Seeing the City : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Urban.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Nanke Verloo and Luca Bertolini -- Seeing the city -- Seeing Amsterdam -- Seeing this volume -- References -- 2. Quantitative data collection: A meta view -- Introduction -- Origins of quantitative data collection and uses: the census -- Collecting survey data -- Administrative data -- Big data -- Conclusion -- References -- Willem Boterman -- 3. Urban ethnography and participant observations: Studying the city from within -- Why studying the city from within? -- 'Thick description', limitations, and underlying assumptions -- Preparing for ethnographic fieldwork -- Doing fieldwork -- Representing and interpreting ethnographic data -- Reflectivity and positionality -- Conclusions -- References -- Nanke Verloo -- 4. Sensing the city through new forms of urban data -- Introduction -- Physical sensor data -- Mobile phone data -- Social media data -- User-generated &amp -- POI-based web data -- Summary -- References -- Achilleas Psyllidis -- 5. Interviewing in urban research -- Introduction -- The purpose of interviewing -- Developing the methodology: research sample -- Constructing an interview guide -- Ethical considerations and interview protocol -- Going into the field -- The art of interviewing -- Processing your data while in the field -- Conclusion -- References -- Fenne M. Pinkster -- 6. Digging in the crates: Archival research and historical primary sources -- Introduction -- What is an archive, and what lurks inside? -- Setting foot in murky waters -- Conclusion -- References -- Tim Verlaan -- 7. Reading spaces: A cultural analysis approach -- Daan Wesselman -- Object selection, research questions, and analytical toolkit -- Analyzing aesthetics and discourse -- Reflection -- General conclusion -- References -- 8. The practice of institutional analysis in urban contexts.

Objectives and motives of institutional analysis -- Distinguishing and connecting levels of analysis departing from institutional tensions -- Setting operational grids to set up the analysis -- Gathering and analyzing data in a targeted way -- The challenges of institutional analysis -- References -- Federico Savini -- 9. Household preferences and hedonic pricing -- Hans R.A. Koster and Jan Rouwendal -- Introduction -- Micro-economic foundations -- Econometric estimation of hedonic price functions -- Summary -- References -- 10. Urban research in another dimension: methods for modelling historical cities -- Introduction -- Mapping and modeling methods -- From dusty old archives to fuzzy new data -- Urban mapping and models -- Conclusion -- References -- Claartje Rasterhoff -- 11. Mapping the city: Geographic Information Systems and science in urban research -- Introduction: space matters -- Geographic Information Science and Systems -- Applying a GIS approach to research -- Conclusion -- References -- Rowan Arundel -- 12. Methods for studying urban biodiversity -- Introduction -- Describing biodiversity -- General conclusions -- References -- Gerard Oostermeijer -- 13. Action research in the city: developing collaborative governance arrangements for the urban commons -- Introduction: Making the city together through action research -- 1. Performing action research: Becoming a contributive actor -- 2. Using a conceptual model to foster systemic transformation -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- Joachim Meerkerk and Stan Majoor -- 14. Streetlabs as a co-creative approach to Research Through Design -- Introduction -- Streetlabs: a co-creative and collaborative approach -- Initial exploration and reframing -- Streetlab Facilitation -- Orchestrating conversations around current situation (AS IS) and future situation (TO BE).

Documentation and analysis of the stories and ideas collected -- Delivering the results -- Implementation &amp -- Reflection -- Recommendations for further reading -- STBY (Nina Stegeman, Geke van Dijk, Bas Raijmakers) -- 15. Too many cities in the city? Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary city research methods and the challenge of integration -- Introduction: Interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and action research of a city in lockdown -- Setting the stage: establishing an ID/TD research team -- Integrating disciplinary perspectives -- Interdisciplinary research as an iterative process of mutual learning -- References -- Machiel Keestra and Nanke Verloo -- 16. Exploring city science -- Introduction -- The need for city science -- Current collaborations between cities and universities -- Research, Policy and Design -- City science, the research process -- Research design -- Discussion and future research -- References -- Caroline Nevejan -- 17. Conclusions -- What did we see and understand? -- How did we progress? -- What did we miss? -- Agenda for Urban Research -- Luca Bertolini and Nanke Verloo -- Glossary -- List of contributors.

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