I started my search for sources on www.courant.com to look for a Hartford-related news article on the web. After trying a couple of keywords, I finally found one that interested me. I chose “In Hartford, A Map To A Better Way Of Life” (Kovner 2012) because it was relevant to the topic I wanted to delve into. The article discusses the conditions of Hartford’s neighborhoods as well as how, and what, people in governmental positions are doing to fix it. I like the article because it pertained to the concept of opportunity and opportunity mapping. The article also points out where opportunity is lacking within these neighborhoods.
My second source I acquired from doing a search on www.amazon.com. After sampling a few introductions to various books, I found one I particularly liked: Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community (Christensen and O’Brian 2002). The book addresses the life of children in modern cities and how growing up in a city is made unique by this experience. Learning about life in a city relates to opportunity mapping as well. It addresses the advantages and disadvantages for children living in a city like Hartford.
A Google search brought me to my next source. Neighborhoods of Hartford, CT (O’Maxfield 2001) provides a great map of the neighborhoods in Hartford. In addition, each neighborhood has a link to its own webpage with pictures and history about the neighborhood. The website is useful because it provides background knowledge for someone who wishes to compare Hartford’s neighborhoods.
My final source is an article from EBSCOhost. Searching for scholarly articles with the keywords “Connecticut” and “neighborhoods,” I found an article entitled “Neighborhood Diversity, Metropolitan Constraints, and Household Migration” (Crowder et al. 2012). The scholarly article addresses a topic similar to that of the previous three sources I acquired. Interest in learning more about the opportunities found in urban neighborhoods, I thought the article useful because it addresses these topics.
Works Cited
Christensen, Pia, and Margaret O’Brien, eds. Children in the City: Home Neighbourhood and Community. 1st ed. Routledge, 2002. Print.
Crowder, Kyle1, Jeremy2 Pais, and Scott J.3 South. “Neighborhood Diversity, Metropolitan Constraints, and Household Migration.” American Sociological Review 77.3 (2012): 325–353. eft. Web.
Kovner, Josh. “In Hartford, A Map To A Better Way Of Life.” Courant.com. 30 May 2011. Web. 21 Sept. 2012.
O’ Maxfield, Karen. “The Neighborhoods of Hartford, Connecticut.” 2001. Web. 22 Sept. 2012.