Behavioral Adaptations To Life In The City
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Behavioral Adaptations to Life in the City
Author | : David Andrew Luther,Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry |
Publsiher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9782889713158 |
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Children Cities and Psychological Theories
Author | : Dietmar Görlitz,Hans Joachim Harloff,Günter Mey,Jaan Valsiner |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 2012-10-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783110885194 |
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Reconnecting the Church
Author | : J. Timothy Kauffman |
Publsiher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2010-07-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781450087209 |
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Reconnecting the Church is offered as a practical guide to assist pastors and laypeople in understanding the city, engaging, and serving the local community in which the church is located. The book’s purpose is to come along side the local church that wishes to reconnect to its local community, and offer practical ways to accomplish that task. There are 25 chapters each of which describes briefly an aspect of life in the city. At the end of each chapter are practical action/reflection projects. These projects are designed to give the reader first-hand experience of their church’s immediate neighborhood. They are specific tasks, most of which will be done outside the church. Each action is described, and guidance is given for reflection after each project.
Introduction to Urban Science
Author | : Luis M. A. Bettencourt |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2021-08-17 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780262046008 |
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A novel, integrative approach to cities as complex adaptive systems, applicable to issues ranging from innovation to economic prosperity to settlement patterns. Human beings around the world increasingly live in urban environments. In Introduction to Urban Science, Luis Bettencourt takes a novel, integrative approach to understanding cities as complex adaptive systems, claiming that they require us to frame the field of urban science in a way that goes beyond existing theory in such traditional disciplines as sociology, geography, and economics. He explores the processes facilitated by and, in many cases, unleashed for the first time by urban life through the lenses of social heterogeneity, complex networks, scaling, circular causality, and information. Though the idea that cities are complex adaptive systems has become mainstream, until now those who study cities have lacked a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding cities and urbanization, for generating useful and falsifiable predictions, and for constructing a solid body of empirical evidence so that the discipline of urban science can continue to develop. Bettencourt applies his framework to such issues as innovation and development across scales, human reasoning and strategic decision-making, patterns of settlement and mobility and their influence on socioeconomic life and resource use, inequality and inequity, biodiversity, and the challenges of sustainable development in both high- and low-income nations. It is crucial, says Bettencourt, to realize that cities are not "zero-sum games" and that knowledge, human cooperation, and collective action can build a better future.
The American Indian
Author | : Roger L. Nichols |
Publsiher | : VNR AG |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0394352386 |
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Essays on various aspects of the Native American Experience.
Educational Resilience in inner city America
Author | : Margaret C Wang,Edmund W. Gordon |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2012-10-12 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781136479106 |
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The story of life in inner-city America and the education of its people is often recounted as a tragedy; the ending is often predictable and usually dire, highlighting deficiency, failure, and negative trends. As with most social problems, children and youth in the inner cities are hit hardest. But this dismal view is only half of the full picture. The cities of our nation are a startling juxtaposition between the despairing and the hopeful, between disorganization and restorative potential. Alongside the poverty and unemployment, the street-fights and drug deals, are a wealth of cultural, economic, educational, and social resources. Often ignored are the resilience and the ability for adaptation which help many who are seemingly confined by circumstance to struggle and succeed "in the face of the odds." This book helps to broaden the utilization of ways to magnify the circumstances known to enhance development and education, so that the burden of adversity is reduced and opportunities are advanced for all children and youth -- especially the children and youth of the inner cities who are in at-risk circumstances. The focus is on: * raising consciousness about the opportunities available to foster resilience among children, families, and communities, and * synthesizing the knowledge base that is central to implementing improvements which serve to better the circumstances and educational opportunities of children and families. This volume is intended for a wide audience of readers, but particularly those who are in a position to shape public policy and deliver educational and human services.
Crowding and Behavior
Author | : Chalsa M. Loo |
Publsiher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0842204156 |
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The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research
Author | : Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2011-03-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780195373592 |
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New technologies are breaking the boundaries of how social researchers practice their craft, and it has become clear these changes are dramatically altering research design from the way data is collected to what is considered data. Bringing together all the emerging social science research technologies in one place, The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research offers comprehensive and up-to-date thinking on emerging technologies and addresses their impact on research methods, and in turn how new technologies lead to new research questions and areas of inquiry. The Handbook is organized into five sections, covering internet technologies, emergent data-collection methods, audio/visual, mobile, and geospatial technologies, and technology's impact on studying social life in natural settings, all after taking a look at emergent technologies from a broad, social-research context. Many of the twenty-nine chapters provide a commentary on and summary of specific technologies, like global surveys on the internet, mobile phones, data mining, and remote sensing, with a central focus on the most effective ways to use them. Others discuss the ethical and moral implications, especially issues of privacy and confidentiality, and collaborations across disciplines and outside the academy. The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research is indispensable for any social researcher looking to incorporate emerging technologies into their methods and practice.