Urban Geography
Encyclopedia
Urban Geography is a peer-reviewed
academic journal
that was first published in 1980. It appears semi-quarterly and covers topics concerning urban policy and planning, race, poverty
, ethnicity in urban areas, housing
, and provision of services
and urban economic activity.
Urban Geography is published by Bellwether Publishing Ltd. and is available online.
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
that was first published in 1980. It appears semi-quarterly and covers topics concerning urban policy and planning, race, poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
, ethnicity in urban areas, housing
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, and provision of services
Public services
Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly or by financing private provision of services. The term is associated with a social consensus that certain services should be available to all, regardless of income...
and urban economic activity.
Urban Geography is published by Bellwether Publishing Ltd. and is available online.