urban geography
collocation in Englishmeaningsofurbanandgeography
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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈɜː.bən/us/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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geography
noun[U]
uk/dʒiˈɒɡ.rə.fi/us/dʒiˈɑː.ɡrə.fi/
the study of the systems and processes involved in the world's weather, mountains, seas, lakes, etc. and of the ways in which countries and people organize life within ...
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(Definition ofurbanandgeographyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The challenge here is to make this problem-solving energy connect to the more reflexive character of other professions such as sociology andurbangeography.
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Theurbangeographywas slowly reflecting this change.
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Theurbangeographyof and increased physical proximity within the emerging ghetto made a collective and cooperative response both logical and efficacious.
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These narratives, always imbricated byurbangeographyand local politics, compellingly yoked the crime to collective preoccupations.
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How were these perceptions ofurbangeographyand space embedded in the plans and politics to develop the city?
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An illuminating chapter on the urban fabric identifies the forces which often nullified attempts to rearrangeurbangeographyor to create socially segregated quarters.
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It commands the services not only of architects, city planners and construction workers but also bankers, professors ofurbangeography, transport workers, sanitation workers and many others besides.
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The approach is often multidisciplinary, crossing boundaries into fields like social history, architectural history, urban sociology,urbangeographybusiness history, and archaeology.
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They usually elude the division in functually specialised zones that is conventionally applied inurbangeography.
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Education groups regularly using the reserve to study natural environments, community history andurbangeography.
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They are a highly useful resource for historical research, planning, preservation, genealogical research, sociological studies and research ofurbangeography.
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Eventually the quantitative revolution had its greatest impacts on the fields of physical, economic andurbangeography.
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Recognition of different city types necessitates their classification, and it is to this important aspect ofurbangeographythat we now turn.
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Inspiration fromurbangeographyand sociology, as well as a concern with workers (as opposed to labor union leaders), families, ethnic groups, racial segregation, and women's roles have proven useful.
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