Guides: Social Justice and the Built Environment: Getting Started Researching

Social Justice Research related to the Built Environment is a broad, complex process. The categories below will give you some ideas of how to get started, but please reach out to Librarians for more assistance.

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HD7287.3 Housing policy
HD7288.75-HD7288.76 Discrimination in Housing
HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT165.5-169.9 City planning
HT170-178 Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
HT201-221 City population--Including children in cities, immigration
HT231 Effect of city life
HT251-265 Mental and moral life
HT281 Recreation. Amusements
HT321-325 The city as an economic factor. City promotion
HT330-334 Metropolitan areas
HT351-352 Suburban cities and towns
HT361-384 Urbanization. City and country
HT388 Regional economics. Space in economics
HT390-395 Regional planning
NA 1997 Woman as Architects
NA2543.R37 Architecture and Race
NA2543.W65 Architecture and Women
NA2545 Barrier-free Design
NA7195 Housing for Seniors, Youth, Disabled
NA9000-9248 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying

Subjects/Keywords to Search

Building laws; Zoning; Architecture--Standards
City Planning--Evaluation; City Planning--Social aspects
Regional and Urban Planning; Community development; Sustainable development
Discrimination in Housing; Low-income housing
Urban Renewal; Urbanization; Suburbs
Mexican-American Border Region; Borderlands
Racism; Prejudices; Bias; Race relations; Anti-racism; Discrimination; Interpersonal Relations

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Keywords for Disability Studies
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 1479845639
Publication Date: 2015
Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 1786844044
Publication Date: 2014
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism by Patrick L. Mason
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780028661957
Publication Date: 2013

Foundational Reads

The Ethics of Architecture by Thomas Fisher
Call Number: Arch Lib Stacks NA1995 .F565 2019
ISBN: 9781138479432
Publication Date: 2018

Demographic and Governmental Resources

Proquest Statistical Insight
Provides access to statistics produced by business, Federal and State agencies, as well as other intergovernmental organizations.

General Social Survey (GSS) Data Explorer
GSS has been a reliable source of data to help researchers, students, and journalists monitor and explain trends in American behaviors, demographics, and opinions.
KidsCount Data Center
premier source of data on children and families
Mexican Migration Project Database
MMP Database is the result of an ongoing multidisciplinary study of Mexican Migration to the United States. It contains data gathered since 1982 in surveys administered every year in Mexico and in the United States.

Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970
Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years. The maps provide a wealth of information, such as building outline, size and shape.

EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
EJSCREEN allows users to access high-resolution environmental and demographic information for locations in the United States, and compare their selected locations to the rest of the state, EPA region, or the nation.

Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
Explore Census Data
HUD OpenData on ArcGIS
HUD's geospatial datasets, web-based mapping tools, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses
factual information, findings, and conclusions contained in the reports could also be useful to builders, mortgagees, and others concerned with local housing conditions and trends. For each analysis, HUD economists develop a factual framework based on information available, as of a particular date, from both local and national sources.
HUD Case Studies
HUD USER publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities, apply sustainable features and practices, and increase access to public transportation.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.
Congressional Research Service
CRS approaches complex topics from a variety of perspectives and examines all sides of an issue. Staff members analyze current policies and present the impact of proposed policy alternative.

ProQuest Congressional (All)
Historic and current congressional information. Includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials.

Databases for Social Justice Research

TTU Databases for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Statista: The Statistics Portal
Statista aggregates the most important statistics and studies from market researchers, organizations, special publications as well as government platforms. With over 1-million statistics from 600+ areas: market data, consumer data, revenue figures and trends.
Sociological Abstracts
Over 1,800 serial publications, covering international literature in sociology and related areas.
Urban Studies Abstracts
Covers urban affairs, community development, history, and other areas related to urban studies.

Geography, Urban Studies & Planning Disciplinary Hub in Sage Journals
Human, Cultural, Political, Environmental Urban Studies & Planning Journals

Sustainability Reference Center
Designed for sustainability experts and information professionals, this collection offers unmatched coverage of content relevant to many integral areas of sustainability initiative management, including full text for industry-leading journals, magazines, books, trade publications and other valuable resources.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Covering 1960 to present, includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources as well as the AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and content previously available in ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
TOXLINE
Over 760 thousand records from journal articles, books, and reports on toxicology.

Social Justice and the Built Environment

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Foundational Reads and Resources

Demographical and Governmental Research Resources

Databases for Social Justice and the Built Environment Research

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