Gentrification, Culture and Economic Development:
- Important scholar: Neil Smith
- Important scholar: Sharon Zukin
- Boutiques and Gentrification in New York City
- Coffee-Shops-and-Crime
- Opulence and the Urge for Authenticity
- Nostalgia Narrative on the Lower East Side
- Displacing New York
Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict:
- Important scholar: Susan Olzak
- Immigrant Diversity and Conflict
- Race and Ethnic Relations in New York
- Racial and Ethnic Competition
- E Pluribus Unum
Immigrant Work, Occupations and Enclaves
- Important scholar: Alejandro Portes
- Sewing Women
- Immigrant Business Development in New York
- Immigrant Enterprise in the New York Garment Industry
- Immigrant Occupations and American Dreams
Neighborhood Spatial Form and Social Interaction
- Important scholar: Jane Jacobs (“eyes on the street”)
- Important scholar: William H. Whyte
- Important scholar: Setha Low
- Important scholar: Lyn Lofland
Neighborhood Social Problems: Crime, Disorder, etc.
- Important scholar: Robert J. Sampson (“collective efficacy”)
- Important scholar: Robert Putnam (“social capital”)
- Important scholar: Oscar Newman (“defensible space”)
- Important scholar: Kelling and Wilson (“broken windows theory”)
