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Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- Why Urban Analysis? -- 1 What is Urban Analysis? -- 2 Why Do Urban Analysis? -- 2.1 Systematic Versus Non-systematic Knowledge -- 3 Research Basics -- 3.1 The Purpose of the Research -- 3.2 Methodological Approaches -- 3.3 The Source of Data -- 4 Ethics in Research -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Research Questions and Research Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Developing a Research Topic -- 3 The Research Question -- 4 Literature Review -- 4.1 Undertaking Your Review -- 5 Theory and Research -- 6 Developing Appropriate Research Design and Methods -- 6.1 Research Design -- 7 The Practicalities: Bringing It All Together -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Using Systematic Quantitative Literature Reviews for Urban Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What is Urban Analysis? -- 2 What is a Systematic Literature Review and Why Do One? -- 3 The SQLR Method: Steps for How to Apply the Approach -- 3.1 Ideation and Conceptual Models -- 3.2 Selecting Keywords to Search and Setting up Your Database -- 3.3 Searching Databases and Entering Papers -- 3.4 Analysing Your Data and Presenting Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Secondary Data in Urban Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Use Secondary Data? -- 3 Disadvantages of Secondary Data -- 4 Sources of Secondary Data for Urban Analysis -- 5 Big Data and Urban Analysis -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Conducting Survey Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Conduct Surveys? -- 3 Types of Survey Research -- 3.1 Method of Delivery Pros and Cons to Different Data Collection Methods -- 3.2 Time of Delivery (Cross-Sectional Survey Research) -- 3.3 Time of Delivery (Longitudinal Survey Research) -- 4 Necessary Steps in Survey Research (Key Points/Steps in Using an Approach) -- 4.1 What Is Your Audience (Sample Selection)? -- 4.2 What Is Your Research Question? -- 4.3 Survey Design.

In recent years, there has been increased interest in testing the thesis that global city emergence is accompanied by increases in social polarisation. Given the growing importance of the Asia-Pacific region in the global economy, this paper makes a timely contribution to the social polarisation debate by discussing the social transformations occurring with reference to Singapore. It is suggested that within Singapore, rather than the development of a polarised structure, there is a trend towards a professionalised occupation structure and a growing middle-upper income-group.

It has been argued that the global city-social polarisation thesis put forward by scholars looking at North American cities cannot be easily transferred to global cities in other parts of the world. Recent research has illustrated that whilst there may be some change in levels of social polarisation in global cities outside the US, the form, structure and causes of social polarisation are different. This paper extends the debate by looking at Sydney, Australia. It is argued that whilst changes in occupational structure and income polarisation are partially explained by economic restructuring associated with globalisation, global processes alone cannot fully explain these changes. The paper points to the significance of the inclusion of factors such as the unemployed, the gendered structure of occupations and migration.

Contemporary studies into residential mobility focus on mover households, but pay little attention to households that do not move. Conceptually, it is assumed that households make a voluntary decision to move when their current residence no longer meets their needs. This argument does not however account for households who, in the face of residential dissatisfaction, renovate or undertake alterations to better satisfy their needs. This paper presents data for Adelaide, South Australia to look at the extent to which owners renovate their homes. The analysis identifies two groups of renovators-non-mover renovators and mover renovators. Using data from the Housing and Location Preference Survey, an analysis is presented which discusses the factors which may influence renovation activity of these two groups.

The socio-spatial structure of modern cities is the outcome of many interrelated factors. One of these factors is the economic restructuring that is an outcome of the typical boom-bust cycles associated with modern capitalism. This paper attempts to identify the effects of recent economic restructuring on the level of socio-spatial inequality in the metropolitan local government areas of Adelaide, South Australia. Utilising census data for 1976 and 1986 the study uses correlational analysis to identify first the effects of economic restructuring on labour force status, and then extends the analysis to investigate the pattern of change in social well-being. The main finding of this study is that economic restructuring has had the hypothesised effect on both employment and social well-being within the thirty local government areas of metropolitan Adelaide. The paper concludes with a discussion of some of the implications of the findings for current and future public policy. It is argued that so far Australia has been successful in avoiding the emergence of a large urban underclass, mainly due to its redistributive policies. If Australia is to avoid the emergence of this phenomena it is imperative that the problems produced by the impact of economic restructuring on the urban form are rectified through the appropriate public policies.

"This book covers theoretical, thematic, and country-specific issues of knowledge cities to underline the growing importance of KBUD all around the world, providing substantive research on the decisive lineaments of urban development for knowledge-based production (drawing attention to new planning processes to foster such development), and worldwide best practices and case studies in the field of urban development"--Provided by publisher

The potential impacts that a range of social, economic, demographic and structural factors have on an individual's level of perceived satisfaction with their neighbourhood continue to be an important focus of research interest. This paper concentrates on a specific feature of the neighbourhood satisfaction literature by considering the impact of local neighbourhood socioeconomic mix on satisfaction. It suggests that, if neighbourhood satisfaction is associated with strong and sustainable communities, then understanding the drivers of neighbourhood satisfaction remains an important part of the empirical investigation. Using a combination of survey data and aggregate census data, the paper considers how, net of other factors, the socioeconomic mix of the local neighbourhood impacts on satisfaction. It finds that the socioeconomic mix characteristics of the neighbourhood do matter in understanding neighbourhood satisfaction and suggests that this has important implications for polices aiming at strengthening and sustaining local communities.

There has been a growing awareness that the issue of labour market disadvantage is substantially greater than merely considering unemployment and the ability to find a job. There is an increasing literature that points to the advantages of considering a broader concept which accounts not only for those people who are traditionally unemployed, but also for individuals who are underemployed and those who are sub-unemployed or discouraged workers. Taking multidimensional survey and census data for Australian metropolitan regions, this paper applies a broad employability framework to an understanding of labour underutilisation which presents the risk of underutilisation as a function of individual characteristics, personal circumstances and the impact of local labour market characteristics. The analysis finds that the risk of labour underutilisation is associated with a range of individual characteristics and personal circumstances together with the characteristics of the metropolitan local labour market.

Antisocial behaviour including littering and graffiti, crime and social disorder pose an important social problem within contemporary cities. Perceptions regarding the extent of antisocial behaviour are likely to differ not only along socioeconomic and demographic lines of the individual but importantly are also likely to differ depending on the type of neighbourhood or community one resides in. In particular, it is often assumed that antisocial behaviour, both real and perceived, will be higher in localities characterised by higher levels of public housing. Situated broadly in the antisocial behaviour and neighbourhood effects/social mix literature this paper examines perceptions of antisocial behaviour reported in a large sample survey in Australia focusing specifically on how responses differ by the housing social mix characteristics of the neighbourhood the respondent lives in.