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This subject guide identifies selected print and electronic sources available to SFU students, faculty and staff for Urban Studies research.
Contact info
If you need help, please contact Nina Smart, , at , (), or Book a research appointment. See also Ask a librarian if Nina is not available, or you have a general question.
Services for Urban Studies students
Research assistance for the Urban Studies Program is centred at Belzberg Library at SFU Vancouver's Harbour Centre.
SFU Libraries provides extensive services for graduate students. Check out the SFU Library Research Commons to learn about upcoming workshops, writing services, and more.
Help with course assignments
- Urban Transportation URB 660
- Urban Housing Policy URB 665
- Urban Research Methods URB 670
- Seminar in Urban Studies URB 696
- Urban Professional Development URB 601 & 602
Topic and related pages
- Aging and the City
- Car-Free & Car-Light Areas in Cities (BUS 360 wiki)
- Cities and Crisis (GEOG 364)
- Urban Energy Futures (Semester in Dialogue)
- Urban Bylaws, Legislation and Planning Resources
- Women and Cities (GSWS 411 / URB 695)
- Using SPSS for your research? See: SPSS Resources page
New Urban Studies books
- Paved paradise : how parking explains the world /
- Urban management : managing cities in uncertain times /
- Immeasurable weather : meteorological data and settler colonialism from 1820 to Hurricane Sandy /
- If cars could walk : postsocialist streets in transformation /
- Idea city : how to make Boston more livable, equitable, and resilient /
- Continually working : Black women, community intellectualism, and economic justice in postwar Milwaukee /
- The art of placemaking : interpreting community through public art and urban design /
- Building & dwelling : ethics for the city /