Urban Studies: Books & eBooks
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Browse for Books in the Library
Sometimes browsing the library stacks can help you find books you didn't even know you were looking for. The following are good areas to peruse.
Basement:
HE 305-311: Urban transportation.
HM 756-781: Community.
HN 41-46: Community centers. Social centers.
3rd Floor:
HT 101-395: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology.
HT161-165: Garden Cities. "The city beautiful."
HT 165.5-169.9: City planning.
HT 170-178: City population.
HT 231: Effect of city life.
HT 321-325: The city as an economic factor, city promotion.
HT 330-334: Metropolitan areas.
HT 351-352: Suburban cities and towns.
HT 361-384: Urbanization. City and country.
HT 388: Regional economics. Space in economics.
HT 390-395: Regional planning
NA 1-9428: Architecture
NA 9000-9048: Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying.
Maps of the library are available at the 2nd floor Reference Desk, elevator lobbies, and also online.
PSU Library Catalog - Book Search
Results include both print books and ebooks, available from Portland State Library and other libraries.
Selected Books
- Cities and Sustainability : Critical Concepts in Urban Studies byCall Number: HT241 .C558 2012 (3rd Floor)ISBN: 9780415671002Publication Date: 2012-08-01
- Living Green byCall Number: HC79.E5 .F665 2009 (Basement)ISBN: 9780865716476Publication Date: 2009-06-01
- Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement (ebook) byISBN: 9780826519047Publication Date: 2013-04-22
Useful Subjects
City Planning Urban Renewal
Education, Urban Cities and Towns
Housing Housing Policy
Inner Cities Land Use
Suburbs Planned Communities
Regional Planning Urban Economics
Urban Health Urban Geography
Urban Policy Urban Poor
Urbanization Urban Transportation