What role for social science in the 'urban age'?

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1839-1851

  Gleeson, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical urbanism; Social science; Urbanology

Indexed keywords

IDEOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84882595992     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12058     Document Type: Article

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