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Book SynopsisWritten by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.Trade Review'This is a fascinating collection of discussions by leading authors, ranging from philosophical perspectives to conceptual frameworks and mathematical models across many disciplines. A unifying theme is the role of human cognition and decision making, addressed via psychology, uncertainty and risk, evolutionary game theory, behavioral economics and more. The book should be a reference to anyone interested in the history of the field and as a source of ideas for the opportunities (and challenges) of treating cities as complex systems in contrast to less holistic approaches to urban planning and policy.' -- Luis Bettencourt, University of Chicago, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Cities and Complexity 1 Juval Portugali PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 Cities, complexity and beyond 13 Juval Portugali 2 The emergence of complexity theories: an outline 28 Hermann Haken 3 City systems and complexity 48 Michael Batty 4 Major transitions in the story of urban complexity 64 Stephen Marshall and Nick Green PART II COMPLEXITY THEORIES OF CITIES 5 Complexity: the evolution and planning of towns and cities 86 Peter M. Allen 6 Synergetic cities 108 Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken 7 Co-evolution as the secret of urban complexity 136 Denise Pumain 8 Fractal geometry for analyzing and modeling urban patterns and planning sustainable cities 154 Pierre Frankhauser 9 Scaling, fractals and the spatial complexity of cities 176 Yanguang Chen 10 Cybernetic cities: designing and controlling adaptive and robust urban systems 195 Carlos Gershenson, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti PART III COMPLEXITY, LANGUAGE AND CITIES 11 New concepts in complexity theory arising from studies in the field of architecture: an overview of the four books of the nature of order with emphasis on the scientific problems which are raised 210 Christopher Alexander 12 The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems 233 Alan Penn PART IV MODELING COMPLEX CITIES 13 Modelling car traffic in cities 260 Vincent Verbavatz and Marc Barthelemy 14 Studying the dynamics of urban traffic flows using percolation: a new methodology for real-time urban and transportation planning 274 Nimrod Serok, Orr Levy, Shlomo Havlin and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal 15 The simple complex phenomenon of urban parking 295 Itzhak Benenson and Nir Fulman PART V COMPLEXITY, PLANNING AND DESIGN 16 Complexity and uncertainty: implications for urban planning 319 Stefano Moroni and Daniele Chiffi 17 Tailoring nudges to self-organising behavioural patterns in public space 331 Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo 18 Evolutionary games in cities and urban planning 349 Sara Encarna..o, Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Margarida Pereira, Jorge M. Pacheco and Juval Portugali 19 Homo faber, Homo ludens and the city: a SIRNIA view on urban planning and design 370 Juval Portugali Epilogue: cities and complexity in the time of COVID-19 391 Hermann Haken, Juval Portugali, Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall, Nick Green, Peter M. Allen, Pierre Frankhauser, Carlos Gershenson, Alan Penn, Vincent Verbavatz, Marc Barthelemy, Daniele Chiffi, Stefano Moroni, Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book offers a deep and stimulating insight into how geographies of communication are changing with contemporary digital media and data infrastructures, and why we need to rethink questions of geography, media and communication with today's geomediatization.’ -- Andreas Hepp, University of Bremen, Germany‘This book offers an innovative and exciting framework for understanding how the digitally mediated world is increasingly experienced: logistically. Its sustained attention to the entanglement of spatiality and communicative media, as well as to the differentiated possibilities for everyday human agency that then emerge, is particularly insightful and welcome.’ -- Gillian Rose, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Rethinking communication geographies 2. Dwelling under geomedia 3. The culture of streamability 4. Transmedia travel 5. Guidance landscapes 6. Geomedia as the human condition Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In this rich compendium, Yeoh and Collins bring together leading scholars of transnationalism to look afresh at this important topic. Exploring both new empirical cases and new concepts, the authors provide novel insights into transnational relations and processes. This is a must-read book for those interested in cross-border interactions in the contemporary era.’ -- Katharyne Mitchell, University of California, Santa Cruz, US‘Since the turn of the millennium, transnationalism has gradually taken its place as a key concept in social science. This welcome new Handbook provides fresh overviews alongside critical advances concerning a range of ever-salient, if not increasingly significant, theoretical understandings of transformative cross-border phenomena.’ -- Steven Vertovec, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany‘An up-to-date, invaluable mapping of the causes and consequences of social life across borders. The contributions to this volume go far beyond mobility and migration. They use a transnational lens to understand a range of institutions, processes, and relationships that have not been brought together before, including youth, labor unions, urbanization, and emotions. By doing so, they challenge fundamental assumptions about how identity, community, governance, and rights actually work in this early part of the twenty-first century. Theoretically rich and carefully argued, this Handbook is a welcome synthesis of this ever-more-present, dynamic understanding of social relations.’ -- Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College, US‘This is an invaluable collection of voices from the field of transnationalism research. The volume offers a rich new lexicon based on innovative case studies that will set the agenda for conceptualising transnationalism in years to come.’ -- Parvati Raghuram, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Handbook on Transnationalism 1 Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Francis L. Collins PART I CONCEPTUALISING TRANSNATIONALISM 2 Pre-national transnationalism and translocalism 30 David Featherstone 3 What, when and how transnationalism matters: a multi-scalar framework 45 Biao Xiang 4 Transnationalism and time: beyond the self, unity and relation 60 Sergei Shubin 5 Transnational ageing and the later life course 77 Vincent Horn 6 Transnationalism, affect and emotion 93 Raelene Wilding and Loretta Baldassar 7 Understanding variation and change in migrant transnationalism 110 Jørgen Carling PART II VARIETIES OF TRANSNATIONALISM 8 Transnational state practices and authoritarian politics 128 Gerasimos Tsourapas 9 Transnational migration and homemaking 141 Paolo Boccagni 10 Transnational organisations 155 Ludger Pries and Rafael Bohlen 11 The politics of transnational activism 169 Michele Ford 12 Transnational families in an age of migration 182 Brenda S.A. Yeoh, Theodora Lam and Shirlena Huang 13 Transnational young people: growing up and being active in a transnational social field 198 Valentina Mazzucato and Joan van Geel 14 Transnational urbanism in the South 211 Arnisson A.C. Ortega and Evangeline O. Katigbak 15 Transnational higher education 230 Johanna Waters and Maggi W.H. Leung 16 Transnational popular culture 246 Youna Kim 17 Transnational religion 262 Dominic Pasura PART III TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATIONS 18 Transnationalism and temporary labour migration 277 Matt Withers and Nicola Piper 19 International students as transnational migrants 294 Gracia Liu-Farrer 20 Transnational marriage migration in Asia and its friction 310 Juan Zhang 21 Transnational mobilities and return migration 325 Anastasia Christou and Brenda S.A. Yeoh 22 Connecting more than the origin and destination: multinational migrations and transnational ties 340 Anju M. Paul PART IV TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND CIRCULATIONS 23 Migrant transnationalism, remittances and development 356 Marta Bivand Erdal 24 Communications technologies and transnational networks 371 Jolynna Sinanan and Heather A. Horst 25 Transnationalism and care circulation: mobility, caregiving, and the technologies that shape them 388 Loretta Baldassar and Raelene Wilding 26 Ethnic entrepreneurship and its transnational linkages 404 Jacob R. Thomas and Min Zhou 27 Elite transnational networks, spaces and lifestyles 420 Sin Yee Koh Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of refugee housing across Europe. Esteemed scholars bridge the knowledge gap between the broader immigrant integration process and refugee housing, examining different approaches to organization, funding, policy, and administration within various multi-level governance systems.

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Book SynopsisThis timely Research Agenda explores the crucial need to understand the social impact of tourism in order to manage industry growth sustainably. Highlighting the multifaceted nature of tourism, chapters uncover the intricate relationships between tourists and host communities and investigate this complex social fabric.

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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with policy professionals over seven years Focuses on the qualitative and contextual, rather than the quantitative and uniform Moves beyond traditional political science to blend human geography, international relations, anthropology, and sociology Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Introduction: The Crown Jewel 1 1 The Dead Relative: Bounding Europe in Europe 12 Geopolitics by Nobody; Carving Places out of Space; Embodied Europes 2 Knowledge and Policy in Transnational Fields 32 Placing Diplomatic Knowledge; Policy Fields; "The work of reciprocal elucidation" 3 Brussels and Theatre: Bureaucracy and Place 61 Planet Brussels; Those Who Hold the Pen: EU Professionals; The Political and the Technical – and the Social 4 Transnational Diplomats: Representing Europe in EU 27 86 European External Action Service; Curved Mirrors: Negotiating the National; The Group for Which There is no Term: The New Member States 5 Powers of Conceptualization and Contextualization 112 A New Object of Knowledge; Fields of Expertise in the European Quarter; "Most people just want to do what they are told" 6 Feel for the Game: Symbolic Capital in the European Quarter 133 Symbolic Capital; "We are dealing with elites"; "In the third degree of depth"; "An urbane, subtle approach"; Shifts and Spirals 7 Political Geographies of Expertise 171 Knowledge From and On the East; Finding a Market; "Things are evolving"; Managing Difference Conclusion: Circles of Knowledge 195 References 209 Index 225

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Book SynopsisOffering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for appropriate' acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life. Discusses the conflict between the socialist-welfare ideal of food as an entitlement and the market value of food as a commodity Bridges the fields of human geography and anthropology Approaches food networks and the scale of food systems in a novel way Provides a comprehensive look at Cuba today, with coverage of history, politics, economics, and social and environmental justice Enhanced by vivid photos from the field Trade Review“The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and/or the politics of food.” (The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe Canadien, 25 October 2015) “If I had to evaluate Everyday moral economies in just two words, these would most probably be ‘useful’ and ‘balanced’. Useful because to my knowledge it is the most comprehensive treatment on the theme of food consumption and production in Cuba, providing valuable information on the theme from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Balanced because, although it deals with an utterly political side of Cuba and the Revolution, it does not hastily take sides between a (neo)liberal or a socialist mode of production and political organization.” (Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 23.3, 4 August 2017) Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xxiii List of Acronyms xxv 1 Introduction 1 2 The Historical Emergence of a National Leviathan 33 3 Scarcities, Uneven Access and Local Narratives of Consumption 73 4 Changing Landscapes of Care: Re-distributions and Reciprocities in the World of Tutaño Consumption 99 5 Localizing the Leviathan: Hierarchies and Exchanges that Connect State, Market and Civil Society 121 6 The Scalar Politics of Sustainability: Transforming the Small Farming Sector 153 7 Conclusion 181 Appendices 199 Index 211

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Book SynopsisAfrica's Information Revolution was recently announced as the2016 prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - congratulations to the authorsJames T. Murphy and Padraig Carmody! Africa's Information Revolution presents an in-depth examination of the development and economic geographies accompanying the rapid diffusion of new ICTs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Represents the first book-length comparative case study ICT diffusion in Africa of its kind Confronts current information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) discourse by providing a counter to largely optimistic mainstream perspectives on Africa's prospects for m- and e-development Features comparative research based on more than 200 interviews with firms from a manufacturing and service industry in Tanzania and South Africa Raises key insights regarding the structural challenges facing Africa even in the context of the continentTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xi Introduction xiii 1 ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg) 1 2 ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts 25 3 ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework 47 4 ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania 73 5 ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks 113 6 Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs 147 7 Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg) 176 8 Conclusion 200 References 215 Index 243

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Book SynopsisThis book develops an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. It analyzes land, rent theory, and the modern city, using Singapore as a case study. It examines the question of land from a variety of perspectives and incorporates discussion of the modern real estate market.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface ix Acknowledgements xi List of Figures xiii List of Tables xv List of Abbreviations xvii Glossary xix Preface xxi 1 Introduction: Singapore as a Case and Comparison 1 European Classics and Western Theories 6 Asian Studies: A Focus on Villages 8 Urban Studies 10 The Developmental State, Asian Values and Rent-seeking 12 Singapore as a Property State 15 The Chapters 21 Notes 24 2 Ideologies of Land 26 Land Regimes 27 Debates on Genealogies 33 Philosophies of Property 36 Myths of Frontier and Homeownership 38 The Economic, Moral and Political Land Question 43 Notes 45 3 Economic Arguments: Rent Theory and Property Rights Theory 46 Concepts and Forms of Rent 46 Rent and Social Problems 48 Extending the Rent Concept 51 Property Rights Theory 53 Ambiguous Property Rights and the Market for Development Rights 56 Rent as a Social Relation 57 Urban Land Rent 59 Notes 61 4 Land Reforms: Practical Solutions and Politics of Land 63 Radicals and Moralists 64 Two Chinese Models of Land Reform 69 Modern Land Reform 72 Land Value Tax 78 Neoliberal Land Reforms 80 From Revolutions to Pragmatism 82 Notes 85 5 Land Institutions and Housing 86 Land Institutions and the Second Round of Land Acquisitions 87 National and Urban Development 94 Housing the Nation 98 Housing Welfare 105 Private, Expatriate and Migrant Housing 107 Challenges 109 The Value of Public Land and Fiscalisation of Rent 113 Notes 119 6 Property Tycoons and Speculation 120 Rent-seeking 121 Property is a Hot Topic in Singapore 123 Rumours in Hong Kong 127 Conglomerates, Dynasties and Pension Funds 130 Private and Government-linked Companies in Singapore 134 Industrial Landscape and the Jurong Town Corporation 137 Private and Government Companies Sharing the Market 139 Transnational Property Companies 146 Capricious Landlords and Mean Developers: Absolute Rent 148 Land Without Speculation 152 Notes 156 7 Diversification of a Real Estate Portfolio: The World is Singapore’s Hinterland 158 Safe Haven for Global Real Estate Flows 160 Real Estate Investment Trusts 164 Singapore Colonising the World: Sovereign Wealth Funds 167 Real Estate Investment into Singapore 170 Property-minded People 172 Casinos and Singapore as the World’s Wealth Management Centre 176 Global Rent and Racism in the Real Estate Market 178 Notes 182 8 Financial Crises and Real Estate 183 Financial Centres 186 Singapore and Hong Kong as Financial Centres 187 Nick Leeson and the Collapse of Barings 192 The IMF in Singapore 195 The Asian Crisis 197 Bangkok and Real Estate Speculation 200 Singapore and the Financial Crisis 204 The Financialisation of Land and Derivative Rent 209 Notes 213 9 Conclusion: The Land, Urban and Rent Question 215 The Regime of Regulating Public Land 215 The Land Question 217 The Urban Question 221 The Rent Question 223 Annex: Note on Data 227 References 229 Index 261

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Book SynopsisBoth theoretically informed and empirically rich,Defensible Space makes an important conceptual contribution to policy mobilities thinking, to policy and practice, and also to practitioners handling of complex spatial concepts. Critically examines the geographical concept Defensible Space, which has beeninfluential in designing out crime to date, and has beenapplied to housing estates in the UK, North America, Europe and beyond Evaluates themovement/mobility/mobilisation of defensible spacefrom the US to the UK and into English housing policyandpractice Exploresthe multiple ways the concept of defensible space was interpreted and implemented, as it circulated from national to local level and within particular English housing estates Critiquing and pushing forwards work on policy mobilities, the authors illustrate for the first time how transfer mechanisms worked at both a policy and practitioner level DrawiTrade Review‘Design against crime? What could be better! This compelling story of where ‘defensible space’ came from, how the idea has changed, and what difference it has made to cities and social life is unputdownable. It turns on a riveting account of the individuals who championed (and some who resisted) the concept – a band of unlikely influencers whose mix of conviction, charisma and common sense became embedded in domestic space.’Susan J. Smith, Mistress of Girton College and Honorary Professor of Social and Economic Geography, University of Cambridge, UK‘This book by Loretta Lees and Elanor Warwick is essentially a great detective story – a whodunnit of how allegedly research-based theory can translate into policy and ultimately into accepted practice. There is a cast of many well-known characters whose interaction on the question of whether physical determinism can affect human behaviour is rich and fascinating. With planning and urban design again at the centre of politics, this book is an essential source.’Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design LLP, Former Past President of RIBA and Historic England Commissioner‘Rarely do I savour a book with such enthusiasm, absorbed by the detail and delighted by the presentation. This is the missing text that I have craved – a text that explains, in meticulous detail, how the rather abstract concept of Defensible Space managed to jump the gap between theoretical and practical knowledge and successfully embed itself into practice.’Rachel Armitage, Professor of Criminology, University of Huddersfield, UK‘Defensible Space on the Move is a fine historiography based on meticulous research and a forensic investigative approach to its subject matter. The book will appeal to a broad readership, including academic researchers, policy makers, students, and lay people. The book is seminal in its careful documentation, and discussion, of one of the more important ideas about what the good city is or ought to be. Through a careful assembling of material, the authors have elevated, and enhanced, the understanding about policy mobilities, in which the fluid, often contradictory, and messy nature of practice is highlighted.’Rob Imrie (reviewing in Buildings & Cities)Table of ContentsList of Figures vi List of Tables viii Glossary of Acronyms ix Series Editors’ Preface xi Acknowledgements xii Preface xiii 1 Defensible Space: An Introduction 1 2 Defensible Space Is Mobilised in England 32 3 Defensible Space Goes on Trial but Attracts Those in Power 64 4 Operationalising Defensible Space 102 Case Study ‘ The Mozart Estate: A Laboratory for Defensible Space’ 141 5 Evaluations of Defensible Space 156 6 The Uptake and Resilience of Defensible Space Ideas 187 7 Defensible Space: A Common Sense, Middle-range Theory 219 References 251 Index 279

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Book SynopsisThe city is a highly fragmented, heterogeneous subject; those who study, analyze and question it make a use of a variety of disciplines and methods and have different areas of expertise. How is a dialogue built between heterogeneous urban contexts and urban researchers, architects, developers, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists? What capacity do concepts and methods have to travel from one context to another? How can they be transferred?The strength of Urban Translations lies in its disciplinary and geographical comparison and dialogue on a global scale. It openly targets an international audience, bringing together leading researchers from a variety of disciplines (urban planning, sociology, architecture and anthropology) and presenting case studies from highly contrasting urban settings, including Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Cape Town, Dubai, Montreal, Geneva, Lisbon, Ljubljana and Berlin.Table of Contents1. Introduction, 2. Urban Translations, 3. Planning, 4. Order, 5. Nature, 6. Cultures, 7. Image, 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisYour map to understanding human geography Human Geography For Dummies introduces you to the ideas and perspectives encompassed by the field of human geography, and makes a great supplement to human geography courses in high school or college. So what is human geography? It's not about drawing maps all over your body (although you're welcome to do that if you wantno judgment). Human geography explores the relationship between humans and their natural environment, tracking the broad social patterns that shape human societies. Inside, you'll learn about immigration, urbanization, globalization, empire and political expansion, and economic systems, to name a few. This learner-friendly Dummies guide explains all the key concepts clearly and succinctly. Find out how location and geography impact population, culture, economics, and politicsLearn about contemporary issues in human migration, health, and global peace and stabilityGet a clear understanding of all the key concepts covered in your

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Book SynopsisPeter Merriman traces the social and cultural histories and geographies of driving spaces through an examination of the design, construction and use of England's M1 motorway in the 1950s and 1960s. A first-of-its-kind academic study examining the production and consumption of the landscapes and spaces of a British motorway An interdisciplinary approach, engaging with theoretical and empirical work from sociology, history, cultural studies, anthropology and geography Contains 38 high quality illustrations Based on extensive, original archive work Trade Review"While I wish that he had synthesized his research in a strong conclusion, this criticism should not diminish the merits of the book. The empirical results and the study's framework deserve a firm place in the history of technology." (Technology & Culture, 1 January 2011) "Merriman’s systematic, detailed and precisely documented description of the cultural context of the M1 will itself stand as a valuable documentary resource for researchers and students alike" (Area, December 2008) "Thoroughly researched and full of rich … Driving Spaces presents the historical trajectory of the M1 Motorway through a series of cultural and political stages." (Journal of British Studies, October 2008) “Merriman provides a fascinating perspective on the social and cultural aspects of driving and highways … in this multidisciplinary study. Includes … numerous references … .Recommended.” (Choice)Table of ContentsList of Figures ix Series Editors’ Preface xii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Introduction: Driving Spaces 1 Mobilities 4 Driving, Space, Social Relations 6 Driving, Landscape, Visuality 12 Geographies of the Modern Road 16 Contents of the Book 20 2 Envisioning British Motorways 23 Motoring and the Motor-Car Way, 1896–1930 24 The German Autobahnen: The Politics and Aesthetics of a Nation’s Roads 31 Motorways for Britain? National Plans, National Defence 38 Motorways, War and Reconstruction 43 Motorways and the British Landscape 46 3 Designing and Landscaping the M1 60 Legislating and Campaigning: Towards a National Motorway Network 61 Locating the M1: Regional Planning, Local Protests and the Authority of the Engineer 67 Landscape Architecture and the Post-war, Modern Road 73 ‘A New Look at the English Landscape’: Landscape Architecture, Movement and the Aesthetics of a Modern Motorway 83 Towards a Road Style: Service Areas in the Landscape 90 ‘Cutting Holes in the Landscape’: Britain’s Motorway Signs 97 4 Constructing the M1 103 ‘Operation Motorway’: Constructing the M1 Motorway 104 Song of a Road: Folk Song, Working-Class Culture and the Labour of a Motorway 124 5 Driving, Consuming and Governing the M 1 141 Motorway Driving, Embodiment, Competence 143 ‘Motorway Madness’: Driving, Governing, Expertise 152 Motorway Modern: Consuming the M 1 162 Motorway Service Areas and the Motorist-Consumer 178 Assessing the M1’s Performance: Cost-Benefit Analysis, Scientific Experiments, Accidents 186 6 Motorways and Driving since the 1960s 200 The ‘M1 Corridor’ 202 Motorways and ‘the Environment’ 204 Dystopian and Marginal Landscapes? 208 Placeless Environments? 210 Placing the M1 in the Late Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 213 Appendix: Archival Sources 219 Notes 224 References 246 Index 285

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Book SynopsisA lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography.Trade Review"The editors have been ambitious in their intentions and ... Have met their aims handsomely." (Progress in Human Geography, April 2009) "A relatively good spread of world regions is covered in the remaining chapters of the book.... 'Geography, Culture and Prosperity' by Oppenheimer is particularly interesting. I am sure these abbreviated chapters will appeal to many undergraduate students." (South African Geographical Journal, 2008) "What is remarkable about this book is its suitability both as an introductory text and companion reader for first, second and third year undergraduate students of human geography… It should capture students’ imagination or sense of wonder while simultaneously helping them to engage in critical thinking… Highly recommended." (Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers)“Pieces are well contextualized and work effectively together ….This title would be appropriate to all levels of undergraduate study.” (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsNotes on the Editors. Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction: Situating Human Geography. Part I: Introductory Readings:. 1. “The Four Traditions of Geography”: William D. Pattison. 2. “Geography’s Perspectives”: National Research Council. 3. “Geography and Foreign Policy”: H.J. de Blij. 4. “Reflections of an American Geographer on the Anniversary of September 11th” : William G. Moseley. 5. From How to Lie with Maps: Mark Monmonier. 6. “Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make”: Jerome E. Dobson. Part II: Population and Migration:. 7. “An Essay on the Principle of Population”: Thomas Robert Malthus. 8. “Population Growth and a Sustainable Environment”: Michael Mortimore and Mary Tiffen. 9. “Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a Wholly Exceptional Disease”: W.T.S. Gould and R.I. Woods. 10. “Interprovincial Migration, Population Redistribution, and Regional Development in China: 1990 and 2000 Census Comparisons”: C. Cindy Fan. Part III: Environment, Agriculture and Society:. 11. “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”: Jared Diamond. 12. “The Future of Traditional Agriculture”. Donald Q. Innis. 13. “Geography and the Global Environment”: Diana M.Liverman. 14. “Water Resource Conflicts in the Middle East”: Christine Drake. 15. From Americans and Their Weather: William B. Meyer. 16. “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”: William Cronon. Part IV: Cultural Geography and Place:. 17. “Minnesota: Nature’s Playground”: David A. Lanegran. 18. “American Microbreweries and Neolocalism: ‘Ale-ing’ for a Sense of Place”: Wes Flack. 19. “Transplanting Pilgrimage Traditions in the Americas”: Carolyn V. Prorok. 20. “Kitchenspace, Fiestas, and Cultural Reproduction in Mexican House-Lot Gardens”: Maria Elisa Christie. Part V: Urban Geography:. 21. “Greenville: From Back Country to Forefront”: Eugene A. Kennedy. 22. “Ethnic Residential Concentrations in United States Metropolitan Areas”: James P. Allen and Eugene Turner. 23. “South Africa’s National Housing Subsidy Program and Apartheid’s Urban Legacy”: Kimberly Lanegran and David Lanegran. 24. “World-City Network: A New Metageography?”: Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith, and Peter J. Taylor. Part VI: Economic Geography:. 25. “Geographies of Knowledge, Practices of Globalization: Learning from the Oil Exploration and Production Industry”: Gavin Bridge and Andrew Wood. 26. “The Impact of Containerization on Work on the New York–New Jersey Waterfront”: Andrew Herod. 27. “Wine, Spirits and Beer: World Patterns of Consumption”: David Grigg. 28. “Producing and Consuming Chemicals: The Moral Economy of the American Lawn”: Paul Robbins and Julie T. Sharp. 29. “Women at Work”: Mona Domosh and Joni Seager. Part VII: The Geography of Development and Underdevelopment:. 30. “The Re-scaling of Uneven Development in Ghana and India”: Richard Grant and Jan Nijman. 31. “Development Alternatives: Practice, Dilemmas and Theory”: A.J. Bebbington and D.H. Bebbington. 32. “Rural Development in El Hatillo, Nicaragua: Gender, Neoliberalism and Environmental Risk”: Julie Cupples. 33. “The Sahel of West Africa: A Place for Geographers?”: Simon Batterbury. 34. “Geography, Culture and Prosperity”: Andres Oppenheimer. Part VIII: Political Geography:. 34. “Revisiting the ‘pivot’: the influence of Halford Mackinder on analysis of Uzbekistan’s international relations”: Nick Megoran. 35. “Euroregions in Comparative Perspective: Differential Implications for Europe’s Borderlands”: Joanna M.M. Kepka and Alexander B. Murphy. 36. “The End of Public Space? People’s Park, Definitions of the Public, and Democracy”: Don Mitchell. Index

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Book SynopsisA lively and stimulating companion to standard classroom texts in human geography.Trade Review"This is an entertaining, enlightening, challenging book. If you anticipate that it is just another compendium of classics in geography, think again. This book is an engaging combination of substance and opinion, proof of the vitality of geography and its relevance to current events. It is a winning combination. This is a book not just to be read, but to be mined, for the nuggets are many and surprises abound." Harm de Blij, Michigan State University "This reader is comprehensive and thoughtfully organized, providing a central place for some of the most accessible and provocative pieces on human geography today. By including the range of contemporary conceptual concerns and highly accessible empirical material it invites student engagement in an array of exciting disciplinary conversations." Sallie A. Marston, University of Arizona “Pieces are well contextualized and work effectively together ….This title would be appropriate to all levels of undergraduate study.” Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsNotes on the Editors. Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction: Situating Human Geography. Part I: Introductory Readings:. 1. “The Four Traditions of Geography”: William D. Pattison. 2. “Geography’s Perspectives”: National Research Council. 3. “Geography and Foreign Policy”: H.J. de Blij. 4. “Reflections of an American Geographer on the Anniversary of September 11th” : William G. Moseley. 5. From How to Lie with Maps: Mark Monmonier. 6. “Every Step You Take, Every Move You Make”: Jerome E. Dobson. Part II: Population and Migration:. 7. “An Essay on the Principle of Population”: Thomas Robert Malthus. 8. “Population Growth and a Sustainable Environment”: Michael Mortimore and Mary Tiffen. 9. “Population Geography and HIV/AIDS: The Challenge of a Wholly Exceptional Disease”: W.T.S. Gould and R.I. Woods. 10. “Interprovincial Migration, Population Redistribution, and Regional Development in China: 1990 and 2000 Census Comparisons”: C. Cindy Fan. Part III: Environment, Agriculture and Society:. 11. “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”: Jared Diamond. 12. “The Future of Traditional Agriculture”. Donald Q. Innis. 13. “Geography and the Global Environment”: Diana M.Liverman. 14. “Water Resource Conflicts in the Middle East”: Christine Drake. 15. From Americans and Their Weather: William B. Meyer. 16. “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”: William Cronon. Part IV: Cultural Geography and Place:. 17. “Minnesota: Nature’s Playground”: David A. Lanegran. 18. “American Microbreweries and Neolocalism: ‘Ale-ing’ for a Sense of Place”: Wes Flack. 19. “Transplanting Pilgrimage Traditions in the Americas”: Carolyn V. Prorok. 20. “Kitchenspace, Fiestas, and Cultural Reproduction in Mexican House-Lot Gardens”: Maria Elisa Christie. Part V: Urban Geography:. 21. “Greenville: From Back Country to Forefront”: Eugene A. Kennedy. 22. “Ethnic Residential Concentrations in United States Metropolitan Areas”: James P. Allen and Eugene Turner. 23. “South Africa’s National Housing Subsidy Program and Apartheid’s Urban Legacy”: Kimberly Lanegran and David Lanegran. 24. “World-City Network: A New Metageography?”: Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Richard G. Smith, and Peter J. Taylor. Part VI: Economic Geography:. 25. “Geographies of Knowledge, Practices of Globalization: Learning from the Oil Exploration and Production Industry”: Gavin Bridge and Andrew Wood. 26. “The Impact of Containerization on Work on the New York–New Jersey Waterfront”: Andrew Herod. 27. “Wine, Spirits and Beer: World Patterns of Consumption”: David Grigg. 28. “Producing and Consuming Chemicals: The Moral Economy of the American Lawn”: Paul Robbins and Julie T. Sharp. 29. “Women at Work”: Mona Domosh and Joni Seager. Part VII: The Geography of Development and Underdevelopment:. 30. “The Re-scaling of Uneven Development in Ghana and India”: Richard Grant and Jan Nijman. 31. “Development Alternatives: Practice, Dilemmas and Theory”: A.J. Bebbington and D.H. Bebbington. 32. “Rural Development in El Hatillo, Nicaragua: Gender, Neoliberalism and Environmental Risk”: Julie Cupples. 33. “The Sahel of West Africa: A Place for Geographers?”: Simon Batterbury. 34. “Geography, Culture and Prosperity”: Andres Oppenheimer. Part VIII: Political Geography:. 34. “Revisiting the ‘pivot’: the influence of Halford Mackinder on analysis of Uzbekistan’s international relations”: Nick Megoran. 35. “Euroregions in Comparative Perspective: Differential Implications for Europe’s Borderlands”: Joanna M.M. Kepka and Alexander B. Murphy. 36. “The End of Public Space? People’s Park, Definitions of the Public, and Democracy”: Don Mitchell. Index

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Book SynopsisThe study of inequalities is the cornerstone of social geographic research. This book explores how cities as well as rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality. A global perspective is maintained throughout, drawing on experiences, theories, and ideas from the global north and south.Trade Review"By not taking the well-trodden route of segmenting discussions of social geographies of gender, race, age, sex and so on, Del Casino is breaking the mould. He is offering something far superior ... [and] very accessible and student friendly." (Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2012) Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. List of Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Cover Image. Introduction. Part I Historicizing Social Geography: From Theory to Methodology. 1 Social Geography? What's That? 2 Social Geography in Three Acts and an Epilogue. 3 Thinking Methodologically. Part II Social Geographies across the Life Course. 4 Social Geography and the Geographies of Health. 5 Communities and Organizations. 6 Social Activism/Social Movements/Social Justice. Part III Social Geographies through the Life Course. 7 On the Geographies of Children and Young People. 8 Social Geographies of the "Mid-Life"? 9 Ageing and the "New" Social Geographies of Older People. Part IV Conclusions. 10 Epilogue v. 2.0. 11 Rethinking the Social Geographies of Difference and Inequality. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisUtilizing research on networked struggles in both the 18th-century Atlantic world and our modern day, Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-Global Networks challenges existing understandings of the relations between space, politics, and resistance to develop an innovative account of networked forms of resistance and political activity. Explores counter-global struggles in both the past and presentincluding both the 18th-century Atlantic world and contemporary forms of resistance Examines the productive geographies of contestation Foregrounds the solidarities and geographies of connection between different place-based struggles and argues that such solidarities are essential to produce more plural forms of globalization Trade Review"This is a book that demands the attention and engagement of geographers, and others 'inside' and 'outside' academia, working on the intersections between social movements, political identities and the neoliberal state, ultimately offering a productive and uniquely positive approach to understanding and acting on the issues raised by such concerns." (Area, February 2011) "Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political networks it seeks to describe." (Progress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning D, February 2011) "This reviewer thinks we should be rather more generous - for, whatever the political objectives, we should be hugely grateful for Featherstone's rescuing of the past relational geographies of resistance." (Progress in Human Progress in Human Progress, February 2011) "This persuasive, important, and well-written book rethinks resistance to dominant forms of globalization by emphasizing the translocal, often transnational, character of subaltern protest ... Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political network it seeks to describe." (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2010) "In summary, RSPI is an incisive and stimulating work that significantly enhances our understanding of the construction and operation of counter-globalization networks. It extends and develops relational accounts of political identities and space in important ways, contributing to debates in political theory, human geography and social movement." (Social Movement Studies, 22 October 2010) "Featherstone's book contributes to our understanding of the formation of counter-global networks. He shows that transnational networks are not void of place.... This book provides a good starting point for scholars who seek an understanding what happens to networks when subaltern relationships are spread across the globe." (Mobilization, March 2010) "This optimistic take on the role of political contestation in world-making processes is a welcome change from the gloom and doom so typical of other geographical texts." (Environment and Planning A, 2009)Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction: Space, Contestation and the Political 1 Part I Networking the Political 13 1 Place and the Relational Construction of Political Identities 15 2 Geographies of Solidarities and Antagonisms 36 Part II Geographies of Connection and Contestation 57 3 Labourers’ Politics and Mercantile Networks 59 4 Making Democratic Spatial Practices 79 5 Counter-Global Networks and the Making of Subaltern Nationalisms 99 Part III Political Geographies of the Counter-Globalization Movement 119 6 Geographies of Power and the Counter-Globalization Movement 121 7 Constructing Transnational Political Networks 149 Conclusion: Towards Politicized Geographies of Connection 177 Notes 190 References 196 Index 221

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Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Part I Materialities 3 Introducing Materialities 5 1 The Great Towns 11 Friedrich Engels 2 Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West 17 William Cronon 3 The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis 32David Harvey 4 An Introduction to the Information Age 40Manuel Castells 5 Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form 49Allen J. Scott 6 The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities 60Ash Amin 7 The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: The Mega-City of a Poor Country 72Sujata Patel 8 Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale 79Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen 9 Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies 86Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack Part II Mobilities 95 Introducing Mobilities 97 10 The Metropolis and Mental Life 103Georg Simmel 11 The Practice of Everyday Life 111Michel de Certeau 12 The Arcades Project 119Walter Benjamin 13 The Global City: Introducing a Concept 126Saskia Sassen 14 Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California 133Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero 15 Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger 138Arjun Appadurai 16 Connections 144John Urry 17 Driving in the City 152Nigel Thrift 18 Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor 159Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu Part III Division and Difference 169 Introducing Division and Difference 171 19 The Continuing Causes of Segregation 177Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton 20 The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy 186William Julius Wilson 21 City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles 193Mike Davis 22 After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City 201Neil Smith 23 The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the “Purely Atomic” Individual 211Don Mitchell 24 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison 221Michel Foucault 25 The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference 228Iris Marion Young 26 City A/Genders 237Sophie Watson 27 Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: The Village and Harlem 243George Chauncey Part IV Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 253 Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures 255 28 The Public Realm 261Richard Sennett 29 The Death and Life of Great American Cities 273Jane Jacobs 30 China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life 278Nancy N. Chen 31 Spatializing Culture: The Social Construction of Public Space in Costa Rica 284Setha M. Low 32 Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World 293Sharon Zukin 33 City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London 303Judith R. Walkowitz 34 Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality 311Franco Moretti 35 Writing the City 317Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley 36 Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces 323James Donald Part V Urban Politics and Planning 331 Introducing Urban Politics and Planning 333 37 The Growth of the City 339Ernest W. Burgess 38 The City of Tomorrow and its Planning 345Le Corbusier 39 The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília 355James Holston 40 Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy 365Anthony D. King 41 Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis 374Edward W. Soja 42 How to Study Urban Political Power 382John Hull Mollenkopf 43 Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place 391John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch 44 New Directions in Planning Theory 402Susan S. Fainstein 45 Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism” 411Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore 46 China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future 419John Friedmann 47 Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China 428Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang Index 433

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Book SynopsisUpdated to reflect the most current thinking on urban studies, The Blackwell City Reader, Second Edition features a comprehensive selection of multidisciplinary readings relating to the analysis and experience of global cities. Includes new sections of materialities and mobilities to capture the most recent debates The most international reader of its kind, including extensive coverage of urban issues in Asia, China, and India Combines theoretical approaches with a wide range of geographical case studies Organized to be used as a stand-alone text or alongside Blackwell''s A Companion to the City Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: Materialities: Introducing Materialities 1.. The Great Towns (Frederick Engels). 2. Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (William Cronon). 3. The Urban Process Under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis (David Harvey). 4.. An Introduction to the Information Age (Manuel Castells). 5. Metropolis: From the Division of Labor to Urban Form (Allen J. Scott). 6. The Economic Base of Contemporary Cities (Ash Amin). 7. The Making of Global City Regions: Mumbai: the Mega-City of a Poor Country (Sujata Patel). 8. Urban Political Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Scale (Erik Swyngedouw and Nikolas C. Heynen). 9. Moving Cities: Rethinking the Materialities of Urban Geographies (Alan Latham and Derek P. McCormack). Part II: Mobilities: Introducing Mobilities10. The Metropolis and Mental Life (Georg Simmel). 11. The Practice of Everyday Life (Michel de Certeau). 12. The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin). 13. The Global City: Introducing a Concept (Sakia Sassen). 14. Postborder Cities, Postborder World: The Rise of Bajalta California (Michael Dear and Héctor Manuel Lucero). 15. Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger (Arjun Appadurai) 16. Connections (John Urry). 17. Driving in the City (Nigel Thrift). 18. Urban Transport in Chinese Cities: The Impact on the Urban Poor (Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu). Part III: Division and Difference: Introducing Division and Difference 19. The Continuing Causes of Segregation (Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton). 20. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass and Public Policy (William Julius Wilson). 21. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles (Mike Davis). 22. After Tompkins Square Park: Degentrification and the Revanchist City (Neil Smith). 23. The S.U.V. Model of Citizenship: Floating Bubbles, Buffer Zones, and the Rise of the "Purely Atomic" Individual (Don Mitchell). 24. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault). 25. The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference (Iris Marion Young). 26. City A/Genders (Sophie Watson). 27. Building Gay Neighborhood Enclaves: the Village and Harlem (George Chauncey). Part IV: Urban Publics and Urban Cultures: Introducing Urban Publics and Urban Cultures. 28. The Public Realm (Richard Sennett). 29. Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs). 30. China Urban: Health, Wealth and the Good Life (Nancy N. Chen). 31. Spatializing Culture: the Social Construction. of Public Space in Costa Rica (Setha M. Low). 32. Landscapes of Power: From Detroit to Disney World (Sharon Zukin). 33. City of Dreadful Delight: Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London (Judith R. Walkowitz). 34. Homo Palpitans: Balzac’s Novels and Urban Personality (Franco Moretti). 35. Writing the City (Peter Preston and Paul Simpson-Housley). 36. Imagining the Modern City: Light in Dark Spaces (James Donald). Part V: Urban Politics and Planning: Introducing Urban Politics and Planning. 37. The Growth of the City (Ernest W. Burgess). 38. The City of Tomorrow and its Planning (Le Corbusier). 39. The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília (James Holston). 40. Urbanism, Colonialism and the World-economy (Anthony D. King). 41. Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis (Edward W. Soja). 42. How to Study Urban Political Power (John Hull Mollenkopf). 43. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place (John R. Logan and Harvey L. Molotch). 44. New Directions in Planning Theory (Susan S. Fainstein). 45. Cities and the Geographies of "Actually Existing Neoliberalism (Neil Brenner and Nik Theodore). 46. China’s Urban Transition: Backward into the Future (John Friedmann). 47. Planning the Competitive City-Region: The Emergence of Strategic Development Plan in China (Fulong Wu and Jingxing Zhang). Index.

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Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinkedTable of Contents AcknowledgmentsPrologue1 OverviewSECTION I. “IN A QUIET SWAMP, THERE ARE DEVILS WANDERING”: RUINS AND GHOSTS IN BATUMIIntroduction2 Walking a Ruined City3 Devils and BrotherhoodsConclusion: A Period Made PastSECTION II. DAILY INTO THE BLUE? YOUNG LIVES BETWEEN LONGING AND ENGAGEMENTIntroduction4 The White Georgian5 A Tale of Two ArtistsConclusion: “Because of” or “In Order To”?SECTION III. THE FUTURE HAUNTING THE PRESENTIntroduction6 Subjunctive Moods and Imperative Reminders7 Subjunctive MaterialitiesConclusion: Horizons in MotionSECTION IV. APPARITIONSIntroduction8 Social Afterlives and the Creation of Temporal MarginsEpilogueReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisExamining the border-enclosure strategy Israel uses to impose Palestinian im/mobilization, Maryam Griffin considers the ways public transportation in the Palestinian West Bank is a constant site of social struggle. Her illuminating book, Vehicles of Decolonization, studies collective movement, resistance, and everyday life in the West Bank to show how Palestinians assert a kind of Indigenous self-determination over mobility that Israeli settler colonialism seeks to undermine.Having immersed herself in a year of fieldwork, Griffin maps multiple engagements with the flexible bus, shared van, and private taxi services to demonstrate that the politics of mobility are shaped by ongoing settler colonialism and Indigenous struggle. Griffin uses critical border studies to look at the contested nature of mobility at the sites of transit, where Palestinians practice self-determination through routine participation, spectacular political organizing and demonstration, and artisticTrade Review"[A] unique and invaluable contribution to scholarship on the Palestinian struggle for self-determination....[T]he publication of Vehicles of Decolonization is notable and worth celebrating.... [I]t succeeds in showing how the shape of public transportation is connected to a set of broader political and economic contradictions.... For scholars eager to think about public transportation outside the strictures of land use debates or environmental sustainability, Vehicles of Decolonization remains important precisely in its ability to place public transportation squarely within debates on political power, identity, and political economy."—City and Community"Griffin highlights public transportation as a site of collective Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation in the West Bank. She begins by illuminating the Israeli systems of border crossings, surveillance, and permits that seek to impede Palestinians’ movement in the region. The book then investigates the ways Palestinians use routes, human interactions surrounding transportation, and vehicles themselves to subvert these systems. Griffin also presents the history of political protests on West Bank buses and anti-occupation art that depicts public transit as examples of Palestinian social struggle centered around mobility."—Middle East Journal"[A] rich piece of political geography that celebrates the agency of people whose every movement can be controlled. With no apologies for her activist and sympathetic posture, Griffin describes the quotidian travails of daily life in the West Bank, where a modern highway system and buses for Jewish settlers are largely off limits for Palestinians.... [T]his well-researched monograph presents a positive picture of resilience, imagination, and community often missing in accounts of the West Bank.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"Griffin provides a compelling examination of what she refers to as the 'regime of im/mobility' imposed by Israel on Palestinians inside the West Bank."—Contemporary Sociology"Griffin's writing contextualises the ramifications of public transportation for Palestinians from within Israel's colonial framework, thus setting the scene for readers to engage with a political reality that is either denied or obfuscated."—Middle East Monitor“A critical aspect of colonial biopolitics is the control of body and its movement. Maryam Griffin’s highly insightful Vehicles of Decolonization is the first detailed study of not only how Israeli occupation restrains the daily movement of the Palestinians through walls, checkpoints, permits, and road systems, but especially how Palestinians resist this regime of enclosure by reclaiming mobility through mundane yet highly contested venues of public transit and collective interaction. A timely book.”—Asef Bayat, Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring“A lively and accessible read, Griffin’s book is the first in-depth study of im/mobility in the West Bank. In a landscape pockmarked by politically created closures, constrained movements, and forbidden spaces, public transport takes on important and contested meaning. Griffin’s account demonstrates how despite the intricacies of Israeli settler colonialism, Palestinians carve out spaces that provide possibilities for social connections and decolonial power, sometimes through mundane practices such as seatbelt clicks, hand-drawn maps, and a metro network art installation, which, given the political conditions, are rendered spectacular.”—Helga Tawil-Souri, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and coeditor of Gaza as Metaphor"Vehicles of Decolonization is an original study about the restricted daily life and hardships Palestinians have been experiencing under Israeli occupation since 1967; it is also about the imaginative alternatives they have deployed to assert their rights and agency. This study would be of interest to scholars and students in Middle East history, Palestine and Settler Colonial Studies, and the social sciences."—Arab Studies Quarterly

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Book SynopsisExamining the border-enclosure strategy Israel uses to impose Palestinian im/mobilization, Maryam Griffin considers the ways public transportation in the Palestinian West Bank is a constant site of social struggle. Her illuminating book, Vehicles of Decolonization, studies collective movement, resistance, and everyday life in the West Bank to show how Palestinians assert a kind of Indigenous self-determination over mobility that Israeli settler colonialism seeks to undermine.Having immersed herself in a year of fieldwork, Griffin maps multiple engagements with the flexible bus, shared van, and private taxi services to demonstrate that the politics of mobility are shaped by ongoing settler colonialism and Indigenous struggle. Griffin uses critical border studies to look at the contested nature of mobility at the sites of transit, where Palestinians practice self-determination through routine participation, spectacular political organizing and demonstration, and artisticTrade Review"[A] unique and invaluable contribution to scholarship on the Palestinian struggle for self-determination....[T]he publication of Vehicles of Decolonization is notable and worth celebrating.... [I]t succeeds in showing how the shape of public transportation is connected to a set of broader political and economic contradictions.... For scholars eager to think about public transportation outside the strictures of land use debates or environmental sustainability, Vehicles of Decolonization remains important precisely in its ability to place public transportation squarely within debates on political power, identity, and political economy."—City and Community"Griffin highlights public transportation as a site of collective Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation in the West Bank. She begins by illuminating the Israeli systems of border crossings, surveillance, and permits that seek to impede Palestinians’ movement in the region. The book then investigates the ways Palestinians use routes, human interactions surrounding transportation, and vehicles themselves to subvert these systems. Griffin also presents the history of political protests on West Bank buses and anti-occupation art that depicts public transit as examples of Palestinian social struggle centered around mobility."—Middle East Journal"[A] rich piece of political geography that celebrates the agency of people whose every movement can be controlled. With no apologies for her activist and sympathetic posture, Griffin describes the quotidian travails of daily life in the West Bank, where a modern highway system and buses for Jewish settlers are largely off limits for Palestinians.... [T]his well-researched monograph presents a positive picture of resilience, imagination, and community often missing in accounts of the West Bank.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"Griffin provides a compelling examination of what she refers to as the 'regime of im/mobility' imposed by Israel on Palestinians inside the West Bank."—Contemporary Sociology"Griffin's writing contextualises the ramifications of public transportation for Palestinians from within Israel's colonial framework, thus setting the scene for readers to engage with a political reality that is either denied or obfuscated."—Middle East Monitor“A critical aspect of colonial biopolitics is the control of body and its movement. Maryam Griffin’s highly insightful Vehicles of Decolonization is the first detailed study of not only how Israeli occupation restrains the daily movement of the Palestinians through walls, checkpoints, permits, and road systems, but especially how Palestinians resist this regime of enclosure by reclaiming mobility through mundane yet highly contested venues of public transit and collective interaction. A timely book.”—Asef Bayat, Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring“A lively and accessible read, Griffin’s book is the first in-depth study of im/mobility in the West Bank. In a landscape pockmarked by politically created closures, constrained movements, and forbidden spaces, public transport takes on important and contested meaning. Griffin’s account demonstrates how despite the intricacies of Israeli settler colonialism, Palestinians carve out spaces that provide possibilities for social connections and decolonial power, sometimes through mundane practices such as seatbelt clicks, hand-drawn maps, and a metro network art installation, which, given the political conditions, are rendered spectacular.”—Helga Tawil-Souri, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and coeditor of Gaza as Metaphor"Vehicles of Decolonization is an original study about the restricted daily life and hardships Palestinians have been experiencing under Israeli occupation since 1967; it is also about the imaginative alternatives they have deployed to assert their rights and agency. This study would be of interest to scholars and students in Middle East history, Palestine and Settler Colonial Studies, and the social sciences."—Arab Studies Quarterly

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Book SynopsisReveals how activism to reclaim gentrifying urban spaces, even in a supposedly equitable welfare state, is dramatically impacted by the physical and social geography of the movement's context.Trade Review“Beginning with a charming portrait of one small Swedish neighborhood, Kimberly Creasap demonstrates the power of the concept of a social movement ‘scene,’ a concentrated network of activists and the places they congregate. Scenes are not just a resource for politics; they are an accomplishment in their own right. Who really owns a city? And how?”—James M. Jasper, author of The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements“A must-read on autonomous social movements resisting gentrification in Swedish cities that draws on a conceptual apparatus made up of centrality, concentration, and visibility. Making a Scene is rich in contextual detail, description, and, critically, a sense of hope for activists everywhere. Creasap puts the spatial into the social of social movement research and contributes to the rapidly growing literature on resistance in gentrification studies.”—Loretta Lees, Incoming Director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University, and coauthor of Gentrification and Planetary Gentrification"Creasap offers the reader ethnographic glimpses and comparisons of the local social movement scenes in Sweden’s three major cities of Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö.... [Her] main argument serves as an important contribution to the scholarship on social movement scenes. This book also presents an important call for thinking more critically about spatiality in the sociology of social movements more generally."—Social Forces"Creasap's comparative analysis of autonomous movements across these three different urban spaces provides a nuanced contribution not just to social movement studies but to urban social science, as well.... Making a Scene provides important insights that will be invaluable for social movement scholars, political sociologists, and urban social scientists studying gentrification and neighborhood change."—Mobilization"This book contributes to the understanding of autonomist and anarchist movements in Sweden’s three major cities.... Creasap’s concise and clear writing style helps readers follow the storyline and makes the sociological picture of the activist scenes more palatable for a wider, non-academic audience. The book also enriches the literature by analysing urban activism and radical politics in Sweden at a very specific historical period.... [I]t represents a well-crafted research effort and offers important insights to consider when addressing theoretical questions at the intersection of urban sociology, urban movements, and far-left radical politics in the somewhat unique Swedish context."—Acta Sociologica“Creasap examines an important issue in the social movement literature—the centrality of place for the rise and fall of social movements. Introducing the concept of social movement scenes, she theorizes their importance and the interplay between these scenes and the political economies of their cities. Moreover, Making a Scene engages in an interesting discussion of how gentrification contributes to both sharpening the grievances of urban activists and destroying the environment they need to survive and thrive."—Walter J. Nicholls, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Immigrant Rights Movement: The Battle over National Citizenship"This slim sociological study provides welcome data on gentrification and oppositional social movements outside the US, while also providing a counterpoint to generalized readings of the overall success of the Swedish welfare state.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice"[A] detailed ethnographic study of the social movement 'scenes' in Stockholm, Goteborg, and Malmo in Sweden. Based on fieldwork conducted over several years, it is the kind of ethnographic work that allows for deep exploration of issues and people, and that uses that exploration to raise complex questions.... [I]t adds admirably to the large body of work on urban social movements, and is worth reading by those interested in dynamics and processes in such movements.... [T]his is a good book that should be of real interest to scholars who are interested in urban social movements, and those who simply want to read an interesting set of stories about these scenes."—Journal of Urban Affairs

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Book SynopsisFishing in Contested Waters demonstrates the deep roots of contemporary conflicts over rights, sovereignty, conservation, and identity.Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1 Introduction: Re-membering Burnt Church Chapter 2 "Those Relationships Became Countries" Chapter 3 Contested Place Chapter 4 Seeking Justice: Rights and Religion in the Dispute Chapter 5 Conservation Talk: Negotiating Power and Place Chapter 6 The Canadian Way Postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Multicultural Cities, Mohammad Abdul Qadeer offers a tour of three of North America's premier multicultural metropolises - Toronto, New York, and Los AngelesTrade Review'Qadeer brings to bear an in-depth knowledge about multicultural cities, their urban institutions and structures and insights into ways these institutions and structures are evolving and cultural differences negotiated.' -- Carlos Teixeira Journal of Urban Affairs January 2017Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Cultures and the City Chapter 2: Multiculturalism: Diversity Rights and Common Ground Chapter 3: Making Multicultural Cities Chapter 4: Social Geography of Multicultural Cities Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Urban Economy Chapter 6: Patterns of Community Life Chapter 7: Experiences of Living in Multicultural Cities Chapter 8: Political Incorporation and Diversity Chapter 9: Pluralism of Urban Services Chapter 10: Urban Planning for Cultural Diversity Chapter 11: Imagining Multicultural Cities Appendix 1. Theoretical Discourse on Multiculturalism

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays the changing structure of the Canadian community, especially in its urban growth, is brought before the reader with many fresh insights, much vigorous comment, and apt illustration. The authors, concentrating on certain kinds of problems which have interested them individually, provide for student and general reader stimulating analysis of social phenomena which are under lively examination these days in Canada and beyond both in popular and semi-popular journals and magazines and in learned writings.Nathan Keyfitz opens the volume with a valuable background analysis of the way in which the population of Canada has reached its present numbers and distribution and examines the effects of immigration and of changing rates of birth and death. S.D. Clark deals with the controversial question of what the real characteristics of the suburban community can be seen to be and comments forcefully on the 'suburbia' of Riesman, Whyte, et al. W.E. Mann present

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Book SynopsisIn Kouchibouguac, Ronald Rudin tells the story of the park's establishment, the resistance of its residents, and the memory of that experience.Trade Review'This is an important book that tells a story, we think we know, in a new and different way... A significant contribution to the regional and national history of Canada.' -- Tina Loo Acadiensis September 2016 'Historians, civil servants, students, and general public will find it a stimulating and valuable interpretation of the time and events.' -- Sheila Andrew Canadian Historical Review vol 97:04:2016 "Kouchibouguac is an excellent book, not only as a resource, but as enlightening reading for anyone with a social conscience. Ronald Rudin is to be applauded for his intensive and extensive research and his obvious concern for getting the Kouchibouguac story told properly and lucidly." -- James M. Fisher The Miramichi Reader, August 24, 2016Table of ContentsPrologue: On the Road Again Part I: Removal Chapter 1: People Before the Park Chapter 2: Planning Without People Chapter 3: Removal and Rehabilitation Part II: Resistance Chapter 4: Gone Fishing Chapter 5: The Acadian Freedom Fighter Part III: Remembrance Chapter 6: Art for a Cause Chapter 7: Reconciliation Epilogue: Chez Comeau

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Book SynopsisIn their annual sessions the various Sections of the Royal Society are accustomed to take up for general discussion a topic of current interest and this gives Fellows and special guests from the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities an opportunity for useful communication across the disciplines on an important subject.In 1961 the topic was an especially vital issue, the population explosion, and this volume, based on the papers given at the meeting, has much valuable information and many pertinent and provocative comments on this phenomenon particularly as it affects Canada.T.W.M. Cameron leads off with a general background on the causes and consequences of the population increase around the world. Then come a group of papers presenting various aspects of the population in Canada’s settled areas. Pierre Dagenais studies the growth in that population in recent years; Guy Rocher presents developments in our labour force in the 1900’s with

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Book SynopsisIron Curtains has been awarded Honorable Mention for the 2013 ASEEES Harvard Davis Center Book Prize! The prize is sponsored by Harvard University''s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and is awarded annually by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography. Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast Europe<Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables viii Series Editors’ Preface xi Acknowledgements xii 1 Introduction 1 2 Public, Private, Privatism 14 3 The Post-socialist City 34 4 Post-modern Urbanism Revisited 60 5 Sofia: Wither the Socialist City 81 6 The Ninth Ring: Suburbanizing Sofia 105 7 Iron Curtains I: Gated Homes 131 8 Iron Curtains II: Gated Complexes 149 9 Architecture of Disunity 170 10 Possibilities 191 References 198 Index 220

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm and considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of managing community assets within the built environmentTrade Review"In this excellent book, Yvonne Rydin skilfully critiques the current growth-dependent British planning system while offering a comprehensive and progressive agenda for its reform using the concept of `just sustainability.’" Julian Agyeman, Tufts University, USA."Contains much that will engage anyone who has an interest in the kinds of villages, towns and cities we should build in Britain." International Planning StudiesTable of ContentsPreface; Introducing growth-dependent planning; Embedding Growth-Dependence in the Planning System; The Growth-Dependent Planning Paradigm; The Flawed Economic Assumptions of Growth Dependent Planning; The Environmental and Social Consequences of Growth Dependent Planning; Reforming the Planning Agenda; Alternative Development Models; Protecting and Improving Existing Places; Assets in Common; Reforming the Planning System.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a fresh analysis of the limitations of the growth-dependence planning paradigm and considers alternative urban development models, ways of protecting and enhancing existing low value land uses and means of managing community assets within the built environmentTrade Review"In this excellent book, Yvonne Rydin skilfully critiques the current growth-dependent British planning system while offering a comprehensive and progressive agenda for its reform using the concept of `just sustainability.’" Julian Agyeman, Tufts University, USA."Contains much that will engage anyone who has an interest in the kinds of villages, towns and cities we should build in Britain." International Planning StudiesTable of ContentsPreface; Introducing growth-dependent planning; Embedding Growth-Dependence in the Planning System; The Growth-Dependent Planning Paradigm; The Flawed Economic Assumptions of Growth Dependent Planning; The Environmental and Social Consequences of Growth Dependent Planning; Reforming the Planning Agenda; Alternative Development Models; Protecting and Improving Existing Places; Assets in Common; Reforming the Planning System.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the rise of sustainable development policies in London by international authors. Essential reading for urban practitioners and policy makers, and students in social, urban and environmental geography, sociology and urban studies.Trade Review"This book is both topical and timely given the extensive debate about sustainability and the challenges caused by financial austerity and welfare reform." Dr Tony Manzi, University of Westminster"A valuable resource for those interested in the study of sustainable development strategies and policies." Town Planning Review"Sustainability is a term that has risen in prominence just as global cities like London are becoming ever less sustainable. This important new book calls for a renewed emphasis on social justice in urban policy making. The authors remind us of the things that really matter in life and the political battles that need to be won over wages, housing, transport and the environment." Professor Jane Wills, Queen Mary University of London"It’s no longer a surprise that the words `sustainable development’ at best are marginal adjustments, or more likely, cynical greenwash. Sustainable London explores the results in ruthless detail – seen in the `post-political’, socially cleansed `mixed communities’, complete with their `poor doors’ and `anti-homeless spikes’. It is a waymarker which sets the agenda." Joe Ravetz, Co-Director, Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy, University of Manchester“This is an innovative and accessible book that makes a significant and unique contribution to the discussion around sustainability, providing a high level of commentary and analysis from a range of strong contributors.” Dr John Flint, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsPreface; Foreword ~ Ben Rogers; Part 1: Sustaining London: the key challenges; London’s future and sustainable city building ~ Rob Imrie and Loretta Lees; Privatising London: a conversation with Anna Minton; Just Space: towards a just, sustainable London ~ Robin Brown, Michael Edwards, Richard Lee; Part 2: Sustaining London in an era of austerity; Sustainable governance and planning in London ~ Emma Street; Privatisation, managerialism and the changing politics of sustainability planning in London ~ Mike Raco; Sustaining a global city at work: resilient geographies of a migrant division of labour ~ Cathy McIlwaine and Kavita Datta; Sustaining London’s welfare in an age of austerity ~ Chris Hamnett; Part 3: The challenges for a socially sustainable London; The death of sustainable communities in London? ~ Loretta Lees; From supermarkets to community building: Tesco PLC, sustainable place making and urban regeneration ~ Rob Imrie and Mike Dolton; Educating London: sustainable social reproduction versus symbolic violence? ~ Tim Butler; Sustaining the public: the future of public space in London? ~ James Fournière; Part 4: Sustaining London’s environmental future; Rhetoric in transitioning to sustainable travel ~ Robin Hickman; Building the healthy city in London ~ Clare Herrick; Urban greening and sustaining urban natures in London ~ Franklin Ginn and Robert A Francis; Part 5: Postscript; Beyond urban sustainability and urban resilience: towards a socially just future for London ~ Loretta Lees and Rob Imrie.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of the rise of sustainable development policies in London by international authors. Essential reading for urban practitioners and policy makers, and students in social, urban and environmental geography, sociology and urban studies.Trade Review"This book is both topical and timely given the extensive debate about sustainability and the challenges caused by financial austerity and welfare reform." Dr Tony Manzi, University of Westminster"A valuable resource for those interested in the study of sustainable development strategies and policies." Town Planning Review"Sustainability is a term that has risen in prominence just as global cities like London are becoming ever less sustainable. This important new book calls for a renewed emphasis on social justice in urban policy making. The authors remind us of the things that really matter in life and the political battles that need to be won over wages, housing, transport and the environment." Professor Jane Wills, Queen Mary University of London"It’s no longer a surprise that the words `sustainable development’ at best are marginal adjustments, or more likely, cynical greenwash. Sustainable London explores the results in ruthless detail – seen in the `post-political’, socially cleansed `mixed communities’, complete with their `poor doors’ and `anti-homeless spikes’. It is a waymarker which sets the agenda." Joe Ravetz, Co-Director, Centre for Urban Resilience and Energy, University of Manchester“This is an innovative and accessible book that makes a significant and unique contribution to the discussion around sustainability, providing a high level of commentary and analysis from a range of strong contributors.” Dr John Flint, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsPreface; Foreword ~ Ben Rogers; Part 1: Sustaining London: the key challenges; London’s future and sustainable city building ~ Rob Imrie and Loretta Lees; Privatising London: a conversation with Anna Minton; Just Space: towards a just, sustainable London ~ Robin Brown, Michael Edwards, Richard Lee; Part 2: Sustaining London in an era of austerity; Sustainable governance and planning in London ~ Emma Street; Privatisation, managerialism and the changing politics of sustainability planning in London ~ Mike Raco; Sustaining a global city at work: resilient geographies of a migrant division of labour ~ Cathy McIlwaine and Kavita Datta; Sustaining London’s welfare in an age of austerity ~ Chris Hamnett; Part 3: The challenges for a socially sustainable London; The death of sustainable communities in London? ~ Loretta Lees; From supermarkets to community building: Tesco PLC, sustainable place making and urban regeneration ~ Rob Imrie and Mike Dolton; Educating London: sustainable social reproduction versus symbolic violence? ~ Tim Butler; Sustaining the public: the future of public space in London? ~ James Fournière; Part 4: Sustaining London’s environmental future; Rhetoric in transitioning to sustainable travel ~ Robin Hickman; Building the healthy city in London ~ Clare Herrick; Urban greening and sustaining urban natures in London ~ Franklin Ginn and Robert A Francis; Part 5: Postscript; Beyond urban sustainability and urban resilience: towards a socially just future for London ~ Loretta Lees and Rob Imrie.

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Book SynopsisThis book compares the impacts of ABIs in two deprived urban areas in England and Germany on organisations and development actors at the neighbourhood level. It applies a mixed method approach to help the reader with a wider spectrum of illustrations and is aimed at those studying and working in the field of urban regeneration and planning.Trade Review"A well-structured and well-documented book, which analyses urban policies and local institutional framework in great detail and depth." Journal of Housing and the Built EnvironmentTable of ContentsIntroduction; New Localism(s) in Europe; Policies for deprived urban areas; Conceptualising New Localism(s): exploring local variations in urban governance practices across Europe; Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities (NDC) in Bristol; Local government experiments to cope with structural change: The Social City Programme in Duisburg; The crystallization of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison; The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisGulson and Webb show how school choice can represent and manifest the hopes and fears, contestations and settlements of contemporary racial biopolitics and ethnic politics of education in multicultural cities.Trade Review"In this highly original book, Gulson and Webb make an informed and exciting contribution to post-structural approaches to policy analysis." Patrick Bailey, Senior Teaching Fellow, University College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction: education policy and multicultural cities; Policy events; Policy and biopolitics: the event of race-based statistics in Toronto; The (micro)politics of racial neoliberalism; 'Up in the northwest corner of the city': the city, race and locating the school; Difference and recognition; Policy events, race and the future of the city.

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Book SynopsisCombines political theory with attention to political practice to explore the development of localism as a new mode of statecraft. It highlights the challenges of the state devolving itself and the importance of citizens having the freedom, incentives and institutions needed to act.Trade Review“It is brilliant news that our ongoing campaigns about the need to strengthen local democracy has been recognised and supported by such an influential voice as Prof Wills. We would urge all to read this book regardless of who you are.” Cllr Ken Browse, chair of the National Association of Local Councils"This book makes an important contribution to the emerging literature on localism and its implications for changing state-society relationships and the location of power and control." Urban Geography"Localism is now a highly influential discourse in contemporary English politics. Jane Wills goes beyond the burgeoning advocacy and commentary to provide a thorough-going and subtle analysis of its qualities. A vital read for scholars, policy-makers, practitioners and activists." John Tomaney, University College LondonTable of ContentsMaking sense of localism; The geo-constitution and the long history of localism; The place of the people; Localist local government; Institution building for localism; Community organising, past and present; Back to the Parish: the importance of place.

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Book SynopsisCombines political theory with attention to political practice to explore the development of localism as a new mode of statecraft. It highlights the challenges of the state devolving itself and the importance of citizens having the freedom, incentives and institutions needed to act.Trade Review“It is brilliant news that our ongoing campaigns about the need to strengthen local democracy has been recognised and supported by such an influential voice as Prof Wills. We would urge all to read this book regardless of who you are.” Cllr Ken Browse, chair of the National Association of Local Councils"This book makes an important contribution to the emerging literature on localism and its implications for changing state-society relationships and the location of power and control." Urban Geography"Localism is now a highly influential discourse in contemporary English politics. Jane Wills goes beyond the burgeoning advocacy and commentary to provide a thorough-going and subtle analysis of its qualities. A vital read for scholars, policy-makers, practitioners and activists." John Tomaney, University College LondonTable of ContentsMaking sense of localism; The geo-constitution and the long history of localism; The place of the people; Localist local government; Institution building for localism; Community organising, past and present; Back to the Parish: the importance of place.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the history and theory of community in urban policy, and including a unique set of case studies that draw on artistic and cultural community work, After urban regeneration engages with debates on how urban policy has changed and continues to change following the financial crash of 2008Trade Review"An accessible piece of literature that will add to the knowledge of many academics in this field." Town Planning Review"A genuinely fresh, and admirably provocative, attempt to reshape the way we seek to understand the evolving urban policy agenda." Housing Studies"After Urban Regeneration an excellent book and it is very well crafted and organised. The chapters are critical in tone and characterised by incisive critiques of community and urban policy and practice. There is nothing like this on the market that examines the impact of localism on communities, and the diverse ways in which community groups are cultivating new knowledges and practices of self government." Professor Rob Imrie, Goldsmiths, University of London"This important contribution to the urban policy and regeneration literature is the first major text to critically examine urban policy in the UK since 2008, and proposes that we have entered a period of `post-regeneration’ in the UK. This contribution will be of use to academics, policy makers and communities alike." Andrew Tallon, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Peter Matthews and Dave O’Brien; Section 1: After regeneration?; Urban Policy and Communities ~ Stuart Wilks-Heeg; Connecting community to the post-regeneration era ~ Peter Matthews and Dave O’Brien; When things fall apart ~ Sue Cohen and Morag McDermont; Section 2: Exploring Epistemologies; Microsolutions for Megaproblems: What works in urban regeneration policy? ~ Max Nathan; The work of art in the age of mechanical co-production. Steve Pool and Kate Pahl; There is no local here, love ~ Rebecca Bernstein, Antonia Layard, Martin Maudsley and Hilary Ramsden; Section 3: New places for communities; Forging Communities: the CAER Heritage Project and the dynamics of co-production ~ Clyde Ancarno, Oliver Davis and David Wyatt; Lessons from `The Vale’ – the role of hyperlocal media in shaping reputational geographies ~ David Harte; Contemporary Governance Discourse and Digital Media: Convergences, Prospects & Problems for the `Big Society’ Agenda ~ Chris Speed, Amadu Wurie Khan, Sharon Baurley and Martin Phillips; Section 4: new spaces for policy; Localism, neighbourhood planning and community control: the MapLocal pilot ~ Phil Jones, Antonia Layard, Colin Lorne, Chris Speed; Translation across borders: Exploring the use, relevance and impact of academic research in the policy process ~ Steve Connelly, Dave Vanderhoven, Catherine Durose, Liz Richardson and Peter Matthews; Conclusion ~ Dave O’Brien and Peter Matthews.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the history and theory of community in urban policy, and including a unique set of case studies that draw on artistic and cultural community work, After urban regeneration engages with debates on how urban policy has changed and continues to change following the financial crash of 2008Trade Review"An accessible piece of literature that will add to the knowledge of many academics in this field." Town Planning Review"A genuinely fresh, and admirably provocative, attempt to reshape the way we seek to understand the evolving urban policy agenda." Housing Studies"After Urban Regeneration an excellent book and it is very well crafted and organised. The chapters are critical in tone and characterised by incisive critiques of community and urban policy and practice. There is nothing like this on the market that examines the impact of localism on communities, and the diverse ways in which community groups are cultivating new knowledges and practices of self government." Professor Rob Imrie, Goldsmiths, University of London"This important contribution to the urban policy and regeneration literature is the first major text to critically examine urban policy in the UK since 2008, and proposes that we have entered a period of `post-regeneration’ in the UK. This contribution will be of use to academics, policy makers and communities alike." Andrew Tallon, University of the West of EnglandTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Peter Matthews and Dave O’Brien; Section 1: After regeneration?; Urban Policy and Communities ~ Stuart Wilks-Heeg; Connecting community to the post-regeneration era ~ Peter Matthews and Dave O’Brien; When things fall apart ~ Sue Cohen and Morag McDermont; Section 2: Exploring Epistemologies; Microsolutions for Megaproblems: What works in urban regeneration policy? ~ Max Nathan; The work of art in the age of mechanical co-production. Steve Pool and Kate Pahl; There is no local here, love ~ Rebecca Bernstein, Antonia Layard, Martin Maudsley and Hilary Ramsden; Section 3: New places for communities; Forging Communities: the CAER Heritage Project and the dynamics of co-production ~ Clyde Ancarno, Oliver Davis and David Wyatt; Lessons from ‘The Vale’ – the role of hyperlocal media in shaping reputational geographies ~ David Harte; Contemporary Governance Discourse and Digital Media: Convergences, Prospects & Problems for the ‘Big Society’ Agenda ~ Chris Speed, Amadu Wurie Khan, Sharon Baurley and Martin Phillips; Section 4: new spaces for policy; Localism, neighbourhood planning and community control: the MapLocal pilot ~ Phil Jones, Antonia Layard, Colin Lorne, Chris Speed; Translation across borders: Exploring the use, relevance and impact of academic research in the policy process ~ Steve Connelly, Dave Vanderhoven, Catherine Durose, Liz Richardson and Peter Matthews; Conclusion ~ Dave O’Brien and Peter Matthews.

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Book SynopsisA wide range of contributors bring expertise from both developed and developing countries, to provide a big picture assessment of Bus Rapid Transit as part of an affordable process for restructuring transit systemsTrade Review"This is a must-read for those who wish to invest the time, intellectual energy, and building of political will required for BRT to help foster more sustainable cities." Fred Salvucci, former Secretary of Transportation for Massachusetts, USA??"A very thorough and comprehensive review of the role of Bus Rapid Transit, drawing on a wide range of in-depth research. Set in a broader institutional and policy context, the issues discussed are of wider application to public transport operation as a whole." Professor Peter White, University of Westminster, UKTable of ContentsThe promise of BRT ~ Laurel Paget-Seekins & Juan Carlos Munoz; Global overview of BRT and bus corridors ~ Luis Antonio Lindau, Cristina Albuquerque Moreira da Silva, Guillermo Petzhold & Daniela Facchini; Section 1: Institutional Relationships; The path toward integrated systems ~ Dario Hidalgo, Juan Carlos Munoz & Juan Miguel Velásquez; BRT as a tool for negotiated re-regulation ~ Onesimo Flores Dewey; Institutional design and regulatory frameworks ~ Rosário Macário, Maria Spandou & Luis Neves Filipe; Strategic participation for change ~ Lake Sagaris; Designing bus concession contracts ~ Patricia Galilea & Marco Batarce; Fare structures ~ Marco Batarce & Corinne Mulley; Section 2: BRT and the City; Conflict over public space ~ Laurel Paget-Seekins; Designing BRT-oriented development ~ Chris Zegras, Anson Stewart, Rosanna Forray, Rocío Hidalgo, Cristhian Figueroa, Fábio Duarte & Jan Wampler; Preferences for BRT and light rail – David Hensher, Corinne Mulley & John Rose; User preferences and route choice ~ Sebastián Raveau, Juan Carlos Munoz & Juan de Dios Ortúzar; Passenger information systems ~ Carola Zurob, José Manuel Allard, Rosário Macário, Bernardo Garcia and Camila Garcia; Section 3: Operations and Design; Opportunities provided by automated data collection systems ~ Nigel Wilson; Designing a BRT-based network under integrated operations ~ Homero Larrain, Omar Ibarra, Juan Carlos Munoz & Corinne Mulley; Assessing corridor performance ~ Juan Carlos Herrera, Juan Carlos Munoz, David Hensher, Corinne Mulley, Zheng Li & Luis Antonio Lindau; BRRT: adding an R for reliability ~ Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Munoz & Ricardo Giesen; Managing drivers and vehicles for cost-effective operations in regulated transit systems ~ Omar Ibarra & Ricardo Giesen; Road safety impact of BRT and busway features ~ Nicolae Duduta & Luis Antonio Lindau; Looking forward ~ Juan Carlos Munoz, Laurel Paget-Seekins.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city's most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.Trade Review“This is a most welcome addition to the growing body of literature that not only is bringing long overdue attention to Detroit but also seeks to provide much needed nuance and complexity to Manichean debates. Doucet challenges readers to dissect the conscious choices that led Detroit into and out of bankruptcy rather than accept what transpired as inevitable.” Journal of Urban Affairs"This is an important and unique book in the context of the future of cities globally. In considering Detroit as a symbol of aspects of post-industrial decline and regeneration, it gives voice to a range of normally excluded voices and narratives. It therefore provides a valuably rounded set of perspectives and visions which, together, help the reader to understand the forces that have shaped the city, and wider lessons for creating more inclusive cities." John McCarthy, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, Heriot Watt University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Detroit Matters ~ Brian Doucet; Section I: Lessons from Detroit; Detroit’s Bankruptcy: Treating the symptom, not the cause ~ George Galster; Detroit in Bankruptcy: What are the Lessons to be Learned? ~ Reynolds Farley ; Between economic revival and social disruption: The redevelopment of Greater Downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial Inequalities ~ René Kreichauf; A new urban medicine show: On the limits of blight remediation ~ Joshua Akers; Reshaping the gray spaces: Resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit ~ Kimberley Kinder; Preserving Detroit by preserving Its baseball history ~ Jason Roche; This is (not) Detroit: Projecting the future of Germany’s Ruhr region ~ Julia Sattler; Intermezzo I: ‘You may not know my Detroit’ ~ jessica Care moore; Section II: Practices from Detroit; Evolution of municipal government in Detroit ~ John Gallagher; Detroit’s emerging innovation in urban infrastructure: how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry and informatics ~ Dan Kinkead; Visions In conflict: A city of possibilities ~ Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman; Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city ~ Khalil Ligon; Reawakening culture among Detroit’s resident majority ~ Jessica Brooke Williams; Make sure you’re helping: Experts, solidarity and effective partnering with locals ~ Drew Philp; New Strategies DMC, takin’ it all back home: Lessons from Detroit for arts practices in the Netherlands ~ Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte and Niko Doulos; Intermezzo II: My Detroit ~ Tyree Guyton; Section III: Conversations from Detroit; Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES; Sandra Hines, Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality; Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network; Dan Carmody, Eastern Market Corporation; Jackie Victor, Avalon International Breads; Phil Cooley, Entrepreneur, owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and Ponyride; Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis, Feedom Freedom Farmers; Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman and Marisol Teachworth, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School; Yusef Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer; Grace Lee Boggs, activist; Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city ~ Brian Doucet.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city's most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.Trade Review“This is a most welcome addition to the growing body of literature that not only is bringing long overdue attention to Detroit but also seeks to provide much needed nuance and complexity to Manichean debates. Doucet challenges readers to dissect the conscious choices that led Detroit into and out of bankruptcy rather than accept what transpired as inevitable.” Journal of Urban Affairs"This is an important and unique book in the context of the future of cities globally. In considering Detroit as a symbol of aspects of post-industrial decline and regeneration, it gives voice to a range of normally excluded voices and narratives. It therefore provides a valuably rounded set of perspectives and visions which, together, help the reader to understand the forces that have shaped the city, and wider lessons for creating more inclusive cities." John McCarthy, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, Heriot Watt University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Detroit Matters ~ Brian Doucet; Section I: Lessons from Detroit; Detroit’s Bankruptcy: Treating the symptom, not the cause ~ George Galster; Detroit in Bankruptcy: What are the Lessons to be Learned? ~ Reynolds Farley ; Between economic revival and social disruption: The redevelopment of Greater Downtown and the emergence of new socio-spatial Inequalities ~ René Kreichauf; A new urban medicine show: On the limits of blight remediation ~ Joshua Akers; Reshaping the gray spaces: Resident self-provisioning and urban form in Detroit ~ Kimberley Kinder; Preserving Detroit by preserving Its baseball history ~ Jason Roche; This is (not) Detroit: Projecting the future of Germany’s Ruhr region ~ Julia Sattler; Intermezzo I: ‘You may not know my Detroit’ ~ jessica Care moore; Section II: Practices from Detroit; Evolution of municipal government in Detroit ~ John Gallagher; Detroit’s emerging innovation in urban infrastructure: how liabilities become assets for energy, water, industry and informatics ~ Dan Kinkead; Visions In conflict: A city of possibilities ~ Sharon Howell and Richard Feldman; Reconstructing Detroit: the resilient city ~ Khalil Ligon; Reawakening culture among Detroit’s resident majority ~ Jessica Brooke Williams; Make sure you’re helping: Experts, solidarity and effective partnering with locals ~ Drew Philp; New Strategies DMC, takin’ it all back home: Lessons from Detroit for arts practices in the Netherlands ~ Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte and Niko Doulos; Intermezzo II: My Detroit ~ Tyree Guyton; Section III: Conversations from Detroit; Lowell Boileau, artist and founder of DetroitYES; Sandra Hines, Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality; Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network; Dan Carmody, Eastern Market Corporation; Jackie Victor, Avalon International Breads; Phil Cooley, Entrepreneur, owner of Slows Bar-B-Q and Ponyride; Wayne Curtis and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis, Feedom Freedom Farmers; Julia Putnam, Amanda Rosman and Marisol Teachworth, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School; Yusef Shakur, author and neighbourhood organizer; Grace Lee Boggs, activist; Conclusion: Detroit and the future of the city ~ Brian Doucet.

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Book SynopsisBringing together experts from both fields, this collection illuminates the myriad of ways that human geography offers rich insights conceptually, empirically and methodologically into the neglected spatialities of social policy scholarship, practice and experience.Trade Review“This book is to be greatly welcomed. Social policy analysis has tended to neglect – certainly to downplay – the significance of the spatial dimension, and this volume makes an admirable contribution towards correcting this imbalance.” Nick Ellison, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Adam Whitworth Section 1: Concepts Spaces of Welfare Localism: Geographies of Locality-Making ~ Martin Jones Doing space and star power: Foucault, exclusion-inclusion and the spatial history of social policy ~ Chris Philo Section 2: Themes Grenfell and the place of housing in modern life ~ Anna Minton Re-placing employment support: Multi-spatial activation diorama ~ Adam Whitworth Making markets: social impact investing and new spaces of financialisation in social policy ~ Jay Wiggan A critical neuro-geography of behaviourally - and neuroscientifically - informed public policy ~ Jessica Pykett Section 3: Methods Not just nuisance. Spatializing social statistics ~ Richard Harris Situating social policy analysis: Possibilities from quantitative and qualitative GIS ~ Scott Orford and Brian Webb Retrospective Developing a spatial social policy: Taking stock and looking to the future ~ John Clarke

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