high quality resources on the Internet]

          UN-HABITAT
          [United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is the United Nations agency 
          for human settlements. Programmes include: 
          Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) and Safer Cities Programme]

Urban Studies--Library Catalogue & Databases

Use the library catalogue to search for books. The following keyword searches may be useful starting points:

Urbanization

Urban geography

Population geography

"Cities and towns"

Sociology, Urban

Use databases to find journal articles. Choose an appropriate database from the Geography/Environmental Studies databases list (see especially the databases for Australian topics)

Last update: 7h May 2009 Helen Attar