Covers a wide range of topics (e.g., gentrification, infrastructure, zoning) in urban studies

Overview of people, places, and challenges in U.S. urban history

Provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, and architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment.

The Encyclopedia of the City focuses on the key topics encountered by undergraduates and scholars in urban studies and allied fields.

Covering an exhaustive range of information about Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, the first edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City was a success by every measure, earning worldwide acclaim and several awards for reference excellence, and selling out its first printing before it was officially published.

An encyclopedia of Chicago history.

The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia is a civic project to increase understanding of one of America’s greatest cities.