Urban communities / city life Books

Book SynopsisAs the civic engagement gap widens across lines of race, class, and ethnicity, educators in today’s urban schools must reconsider what it means to teach for citizenship; however, few resources exist that speak to their unique contexts. Teaching for Citizenship in Urban Schools offers lessons and strategies that combines the power of inquiry-driven teaching with a funds of knowledge approach to capitalize on the lived civic experiences of urban youth and children.Teaching for Citizenship in Urban Schools presents six strategies for making civic and social studies education relevant and engaging: using photovoice for social change, conducting culturally responsive investigations of community, defining American Black founders, enacting hip-hop pedagogy, employing equity literacy to explore immigrant enclaves, and drawing on young adult fiction to teach about police violence. Written by some of the leading scholars in the field, each chapter includes an overview of the strategy and lessons for both elementary and secondary students. As a whole, these lessons draw on neighborhood resources, facilitate cultural exchanges among students and teachers, create community networks, and bridge schools and communities in a shared mission of building a just and inclusive democracy.This book is for anyone who values student-centered, inquiry-driven, and culturally-sustaining pedagogies that foster a deeper understanding of citizenship within a diverse democracy.

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Book SynopsisA major premise of the book is that teachers, school leaders, and school support staff are not taught how to create school and classroom environments to support the academic and social success of Black male students. The purpose of this book is to help champion a paradigmatic shift in educating Black males.This books aims to provide an asset and solution-based framework that connects the educational system with community cultural wealth and educational outcomes. The text will be a sourcebook for in-service and pre-service teachers, administrators, district leaders, and school support staff to utilize in their quest to increase academic and social success for their Black male students. Adopting a strengths-based epistemological stance, this book will provide concerned constituencies with a framework from which to engage and produce success.Table of Contents Foreword - James Earl Davis Acknowledgments Chapter 1: An Academic and Social Paradigm Shift From Focusing on Failure to Focusing on Assets and Solutions Chapter 2: Getting to Know Black Male Students: A Key Ingredient in Academic and Social Success Chapter 3: Who are You? What Makes You Qualified to Serve Black Male Students? Chapter 4: Examining the Academic, Behavior, and Discipline Practices for Black Male Students: What Are You Willing To Do? Chapter 5: A Schoolwide Blueprint for Racial Equity to Promote Academic and Social Success for Black Males

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Book SynopsisA major premise of the book is that teachers, school leaders, and school support staff are not taught how to create school and classroom environments to support the academic and social success of Black male students. The purpose of this book is to help champion a paradigmatic shift in educating Black males.This books aims to provide an asset and solution-based framework that connects the educational system with community cultural wealth and educational outcomes. The text will be a sourcebook for in-service and pre-service teachers, administrators, district leaders, and school support staff to utilize in their quest to increase academic and social success for their Black male students. Adopting a strengths-based epistemological stance, this book will provide concerned constituencies with a framework from which to engage and produce success.Table of Contents Foreword - James Earl Davis Acknowledgments Chapter 1: An Academic and Social Paradigm Shift From Focusing on Failure to Focusing on Assets and Solutions Chapter 2: Getting to Know Black Male Students: A Key Ingredient in Academic and Social Success Chapter 3: Who are You? What Makes You Qualified to Serve Black Male Students? Chapter 4: Examining the Academic, Behavior, and Discipline Practices for Black Male Students: What Are You Willing To Do? Chapter 5: A Schoolwide Blueprint for Racial Equity to Promote Academic and Social Success for Black Males

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Book SynopsisMany Turkish cities have witnessed increasing micro and macro-spatial dimensions in urban social movements, shaping urban space over recent decades. Typical Turkish urban social movements have generally shared the same goals, been based on actors' lower-class backgrounds and locally-rooted associations, and have employed similar types of action and strategies against authority. However, the Gezi Park protests were of a singular and different character. This book aims to explore the Gezi Park protests, and discusses their role in changing the character of urban social movements in Turkey, by asking the following questions: What social, political, and economic forces changed the structure of the protests over the years in Turkey? In turn, how has the Gezi Park movement shaped our understanding of new Turkish urban social movements?

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Book SynopsisThe chapters in Urban Educational Leadership for Social Justice: International Perspectives constitute a collection of works that explore dynamics related to equity in multiple contexts. Authors examined these issues in Turkey, Egypt the United States, Thailand and at a global level by comparing and contrasting school leadership practice across borders. Considered as a whole, these papers explore various topics that will be at the forefront of educational research for years to come. Increasingly, educationalleadership understand that there are important lessons to be learned internationally and globally. This book includes important research conceived from these perspectives. Our hope is that individually and collectively, they might contribute to our understanding of international and global issues in educational leadership and that they will extend, challenge and deepen extant lines of inquiry and begin others.

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Book SynopsisThe chapters in Urban Educational Leadership for Social Justice: International Perspectives constitute a collection of works that explore dynamics related to equity in multiple contexts. Authors examined these issues in Turkey, Egypt the United States, Thailand and at a global level by comparing and contrasting school leadership practice across borders. Considered as a whole, these papers explore various topics that will be at the forefront of educational research for years to come. Increasingly, educationalleadership understand that there are important lessons to be learned internationally and globally. This book includes important research conceived from these perspectives. Our hope is that individually and collectively, they might contribute to our understanding of international and global issues in educational leadership and that they will extend, challenge and deepen extant lines of inquiry and begin others.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies that include: surveys, interviews, focus groups, visual and video projects, social media, and student participation in governance. Chapters provide a definition of student voice, context for public schooling in the United States, and introduce a framework for including student voice in school renewal processes. Examples guide readers to implementation of the framework to include student voices in diverse educational settings. Authentic voices of approximately 175 students interviewed by the authors express what it is that they really want from public schools and how pre K-12 educators can provide a structure for ongoing student participation in governance and the work of the school. The existing literature explores student characteristics such as poverty, cultural diversity, and what the experts believe students need public schools to provide. Within the research, urban public schools and technical reform are often explored and examined separately from conversations about what students want from schools, excluding opportunities for their voices and diverse perspectives to be heard. Listening to students describe instances of bullying or teachers’ low academic expectations provides educators with opportunities to address issues that impede student learning. The uniqueness of this framework for including student voice is that it provides multiple opportunities for students in any grade level to tell us what it is they want from public schools, and to make meaningful and lasting contributions to school renewal efforts.Table of Contents Foreword, Dr. Gloria Ladson Billings. Dedication, Introduction, Dr. Loyce Caruthers and Dr. Jennifer Friend. PART I: STUDENT VOICE AND THE CONTEXT FOR URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. Student Voice and Storytelling: The Value in Listening to Students, Introduction. Student Voice and Symbolic Violence. Student Voice and School Renewal. Student Voice and Storytelling. The Power of Stories. The Paradigm of the Personal: Voice. Interrogating Race, Ethnicity, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The Demonstration of the Deconstruction Process. Mike’s Story. Deconstruction of Mike’s Story. Storytelling and School Renewal. The Constructed Others: Race, Gender, Identity, and Intelligence, Introduction. The Construction of “Otherness”. Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class: Identity Development and Intelligence. The Construction of Race. Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class. Identity Development. Race and Intelligence. Conclusion. The Constructed Others: Issues of Power and Privilege, Introduction. Social Class: Issues of Power and Privilege. Schools and the Narrative of Power and Privilege. The Narrative of White Privilege. Conclusion. The Policy Context for Urban Public Education in the United States, Introduction. Educational Finance: Issues of Equity and Adequacy. Federal Legislation for Public Education. Looking to the Future. The Numbers: America’s Love Affair with Statistics, Introduction. Race and Student Achievement. Poverty and Student Achievement. Building Cultural Capital. Conclusion. PART II: THE FRAMEWORK FOR INCLUDING STUDENT VOICE IN URBAN SCHOOL RENEWAL. The Framework for Including Student Voice in Urban Schools, Rationale for Implementing the Framework for Student Voice. Engaging Student voice for Public Interest. The Framework for Including Student Voice in School Renewal. Systematic Data Collection: Diverse Students’ Perspectives. Collaborative Data Analysis: Involve Diverse Stakeholders. Preliminary Conclusions and Hypotheses. Additional Data Collection and Analysis. Conclusions Integrated into School Renewal Process. Evaluation and Reflection. Continue to Implement the Framework. Kids Want Caring Teachers with High Academic Expectations, Introduction. Individual Variables and Class-level Expectations. Individual Variables. Academic Achievement. Program Placement. Gender. Language. Socioeconomic Class. Temperamental Styles. Race and Ethnicity. Classroom-level Expectations. Caring Teachers. Kids Want to Feel Safe at School, Introduction. School Climate. Bullying. Feeling Safe at School. Kids Want Active and Engaging Learning Opportunities, Introduction. Student Engagement. Theories of Underachievement. Deficit-deprivation Theory. The Theory of Structural Inequality. Tracking. The Theory of Cultural Discontinuity. Fourth Grade Failure Syndrome. The Acting White Theory. Lure of the Street Life Theory and Peer Pressure. Parents are at Fault Theory. Underprepared Teachers. Low Teacher Expectations. Conclusion. Kids Want to Know More about Their Own Cultures and Cultures of All People, Introduction. African-centered Schools. English-language Learners. The Nature of Culture? Culturally Competent Teachers. Multiculturalism. McLaren: Forms of Multiculturalism . King’s Deciphering Knowledge. Multicultural Citizenship. Critical Race Theory as a Lens for Understanding Diversity. Conclusion. PART III: APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK: FINDING OUT WHAT KIDS WANT FROM URBAN SCHOOLS. Students Interviews and Focus Groups, Introduction. Interviews and Focus Groups: Entering the World of Students. Face-to-Face Interviews. Student Focus Groups. Interviewing with a Purpose. Selecting the Interviewer. Selecting Interview Participants. Deciding on Interview. Questions. Types of Questions. Formulating Questions and What to Avoid. Probing. The Interview Guide. Making Meaning of Interview Data. Conclusion. Student Surveys , Introduction. Survey Design and Selection. Likert Items. Open-ended and Closed Questions. Reliability and Validity. Survey Administration. Sampling Techniques. Analyzing and Applying Survey Results. Analyzing Survey Results. Sharing and Utilizing Survey Results. Ethical Considerations. Visual Methods and Technology, Introduction. Critical Arts-Based Inquiry. Student-Produced Video Projects. Technology and Online Social Networks. Student Blogs, Wikis, and Online Publications. Conclusion. Students Participating in Governance and School Committees. Introduction. Preparing Adults and Students for Collaborative Governance. Students and School Governance. Students on Local Governing Boards: Chocolate Milk Every Day! Site-Based Advisory Council. Student Service on School Committees. Conclusion. Conclusion., Introduction. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Culturally Responsive Teaching. Funds of Knowledge. Cultural Modeling Framework. Reflections. Implications and Future Recommendations. Honoring the Voices of Students. Engaging Student Voice for Community Leadership. Future Research. Additional Resources on Race. Student Assent Form. Parent Consent Form. References. Acknowledgments. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies that include: surveys, interviews, focus groups, visual and video projects, social media, and student participation in governance. Chapters provide a definition of student voice, context for public schooling in the United States, and introduce a framework for including student voice in school renewal processes. Examples guide readers to implementation of the framework to include student voices in diverse educational settings. Authentic voices of approximately 175 students interviewed by the authors express what it is that they really want from public schools and how pre K-12 educators can provide a structure for ongoing student participation in governance and the work of the school. The existing literature explores student characteristics such as poverty, cultural diversity, and what the experts believe students need public schools to provide. Within the research, urban public schools and technical reform are often explored and examined separately from conversations about what students want from schools, excluding opportunities for their voices and diverse perspectives to be heard. Listening to students describe instances of bullying or teachers’ low academic expectations provides educators with opportunities to address issues that impede student learning. The uniqueness of this framework for including student voice is that it provides multiple opportunities for students in any grade level to tell us what it is they want from public schools, and to make meaningful and lasting contributions to school renewal efforts.Table of Contents Foreword, Dr. Gloria Ladson Billings. Dedication, Introduction, Dr. Loyce Caruthers and Dr. Jennifer Friend. PART I: STUDENT VOICE AND THE CONTEXT FOR URBAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES. Student Voice and Storytelling: The Value in Listening to Students, Introduction. Student Voice and Symbolic Violence. Student Voice and School Renewal. Student Voice and Storytelling. The Power of Stories. The Paradigm of the Personal: Voice. Interrogating Race, Ethnicity, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. The Demonstration of the Deconstruction Process. Mike’s Story. Deconstruction of Mike’s Story. Storytelling and School Renewal. The Constructed Others: Race, Gender, Identity, and Intelligence, Introduction. The Construction of “Otherness”. Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class: Identity Development and Intelligence. The Construction of Race. Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class. Identity Development. Race and Intelligence. Conclusion. The Constructed Others: Issues of Power and Privilege, Introduction. Social Class: Issues of Power and Privilege. Schools and the Narrative of Power and Privilege. The Narrative of White Privilege. Conclusion. The Policy Context for Urban Public Education in the United States, Introduction. Educational Finance: Issues of Equity and Adequacy. Federal Legislation for Public Education. Looking to the Future. The Numbers: America’s Love Affair with Statistics, Introduction. Race and Student Achievement. Poverty and Student Achievement. Building Cultural Capital. Conclusion. PART II: THE FRAMEWORK FOR INCLUDING STUDENT VOICE IN URBAN SCHOOL RENEWAL. The Framework for Including Student Voice in Urban Schools, Rationale for Implementing the Framework for Student Voice. Engaging Student voice for Public Interest. The Framework for Including Student Voice in School Renewal. Systematic Data Collection: Diverse Students’ Perspectives. Collaborative Data Analysis: Involve Diverse Stakeholders. Preliminary Conclusions and Hypotheses. Additional Data Collection and Analysis. Conclusions Integrated into School Renewal Process. Evaluation and Reflection. Continue to Implement the Framework. Kids Want Caring Teachers with High Academic Expectations, Introduction. Individual Variables and Class-level Expectations. Individual Variables. Academic Achievement. Program Placement. Gender. Language. Socioeconomic Class. Temperamental Styles. Race and Ethnicity. Classroom-level Expectations. Caring Teachers. Kids Want to Feel Safe at School, Introduction. School Climate. Bullying. Feeling Safe at School. Kids Want Active and Engaging Learning Opportunities, Introduction. Student Engagement. Theories of Underachievement. Deficit-deprivation Theory. The Theory of Structural Inequality. Tracking. The Theory of Cultural Discontinuity. Fourth Grade Failure Syndrome. The Acting White Theory. Lure of the Street Life Theory and Peer Pressure. Parents are at Fault Theory. Underprepared Teachers. Low Teacher Expectations. Conclusion. Kids Want to Know More about Their Own Cultures and Cultures of All People, Introduction. African-centered Schools. English-language Learners. The Nature of Culture? Culturally Competent Teachers. Multiculturalism. McLaren: Forms of Multiculturalism . King’s Deciphering Knowledge. Multicultural Citizenship. Critical Race Theory as a Lens for Understanding Diversity. Conclusion. PART III: APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK: FINDING OUT WHAT KIDS WANT FROM URBAN SCHOOLS. Students Interviews and Focus Groups, Introduction. Interviews and Focus Groups: Entering the World of Students. Face-to-Face Interviews. Student Focus Groups. Interviewing with a Purpose. Selecting the Interviewer. Selecting Interview Participants. Deciding on Interview. Questions. Types of Questions. Formulating Questions and What to Avoid. Probing. The Interview Guide. Making Meaning of Interview Data. Conclusion. Student Surveys , Introduction. Survey Design and Selection. Likert Items. Open-ended and Closed Questions. Reliability and Validity. Survey Administration. Sampling Techniques. Analyzing and Applying Survey Results. Analyzing Survey Results. Sharing and Utilizing Survey Results. Ethical Considerations. Visual Methods and Technology, Introduction. Critical Arts-Based Inquiry. Student-Produced Video Projects. Technology and Online Social Networks. Student Blogs, Wikis, and Online Publications. Conclusion. Students Participating in Governance and School Committees. Introduction. Preparing Adults and Students for Collaborative Governance. Students and School Governance. Students on Local Governing Boards: Chocolate Milk Every Day! Site-Based Advisory Council. Student Service on School Committees. Conclusion. Conclusion., Introduction. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Culturally Responsive Teaching. Funds of Knowledge. Cultural Modeling Framework. Reflections. Implications and Future Recommendations. Honoring the Voices of Students. Engaging Student Voice for Community Leadership. Future Research. Additional Resources on Race. Student Assent Form. Parent Consent Form. References. Acknowledgments. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisTeacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. At least half of all new K?12 teachers leave theprofession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career? long educators. This book results from an in?depth qualitative study that explored one 40?year veteran teacher’s career narrative, analyzing how she not only survived the burn out epidemic, but also thrived as a highly effective career?long urban teacher.Part 1 of this book uses a critical socio?political lens is used to guide readers through the complexities of career thrival. Framed within the story of one new urban teacher’s typical morning, the book begins with an overview of the socio?political forces that lead to urban teacher burn out. In spite of the obstacles, the more hopeful idea of urban teacher thrival is uncovered through narrative methodology. Part 2 is dedicated to the dynamic narrative of a veteran urban teacher career journey. This inspiring story is related to frameworks established in Part 1, as well as painting a picture of how public education has evolved over the last 40 years, and it’s impact on the lives of teachers.Part 3 takes a deeper dive into three salient themes that permeated throughout the participant’s story. First hope springs eternal is the idea that sustaining hope supported the teacher’s career thrival. Next, the extended education family is the notion that familial?like relationships at school nourished her longevity. The third theme, creative autonomy, reveals that by being empowered with opportunities for curriculum development and instructional decision?making the teacher maintained her passion. This book concludes with recommendations for teachers, educational leaders and teacher educators to develop and maintain thriving teachers.

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Book SynopsisTeacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. At least half of all new K?12 teachers leave theprofession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career? long educators. This book results from an in?depth qualitative study that explored one 40?year veteran teacher’s career narrative, analyzing how she not only survived the burn out epidemic, but also thrived as a highly effective career?long urban teacher.Part 1 of this book uses a critical socio?political lens is used to guide readers through the complexities of career thrival. Framed within the story of one new urban teacher’s typical morning, the book begins with an overview of the socio?political forces that lead to urban teacher burn out. In spite of the obstacles, the more hopeful idea of urban teacher thrival is uncovered through narrative methodology. Part 2 is dedicated to the dynamic narrative of a veteran urban teacher career journey. This inspiring story is related to frameworks established in Part 1, as well as painting a picture of how public education has evolved over the last 40 years, and it’s impact on the lives of teachers.Part 3 takes a deeper dive into three salient themes that permeated throughout the participant’s story. First hope springs eternal is the idea that sustaining hope supported the teacher’s career thrival. Next, the extended education family is the notion that familial?like relationships at school nourished her longevity. The third theme, creative autonomy, reveals that by being empowered with opportunities for curriculum development and instructional decision?making the teacher maintained her passion. This book concludes with recommendations for teachers, educational leaders and teacher educators to develop and maintain thriving teachers.

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Book SynopsisFrench playwright, novelist, activist, and journalist Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814) passionately captured scenes of social injustice in pre-Revolutionary Paris in his prolific oeuvre but today remains an understudied writer. In this penetrating study—the first in English devoted to Mercier in decades—Michael Mulryan explores his unpublished writings and urban chronicles, Tableau de Paris (1781–88) and Le Nouveau Paris (1798), in which he identified the city as a microcosm of national societal problems, detailed the conditions of the laboring poor, encouraged educational reform, and confronted universal social ills. Mercier’s rich writings speak powerfully to the sociopolitical problems that continue to afflict us as political leaders manipulate public debate and encourage absolutist thinking, deepening social divides. An outcast for his polemical views during his lifetime, Mercier has been called the founder of modern urban discourse, and his work a precursor to investigative journalism. This sensitive study returns him to his rightful place among Enlightenment thinkers.Trade Review“Mulryan analyzes the social divisions and the reforming policies that are expressed through the representation of urban space. One of the most important contributions of this book lies in the exploration of unpublished texts and of perspectives little addressed by critics such as the religious anchoring of Mercier's thought.”— Geneviève Boucher, associate professor of French, University of Ottawa “A comprehensive exploration of Mercier’s wonderfully entertaining ‘tableaux de Paris’ and his lively, passionate, and multi-faceted commitment to social justice. In this highly informative, highly necessary study, Mulryan demonstrates with great clarity and precision why Mercier is a major late Enlightenment writer.”— Laurence Mall, author of Emile ou les figures de la fiction “This original investigation into pre-and post-Revolutionary Paris and its festive, social, and artistic spaces vividly captures Mercier’s journalisme engagé. A fascinating study worthy of this eclectic, pivotal author.”— Fabienne Moore, author of Prose Poems of the French Enlightenment: Delimiting Genre “Mulryan’s book might as well be about the unannounced birth of sociology some fifty years before Auguste Comte. Through his reading of the urban space of Paris and his representation of the different strands of Parisian society, Mercier exposed in great detail the existence of inequalities, abuses, and injustices that had hitherto mostly been treated theoretically; and as Mulryan shows quite dexterously, this practical, urban approach allows Mercier to give practical solutions to the woes of France, before and after the Revolution.”— Fayçal Falaky, author of Social Contract, Masochist Contract: Aesthetics of Freedom and Submission in RousseauTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1 The Desolation of Festive Space in Tableau de Paris 2 Authoritarian versus Enlightened Approaches to Urban Space in Tableau de Paris 3 Art and Society in Tableau de Paris 4 Mercier’s “New” Chaotic Paris: Surviving a Moral Vacuum among the Delusional, the Dethroned, and the Disenfranchised 5 The Regeneration of the French Citizen: The “Homme Nouveau” as the Cornerstone Mercier’s Modern Urbs Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrench playwright, novelist, activist, and journalist Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814) passionately captured scenes of social injustice in pre-Revolutionary Paris in his prolific oeuvre but today remains an understudied writer. In this penetrating study—the first in English devoted to Mercier in decades—Michael Mulryan explores his unpublished writings and urban chronicles, Tableau de Paris (1781–88) and Le Nouveau Paris (1798), in which he identified the city as a microcosm of national societal problems, detailed the conditions of the laboring poor, encouraged educational reform, and confronted universal social ills. Mercier’s rich writings speak powerfully to the sociopolitical problems that continue to afflict us as political leaders manipulate public debate and encourage absolutist thinking, deepening social divides. An outcast for his polemical views during his lifetime, Mercier has been called the founder of modern urban discourse, and his work a precursor to investigative journalism. This sensitive study returns him to his rightful place among Enlightenment thinkers.Trade Review“A comprehensive exploration of Mercier’s wonderfully entertaining ‘tableaux de Paris’ and his lively, passionate, and multi-faceted commitment to social justice. In this highly informative, highly necessary study, Mulryan demonstrates with great clarity and precision why Mercier is a major late Enlightenment writer.” -- Laurence Mall * author of Emile ou les figures de la fiction *“This original investigation into pre-and post-Revolutionary Paris and its festive, social, and artistic spaces vividly captures Mercier’s journalisme engagé. A fascinating study worthy of this eclectic, pivotal author.” -- Fabienne Moore * author of Prose Poems of the French Enlightenment: Delimiting Genre *“Mulryan’s book might as well be about the unannounced birth of sociology some fifty years before Auguste Comte. Through his reading of the urban space of Paris and his representation of the different strands of Parisian society, Mercier exposed in great detail the existence of inequalities, abuses, and injustices that had hitherto mostly been treated theoretically; and as Mulryan shows quite dexterously, this practical, urban approach allows Mercier to give practical solutions to the woes of France, before and after the Revolution.” -- Fayçal Falaky * author of Social Contract, Masochist Contract: Aesthetics of Freedom and Submission in Rousseau *“Mulryan analyzes the social divisions and the reforming policies that are expressed through the representation of urban space. One of the most important contributions of this book lies in the exploration of unpublished texts and of perspectives little addressed by critics such as the religious anchoring of Mercier's thought.” -- Geneviève Boucher * associate professor of French, University of Ottawa *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1 The Desolation of Festive Space in Tableau de Paris 2 Authoritarian versus Enlightened Approaches to Urban Space in Tableau de Paris 3 Art and Society in Tableau de Paris 4 Mercier’s “New” Chaotic Paris: Surviving a Moral Vacuum among the Delusional, the Dethroned, and the Disenfranchised 5 The Regeneration of the French Citizen: The “Homme Nouveau” as the Cornerstone Mercier’s Modern Urbs Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.'In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra – author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo – expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism and pulsating sense of selfimportance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through profiles of people, high and low, with a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers, artists, thieves and visionaries.Along with its people, Nowra surveys the city's architecture and its global identity. And as Sydney's history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond, Nowra revels in its neon lighting, music, skyscrapers and sense of optimism.

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Book Synopsis The baby boomers and postwar suburbia remain a touchstone. For many, there is a belief that it has never been as good for youngsters and their families, as it was in the postwar years. Boom Kids explores the triumphs and challenges of childhood and adolescence in Calgary's postwar suburbs. The boomers' impact on fifties and sixties Canadian life is unchallenged; social and cultural changes were made to meet their needs and desires. While time has passed, this era stands still in time-viewed as an idyllic period when great hopes and relative prosperity went hand in hand for all. Boom Kids is organized thematically, with chapters focusing on: suburban spaces; the Cold War and its impact on young people; ethnicity, 'race,' and work; the importance of play and recreation; children's bodies, health and sexuality; and "the night," resistances and delinquency. Reinforced throughout this manuscript is the fact that children and adolescents were not only affected by their suburban experiences, but that they influenced the adult world in which they lived. Oral histories from former community members and archival materials, including school-based publications, form the backbone for a study that demonstrates that suburban life was diverse and filled with rich experiences for youngsters.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Mapping Suburbia 2. Bombs, Boom and the Classroom 3. Diversity Deficit and Working Days 4. The Serious Business of Play 5. Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies 6. Things That Go Bump in the Night Conclusion Notes Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAnxious Joburg focuses on Johannesburg, the largest and wealthiest city in South Africa, as a case study for the contemporary global South city. Global South cities are often characterised as sites of contradiction and difference that produce a range of feelings around anxiety. This is often imagined in terms of the global North’s anxieties about the South: migration, crime, terrorism, disease and environmental crisis. Anxious Joburg invites readers to consider an intimate perspective of living inside such a city. How does it feel to live in the metropolis of Johannesburg: what are the conditions, intersections, affects and experiences that mark the contemporary urban? Scholars, visual artists and storytellers, all look at unexamined aspects of Johannesburg life. From peripheral settlements to the inner city to the affluent northern suburbs, from precarious migrants and domestic workers to upwardly mobile young women and fearful elites, Anxious Joburg presents an absorbing engagement with this frustrating, dangerous, seductive city. It offers a rigorous, critical approach to Johannesburg revealing the way in which anxiety is a vital structuring principle of contemporary life. The approach is strongly interdisciplinary, with contributions from media studies, anthropology, religious studies, urban geography, migration studies and psychology. It will appeal to students and teachers, as well as to academic researchers concerned with Johannesburg, South Africa, cities and the global South. The mix of approaches will also draw a non-academic audience.Table of ContentsMap of Johannesburg – Naadira PatelForeword – Sisonke MsimangIntroduction: Traversing the anxious metropolis – Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden Taxi Diaries I What are you doing in Joburg? – Baeletsi Tsatsi Chapter 1 ‘We are all in this together’: Global Citizen, violence and anxiety in Johannesburg – Cobus van StadenChapter 2 ‘It’s not nice to be poor in Joburg’: Compensated relationships as social survival in the city – Lebohang Masango Chapter 3 Driving, cycling and identity in Johannesburg – Njogu MorganTaxi Diaries II Travelling while female – Baeletsi Tsatsi Chapter 4 ‘The white centreline vanishes’: Fragility and anxiety in the elusive metropolis – Derek HookChapter 5 Ugly noo-noos and suburban nightmares – Nicky FalkofChapter 6 The unruly in the anodyne: Nature in gated communities – Renugan RaidooChapter 7 The Chinatown back room: The afterlife of apartheid architectures – Mingwei HuangChapter 8 Shifting topographies of the anxious city – Antonia SteynChapter 9 Photography and religion in anxious Joburg – Joel Cabrita and Sabelo MlangeniChapter 10 Marooned: Seeking asylum as a transgender person in Johannesburg – B. CammingaChapter 11 Everyday urbanisms of fear in Johannesburg’s periphery: The case of Sol Plaatje settlement – Khangelani MoyoChapter 12 Inner-city anxieties: Fear of crime, getting by and disconnected urban lives – Aidan MosselsonTaxi Diaries III And now you are in Joburg – Baeletsi TsatsiAfterword: Urban atmospheres – Sarah NuttallContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThere has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and to demonstrate that today there are greater areas of overlap than there are differences both theoretically and substantively, and that research in either area can help inform research in the other. The book covers the nature of urban agriculture and how it supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services, and community development. It also considers urban agriculture and social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Concepts such as sustainability, resilience, adaptation and community, and the value of urban agriculture as a recreational resource are explored. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why people farm in the city and how urban agriculture can contribute to more sustainable cities in both the Global North and the Global South. Key Features: · One of the first volumes to bring together evidence from urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South · Explores the contribution of urban agriculture to livelihoods, ecosystems and conservation · Numerous case studies examine a very diverse range of urban agriculture systemsTable of Contents1: Defining and Theorizing Global Urban Agriculture 2: A View from the South: Bringing Critical Planning Theory to Urban Agriculture 3: North American Urban Agriculture: Barriers and Benefits 4: A Survey of Urban Community Gardeners in the USA 5: Gardens in the City: Community, Politics and Place in San Diego, California 6: ‘Growing food is work’: The Labour Challenges of Urban Agriculture in Houston, Texas 7: The Marketing of Vegetables in a Northern Ghanaian City: Implications and Trajectories 8: Hunger for Justice: Building Sustainable and Equitable Communities in Massachusetts 9: Sustainability’s Incomplete Circles: Towards a Just Food Politics in Austin, Texas and Havana, Cuba 10: A Political Ecology of Community Gardens in Australia: From Local Issues to Global Lessons 11: Urban Agriculture as Adaptive Capacity: An Example from Senegal 12: Intersection and Material Flow in Open-space Urban Farms in Tanzania 13: Relying on Urban Gardens for Survival within the Building of a Modern City in Colombia 14: Regreening Kibera: How Urban Agriculture Changed the Physical and Social Environment of a Large Slum in Kenya 15: Farm Fresh in the City: Urban Grassroots Food Distribution Networks in Finland 16: The Appropriation of Space through ‘Communist Swarms’: A Socio-spatial Examination of Urban Apiculture in Washington, DC 17: Urban Agriculture and the Reassembly of the City: Lessons from Wuhan, China 18: The Contribution of Smallholder Irrigated Urban Agriculture Towards Household Food Security in Harare, Zimbabwe 19: Community Gardens as Urban Social–Ecological Refuges in the Global North 20: Global Urban Agriculture into the Future: Urban Cultivation as Accepted Practice

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Book Synopsis'This book, although relatively short, is a tour de force. The book is elegantly written, offering a persuasive narrative in which the arguments and the prose flow smoothly from one theme to another. The reader is pulled along various lines of argument running parallel, but ultimately these are brought back together in a concluding synthesis. This is a superb book. I know of no other recent volume with a similar broad scope, internal cohesion, and argumentative rigour, as well as persuasive writing style. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in global economic transformations and the expanded role of global city regions.'- Larry S. Bourne, Canadian Studies in PopulationThis innovative volume offers an in-depth analysis of the many ways in which new forms of capitalism in the 21st century are affecting and altering the processes of urbanization.Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized by global capitalism s increasing turn to forms of production revolving around technology-intensive artifacts, financial services, and creative commodities such as film, music, and fashion. The author explores how this shift toward a cognitive and cultural economy has caused dramatic changes in the modern economic landscape in general and in the form and function of world cities in particular. Armed with cutting-edge research and decades of expertise, Allen J. Scott breaks new ground in identifying and explaining how the cities of the past are being reshaped into a complex system of global economic spaces marked by intense relationships of competition and cooperation.Professors and students in areas such as geography, urban planning, sociology, and economics will find much to admire in this pioneering volume, as will journalists, policy-makers, and other professionals with an interest in urban studies.Trade Review'This is vintage Allen Scott, but also a tour d horizon of the state of urban studies, 2012, by one of its foremost global practitioners: compulsory reading.' --Peter Hall, University College London, UK'In this book, Allen Scott enriches his longstanding research into the ways in which city-regions function as the main economic engines of global capitalism. The end result is a seminal synthesis of how city-regions are increasingly enchained with one another in intensifying relations of competition and cooperation, and is a must-read for students and scholars alike.' --Ben Derudder, Monash University, Australia and Ghent University, Belgium'Scott's book is a remarkable treatment of the emerging global economy, weaving together the frontiers of technology and the ways in which labor is managed and surplus created with the cities of tomorrow. His book challenges conventional notions of the 'global city' to provide a more nuanced account of the ways in which the emerging cultural-cognitive economy of the 21st century is producing urban landscapes. His conception of the city of tomorrow is informed by deep knowledge of the contemporary city around the world and provides the reader with the conceptual building blocks to re-frame how we think about urbanization now and in the future.' --Gordon L. Clark, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A Brief Historical Geography of Capitalism 2. On Urbanization and Urban Theory 3. Toward a New Economy: Technology, Labor, Globalization 4. Economic Geography and the World System 5. Emerging Cities of the Third Wave 6. Human Capital and the Urban Hierarchy 7. Symbolic Analysts and the Service Underclass 8. Social Milieu and Built Form of the City 9. Interstitial Geographies: The Cultural Economy of Landscape 10. Cosmopolis 11. Brave New World? References Index

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Book SynopsisThe focus of published narrative on the great Chinese urbanization wave was always going to sharpen - away from the general fascination, assertions, theories and commentaries to specific issues and specific regions. Well here is a first class example of the next generation of urban china books, focusing on topic and city. Chengdu, a city on the foothills of the Himalayas in Western China, has enacted a bold experiment with the institutions and organizations that shape urban-rural interactions. The world, not just China, should be interested in the results as a city-region multi-level government hierarchy grapples with new models for harmonizing property rights between urban and rural areas, allocating government competencies to appropriate levels, constructing strategic infrastructure; and by these and other means, attempts to coordinate growth of urban activities into the countryside while preserving agricultural capacity. Ye and LeGates do a fine job in marshaling data and making sense of it through clear text and compelling arguments. A must read for students and researchers of urban China.'- Chris Webster, University of Hong Kong'This extraordinary case study of Chengdu, China breaks new ground in the understanding of 21st century urbanization. Its detailed coverage of critical policy changes and practice illuminates our understanding of the rapid changes and important adaptive responses that China has forged to accommodate massive demographic and economic shifts that this country and many others around the world are experiencing. Its impeccable scholarship and clear explanations make this book the key guide and authoritative reference on this topic.'- Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, USThis detailed study offers a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to China's crucial policy to coordinate urban and rural development. It describes the theoretical, political, and economic reasons why China allowed a large gap between urban and rural incomes, public services, and quality of life to emerge, and the recent national and local government efforts to narrow this inequality.The authors draw primarily on extensive field research and experience in Chengdu, China's leading pilot region for the policy. They describe and explain Chengdu's governmental, administrative, economic, political, and planning system reforms and their accomplishments in clarifying land use rights, rationalizing industrial zones, modernizing agriculture, implementing regional planning, and equalizing infrastructure and services. Coordinating urban and rural development is one of the most pressing problems facing developing countries today. This book places China's experience in context and explains what other cities in China and throughout the developing world can learn from Chengdu as they develop and urbanize.This important book will appeal to academics and policymakers interested in urban planning, economics and development in China, Asia, and elsewhere. It will undoubtedly become an indispensable resource for urbanizing countries throughout the world.Contents: Preface 1. Urban-Rural Development in an Urbanizing World 2. China's Urban-Rural Relationships and National Modernization 3. The Chengdu Model of Coordinated Urban Rural Development: Framework and Strategy 4. Governance and Public Administration Reform 5. Urban and Rural Planning and Development in Chengdu 6. Equalizing Public Services 7. Grassroots Democracy: The Foundation of Rural Modernization 8. Functional Zones and Economic Growth 9. Restructuring Land, Labor, and Capital Markets 10. Chengdu Experience's Value for China and the Challenges for its Wider Application 11. What the World Can Learn from Chengdu 12. Conclusion Appendix: Concepts and Terms Related to Coordinated Urban-Rural Development References IndexTrade Review‘This extraordinary case study of Chengdu, China breaks new ground in the understanding of 21st century urbanization. Its detailed coverage of critical policy changes and practice illuminates our understanding of the rapid changes and important adaptive responses that China has forged to accommodate massive demographic and economic shifts that this country and many others around the world are experiencing. Its impeccable scholarship and clear explanations make this book the key guide and authoritative reference on this topic.’ -- Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, US‘The new Chinese leadership announced in 2013 that “new approaches of urbanization” should be the future of China. Our experience so far has been limited to the coastal region. The collaboration between Ye Cumin, a scholar based in China with in-depth knowledge, and Richard LeGates, a researcher with extensive western experience, resulted in this fruitful publication, providing insights from Chengdu, about integrated urban–rural development. This is a fascinating story and timely contribution to urban China research.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK‘This book provides a vivid picture of the urban-rural coordinated development of Chengdu, and has important reference value for other developing regions in reducing urban–rural disparity through institutional reform.’ -- Li Tian, Tongji University‘Ye and LeGates offer a richly detailed and up-to-date study of Chengdu, China’s widely celebrated initiative to integrate urban and rural development. They build upon, but also expand, the pioneering scholarship of Terry McGee on the peri-urban phenomenon. The fate of rural areas surrounding rapidly expanding urban megacities like Chengdu is a global challenge for planners that will benefit from the critical assessment offered in this volume.’ -- Christopher Silver, University of Florida, US‘This book presents a promising progress on regional development governance based on ongoing activities in Chengdu. Coordinating urban and rural development is an overwhelming challenge faced by many countries in the world that are urbanizing. The book discusses issues that are uncommon in literature about China, such as reform, public service equity, and grassroots democracy, and is written by a leading scholar on the subject. It will enrich our knowledge about China’s development.’ -- Wilmar Salim, Institut Teknologi Bandung‘The growth of China’s cities has astounded the world, but the transformation of its countryside may prove to be even more dramatic. Ye and LeGates’s book provides the first comprehensive case study of how Chinese governance is adapting to changing relations between city and country. Their exposition of urban–rural coordinated development in the municipality of Chengdu, at the forefront of national policy innovation, is a must-read for scholars and practitioners interested in the future of China’s vast and populous city-regions.’ -- Daniel Abramson, University of Washington, US‘The focus of published narrative on the great Chinese urbanization wave was always going to sharpen – away from the general fascination, assertions, theories and commentaries to specific issues and specific regions. Well here is a first class example of the next generation of urban china books, focusing on topic and city. Chengdu, a city on the foothills of the Himalayas in Western China, has enacted a bold experiment with the institutions and organizations that shape urban-rural interactions. The world, not just China, should be interested in the results as a city-region multi-level government hierarchy grapples with new models for harmonizing property rights between urban and rural areas, allocating government competencies to appropriate levels, constructing strategic infrastructure; and by these and other means, attempts to coordinate growth of urban activities into the countryside while preserving agricultural capacity. Ye and LeGates do a fine job in marshaling data and making sense of it through clear text and compelling arguments. A must read for students and researchers of urban China.’ -- Chris Webster, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Urban–Rural Development in an Urbanizing World 2. China’s Urban–Rural Relationships and National Modernization 3. The Chengdu Model of Coordinated Urban–Rural Development: Framework and Strategy 4. Governance and Public Administration Reform 5. Urban and Rural Planning and Development in Chengdu 6. Equalizing Public Services 7. Grassroots Democracy: The Foundation of Rural Modernization 8. Functional Zones and Economic Growth 9. Restructuring Land, Labor, and Capital Markets 10. Chengdu Experience’s Value for China and the Challenges for its Wider Application 11. What the World Can Learn from Chengdu 12. Conclusion Appendix: Concepts and Terms Related to Coordinated Urban–Rural Development References Index

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Book Synopsis'Peter J. Taylor has produced a sweeping, empirically grounded, defense of cities as fundamental building blocks of long-term, large scale social structures; a way of freeing social science from state-centric bias; and indeed, mankind's hope. However, the single greatest strength of this complex, seductive, argument is the insistence on treating cities relationally, as process. Here the key to understanding the significance of cities is by studying them in terms of the dynamic networks they form and in their relations to states.'- Richard E. Lee, Binghamton University, USAccepting that cities are extraordinary, this book provides an original city-centred narrative of human creativity, past, present and future.In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of myriad communication networks, the author considers cities from varying temporal and spatial perspectives. Four stories of cities are told: the origins of city networks; the domination of cities by world-empires; the genesis of a singular modern creative interval in which innovation culminates in today s globalised cities; and finally, the need for cities to act as centres for human creativity to produce a more resilient global society in the current crisis century.Providing a long-term view through which to consider the role of cities in attending to incipient crises of the twenty-first century, this closely argued thesis will prove essential for students and scholars of urban studies, geography and sociology, and all those with a professional interest in, or personal fascination for, cities.Contents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and Setting Up 1. A Cities' Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II: Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings: Western Asia's Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe's Great Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures - Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World 8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century References IndexTrade Review'In this intellectually far-reaching, all-encompassing, thoroughly researched, methodologically rigorous archaeological account, Taylor sets out myriad arguments that support his notion that cities (all cities) are exceptional. He offers a city-centric analysis of macro-economic change and in so doing disabuses readers of the idea that the state, typically considered the driver of economic change, is in charge. Indeed, he points to the impotence of the state, were it not for the city. In so doing, he masterfully breaks the mold and departs from tradition. . . Taylor engages in an archaeological dig of mammoth proportions never before witnessed in the study of cities. An incredible work. . . Essential.' --R. Sanders, Choice'The founding father of the famous Globalization and World Cities Research Network and think-tank on worldwide links between cities presents this fascinating overview on cities in geohistory. By moving cities to the centre stage, Peter Taylor proposes that concern for states tell only part of the macro-social story of humanity. Cities have been, and are, the engines of innovation. This impressive new book provides new insights into why cities succeed or fail. The book is in the class with broadminded presentations like Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs and Steel.' --Christian Matthiessen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and President, International Geographical Union's Commission on Urban Geography'This is a 'big' book by Peter Taylor. It tells of the extraordinary world-making powers of cities across the ages, it explains why a state-centric social science has constrained recognition of these powers over the last two centuries, and it outlines a new 'indisciplinarity' to help us make sense of a human condition increasingly forged out of the urban. Anyone troubled by the social sciences as we know them, ought to read this book.' --Ash Amin, Cambridge University, UK and author, Land of StrangersTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and Setting Up 1. A Cities’ Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II: Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings: Western Asia’s Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe’s Great Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures – Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World 8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century References Index

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Book Synopsis'Peter J. Taylor has produced a sweeping, empirically grounded, defense of cities as fundamental building blocks of long-term, large scale social structures; a way of freeing social science from state-centric bias; and indeed, mankind's hope. However, the single greatest strength of this complex, seductive, argument is the insistence on treating cities relationally, as process. Here the key to understanding the significance of cities is by studying them in terms of the dynamic networks they form and in their relations to states.'- Richard E. Lee, Binghamton University, USAccepting that cities are extraordinary, this book provides an original city-centred narrative of human creativity, past, present and future.In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of myriad communication networks, the author considers cities from varying temporal and spatial perspectives. Four stories of cities are told: the origins of city networks; the domination of cities by world-empires; the genesis of a singular modern creative interval in which innovation culminates in today s globalised cities; and finally, the need for cities to act as centres for human creativity to produce a more resilient global society in the current crisis century.Providing a long-term view through which to consider the role of cities in attending to incipient crises of the twenty-first century, this closely argued thesis will prove essential for students and scholars of urban studies, geography and sociology, and all those with a professional interest in, or personal fascination for, cities.Contents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and Setting Up 1. A Cities' Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II: Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings: Western Asia's Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe's Great Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures - Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World 8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century References IndexTrade Review'In this intellectually far-reaching, all-encompassing, thoroughly researched, methodologically rigorous archaeological account, Taylor sets out myriad arguments that support his notion that cities (all cities) are exceptional. He offers a city-centric analysis of macro-economic change and in so doing disabuses readers of the idea that the state, typically considered the driver of economic change, is in charge. Indeed, he points to the impotence of the state, were it not for the city. In so doing, he masterfully breaks the mold and departs from tradition. . . Taylor engages in an archaeological dig of mammoth proportions never before witnessed in the study of cities. An incredible work. . . Essential.' --R. Sanders, Choice'The founding father of the famous Globalization and World Cities Research Network and think-tank on worldwide links between cities presents this fascinating overview on cities in geohistory. By moving cities to the centre stage, Peter Taylor proposes that concern for states tell only part of the macro-social story of humanity. Cities have been, and are, the engines of innovation. This impressive new book provides new insights into why cities succeed or fail. The book is in the class with broadminded presentations like Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs and Steel.' --Christian Matthiessen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and President, International Geographical Union's Commission on Urban Geography'This is a 'big' book by Peter Taylor. It tells of the extraordinary world-making powers of cities across the ages, it explains why a state-centric social science has constrained recognition of these powers over the last two centuries, and it outlines a new 'indisciplinarity' to help us make sense of a human condition increasingly forged out of the urban. Anyone troubled by the social sciences as we know them, ought to read this book.' --Ash Amin, Cambridge University, UK and author, Land of StrangersTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Setting Down and Setting Up 1. A Cities’ Perspective 2. Conceptual Toolkits Part II: Narrative I: Beginning Conjectures 3. City and State Beginnings: Western Asia’s Great Creative Interlude 4. Geographies of Beginning Creative Interludes Part III: Narrative II: World-systems 5. Normal History 6. Making the Modern World-system: Western Europe’s Great Creative Interlude Part IV: Narrative III: Prospective Conjectures – Where Are We and Where Are We Going? 7. Working in an Urban World 8. Towards Green Networks of Cities for the Twenty-first Century References Index

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Book Synopsis'This book, although relatively short, is a tour de force. The book is elegantly written, offering a persuasive narrative in which the arguments and the prose flow smoothly from one theme to another. The reader is pulled along various lines of argument running parallel, but ultimately these are brought back together in a concluding synthesis. This is a superb book. I know of no other recent volume with a similar broad scope, internal cohesion, and argumentative rigour, as well as persuasive writing style. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in global economic transformations and the expanded role of global city regions.'- Larry S. Bourne, Canadian Studies in PopulationThis innovative volume offers an in-depth analysis of the many ways in which new forms of capitalism in the 21st century are affecting and altering the processes of urbanization.Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized by global capitalism s increasing turn to forms of production revolving around technology-intensive artifacts, financial services, and creative commodities such as film, music, and fashion. The author explores how this shift toward a cognitive and cultural economy has caused dramatic changes in the modern economic landscape in general and in the form and function of world cities in particular. Armed with cutting-edge research and decades of expertise, Allen J. Scott breaks new ground in identifying and explaining how the cities of the past are being reshaped into a complex system of global economic spaces marked by intense relationships of competition and cooperation.Professors and students in areas such as geography, urban planning, sociology, and economics will find much to admire in this pioneering volume, as will journalists, policy-makers, and other professionals with an interest in urban studies.Trade Review'This is vintage Allen Scott, but also a tour d horizon of the state of urban studies, 2012, by one of its foremost global practitioners: compulsory reading.' --Peter Hall, University College London, UK'In this book, Allen Scott enriches his longstanding research into the ways in which city-regions function as the main economic engines of global capitalism. The end result is a seminal synthesis of how city-regions are increasingly enchained with one another in intensifying relations of competition and cooperation, and is a must-read for students and scholars alike.' --Ben Derudder, Monash University, Australia and Ghent University, Belgium'Scott's book is a remarkable treatment of the emerging global economy, weaving together the frontiers of technology and the ways in which labor is managed and surplus created with the cities of tomorrow. His book challenges conventional notions of the 'global city' to provide a more nuanced account of the ways in which the emerging cultural-cognitive economy of the 21st century is producing urban landscapes. His conception of the city of tomorrow is informed by deep knowledge of the contemporary city around the world and provides the reader with the conceptual building blocks to re-frame how we think about urbanization now and in the future.' --Gordon L. Clark, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A Brief Historical Geography of Capitalism 2. On Urbanization and Urban Theory 3. Toward a New Economy: Technology, Labor, Globalization 4. Economic Geography and the World System 5. Emerging Cities of the Third Wave 6. Human Capital and the Urban Hierarchy 7. Symbolic Analysts and the Service Underclass 8. Social Milieu and Built Form of the City 9. Interstitial Geographies: The Cultural Economy of Landscape 10. Cosmopolis 11. Brave New World? References Index

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Book SynopsisMegaregions presents an excellent collection of spatial-imaginary cameos drawn from the US and beyond, together with theoretically searching and provocative commentary from its editors. [The book] provides a series of thought-provoking and question-prompting interjections to inspire and prompt new research agendas.'- Kathy Pain, Geographical Review 'This splendid collection both defines and dissects trajectories of a research agenda on one of the chief, yet contested, discursive scalar fixes on our planet in an age of complete urbanization: the megaregion.'- Roger Keil, York University, Toronto, CanadaAre megaregions a meaningful new spatial framework for the analysis of cities in globalization? Drawing together a range of innovative contributions and case studies from around the world, this book interrogates the many claims and counter-claims made about megaregions and critically assesses their position within global urban studies.Connecting research on megaregions to broader theoretical debates about globalized urbanization, the book examines the latest conceptualizations of trans-metropolitan landscapes. It investigates the opportunities and challenges posed by planning and governing at the megaregional scale and moves the debate forward to address questions of 'how', 'why' and 'by whom' megaregional spaces are being constructed.This far-reaching book will be of considerable interest to a broad audience, appealing to those engaged in urban and regional studies, geography and planning, and with direct relevance for policymakers and practitioners working at international, state and local levels.Contributors: B. Fleming, M.R. Glass, J. Harrison, M. Hesse, M. Hoyler, A. Schafran, P. Schmitt, L. Smas, D. Wachsmuth, S.M. Wheeler, X. ZhangTrade Review'Contemporary globalization has given a new lease of life to the study of mega-city regions. Their problem has been that they can be easily designated - simply drawing lines around adjacent urban settlement - and superficially discussed. In contrast, this book revels in the complexities of today's massive urbanization. Treating mega-city regions seriously and critically, this outstanding contribution should be necessary reading for anyone concerned for the problems and possibilities in our unique ''urban century''.' --Peter Taylor, Northumbria University, UK'This challenging and exciting volume provides a comprehensive rethinking of the megaregion. Editors and contributors leave readers in no doubt about the extent of the transformations of the urban form under globalization. Replete with excellent empirical examples from around the world, this volume departs from previous studies. These have focused on questions of definition, delimitation and identification. Rather, the volume turns its attention to the construction of ''megaregions'' and the theoretical and methodological challenges that arise from this approach.' --Kevin Ward, University of Manchester, UK'The growth of megaurban regions represents a profound challenge to extant governmental and governance arrangements, many of which continue to take for granted the power and authority of the national state. This edited collection on Megaregions by John Harrison and Michael Hoyler effectively outlines the global scope of the challenge whilst, at the same time, pointing out its implications for the governance of urban regions in different parts of the world. It is an extremely valuable addition to the growing literature on city-regions and processes of regional urbanization.' --Andrew E.G. Jonas, Hull University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Megaregions: Foundations, Frailties, Futures John Harrison and Michael Hoyler 2. Megaurban Regions: Epistemology, Discourse Patterns, Big Urban Business Markus Hesse 3. Megaregions and the Urban Question: The New Strategic Terrain for US Urban Competitiveness David Wachsmuth 4. Beyond Globalization: A Historical Urban Development Approach to Understanding Megaregions Alex Schafran 5. Five Reasons Why Megaregional Planning Works Against Sustainability Stephen M. Wheeler 6. Conflicting Spaces of Governance in the Imagined Great Lakes Megaregion Michael R. Glass 7. Brave New ‘Megaregional Worlds’? Reflections from a North European Perspective Lukas Smas and Peter Schmitt 8. Globalization and the Megaregion: Investigating the Evolution of the Pearl River Delta in a Historical Perspective Xu Zhang 9. Towards a Megaregional Future: Analysing Progress, Assessing Priorities in the US Megaregion Project Billy Fleming 10. Megaregions Reconsidered: Urban Futures and the Future of the Urban John Harrison and Michael Hoyler Index

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Book SynopsisMounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities' built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the 'urban health niche' as a novel approach to public health and healthy-city planning that integrates the diverse and multi-level health determinants present in a city system.The authors trace the origins of public health and city planning, drawing upon the shifting paradigms of epidemiology. Advanced network analysis techniques are employed to examine multi-scale associations between individual-level health outcomes and built environment features such as density, land-use mix and road network configuration.Healthy Cities will prove a fascinating read for an interdisciplinary body of scholars, practitioners and policy makers within the domains of public policy, regional and urban studies, urban planning, spatial epidemiology, health geography, sociology, public health and psychology.Trade Review‘Our cities’ built environments shape our health and well-being, and Sarkar, Webster and Gallacher conceptualize the “urban health niche” as an approach to public health and healthy-city planning. The book is of practical use for those involved in public policy, public health and urban planning. The text also has a place in academia as a good foundation for new research being done by epidemiologists, urban planners, economists, and sociologists.’ -- Sheryl D. Landry, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Tracing the Ever-evolving Relationship between Urban Planning and Public Health 3. The Urban Health Niche: A New Paradigm in Healthy City Planning 4. Spatial Determinants of Health 5. Spatial Design Network Analysis for Urban Health (sDNA-UH) 6. Urban Built Environment Configuration and Psychological Distress in Later Life: Cross Sectional Results from the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS) 7. Built Environment Configuration and Change in Body Mass Index: The Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS) 8. Does Accessibility to Health Promoting Services Affect Self-perceived Health, HADS Anxiety and Depression? Findings from a Multi-level Analysis of Older Men in Caerphilly 9. Conclusion References Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisCollaborated by Chinese and American scholars, Understanding China's Urbanization opens up a new channel to disseminate Chinese studies to the world. Highly readable, the book provides fine-grained materials and detailed information on Chinese urbanization. Li Zhang, Richard LeGates and Min Zhao effectively convey an indigenous perspective on Chinese urban futures and present a picture with sufficient complexity and wide coverage.'- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK'A most comprehensive book about urbanization in China, with in-depth insights from a talented scholarly team. This book is far more than a snapshot of the Chinese story, it reveals the important developments that have occured as China has transitioned into a dynamic urban country.'- Shi Nan, Secretary General, Urban Planning Society of China'Zhang, LeGates, and Zhao's book builds on the voluminous literature on China's urbanization by adding new data, findings, insights, perspectives, and recommendations. Both academically sophisticated and reader-friendly, the book surveys and critiques research in and outside China and highlights new phenomena in urbanization, governance, migration, foreign direct investment, and city clusters. Richly decorated with illustrations as well as the authors' original statistical and field analyses, the book is a much welcome multidisciplinary contribution to understanding a burning question in China.'- C. Cindy Fan, University of California, Los AngelesChina's urbanization is one of the great earth-changing phenomena of recent times. The way in which China continues to urbanize will have a critical impact on the world economy, global climate change, international relations and a host of other critical issues. Understanding and responding to China's urbanization is of paramount importance to everyone. This book represents a unique exploration of the demographic, spatial, economic and social aspects of China's urban transformation.Based on years of fieldwork and data analysis from different types of cities and towns in every region of China, the authors present a detailed description of how China has urbanized since 1978 and an original theory about the way in which top-down and bottom-up policies have impacted urbanization. They describe China's on-going urbanization process as a 'double-dual' transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one and from a concern with the quantity to the quality of urbanization. In doing so, the authors provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on Chinese urbanization to date.This scholarly study will appeal to academics and practitioners, including professors and postgraduate students of urban studies, planning, geography, Asian studies, and other social science disciplines and professional fields concerned with cities and urban development. Professionals involved in international development, particularly in China and elsewhere in Asia, will be particularly interested in the book.Trade ReviewUnderstanding China's Urbanization is a comprehensive account of the processes, driving forces, and outcomes of urbanization in China. Drawing upon a wealth of theoretical perspectives from multiple disciplines, the book offers a useful framework of analysis - the double dual transition model. It also provides a rich array of evidence to show how exogenous and endogenous forces have shaped the path of China's urban transformation. --Weiping Wu, Tufts UniversityThis is a book full of fascinating ideas that have been accumulated over the years through in-depth engagement with Chinese urbanization research and urban planning practice. The book offers an original and articulate story of Chinese urbanization, supported by up-to-date information and analysis of institutional, regional and sectoral dimensions, as well as a critical discussion of the development and opportunities associated with large city clusters and small towns. --Sun Sheng Han, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Understanding China’s Urbanization 2. Evolution, Status, and Reform of Hukou 3. Governments, Administrative Divisions and Urban Policies 4. Regional Policies and Regional Urbanization 5. Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment and China’s Urbanization 6. Population Flows and Semi-urbanization 7. China’s Evolving City System and Large City Clusters 8. Towns and Rural Urbanization 9. Double Dual-transformation: Understanding Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics 10. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisWith an ever-growing majority of the world's human population living in city-spaces, the relationship between cities and nature will be one of the key environmental issues of the 21st Century. This timely book investigates how the rapidly growing number of city dwellers across the globe relate to their natural environments and what this means for the future of these environments. Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the impacts of urban spaces on the future of the environment, the book is a full-scale attempt to radically rethink the relationship between cities and nature. The editors bring together a diverse set of well-known authors and new voices to explore the various aspects of this relationship both theoretically and empirically. Rather than considering cities as wholly separate from nature, a running theme throughout the book is that cities, and city dwellers, should be characterized as intrinsic in the creation of specifically urban-generated 'socio-natures'.An essential resource for those working at the intersection of cities and the environment, it will be of great value to urbanists, geographers, planners, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, policy makers, public administrators and environmental scientists.Contributors include: K. Archer, L. Benton-Short, J.M. Berry, G. Bettini, K. Bezdecny, J. Bratt, V.C. Broto, K. Davidson, R.M. Friend, N. Gabriel, B. Gleeson, L. Guibrunet, D. Houston, R. Jones, M. Kaika, L. Karaliotas, M. Keeley, J. Kitson, T.W. Luke, R. Pizarro, K.E. Portney, J. Ravetz, J. Rennie Short, J. Rowland, T.G. Smith, E. Swyngedouw, P. Thinphanga, R.H. WilsonTrade Review'How are cities both at the root of our environmental problems yet central to solving them? The essays assembled here offer rich responses, through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis. It will be an excellent resource for urbanists across the disciplines.' --Noel Castree, University of Wollongong, Australia'If urban environments continue to be a new frontier for understanding the interconnected dynamics of socio-natural progress and uneven development, and I believe they are, then this book is important reading for sharpening and deepening our collective understandings about how the production of urban nature(s) necessitates robust theoretical consideration backed by decisive action.' --Nik Heynen, University of GeorgiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer PART I THEORIZING THE PRODUCTION OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS 2. Urban Imaginaries of City and Nature John Rennie Short 3. Re-Naturing Cities: Great Promises, Deadlock … and New Beginnings? Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika 4. Urban Resilience, the Local and the Politics of the Anthropocene: Reflections on the Future of the Urban Environment Lazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini PART II DESIGNS FOR THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 5. North American and European Sustainable Urbanism: Toward a Theoretical Model for Sustainable Urban Design Rafael E. Pizarro 6. Sustainable Urban Futures: Contested Transitions and Creative Pathways Joe Ravetz 7. Towards an Urban Metabolic Analysis of the Informal City Louise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castán Broto PART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY ENVIRONMENTS 8. Urbanization, Climate Change, and Regional Integration in the Mekong Richard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga 9. Urban Resilience to Climate Change Challenges in Africa Robert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith 10. Urban Flooding, Vulnerability and Justice Donald Houston PART IV URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES 11. The Group and Ideological Bases of Local Sustainability Policies and Programs Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry 12. Green Space in Urban Sustainability Plans: Trends and Best Practices Lisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland 13. Mending Fences: Constituting Urban Subjects Through Environmental Stewardship Nate Gabriel 14. “Restoring” Seattle’s River: Competing Conceptions of the Duwamish Socio-nature Kevin Archer and Kris Bezdecny PART V OTHER EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 15. City Sensing and Urban Aesthetics Jennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt 16. Making Moorhen Ryan Jones PART VI THE PROSPECT FOR CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17. The New Urban Assertions: No Prospect There Kathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson 18. Sustainability and the City Timothy W. Luke Index

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Book SynopsisThe majority of the world's population now live in cities, nearly a quarter of which boast populations of one million or more. The rise of globalisation has granted cities unprecedented significance, both politically and economically, leading to benefits and problems at national and international levels. The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities explores the changes that are occurring in cities, and the impacts that they are having, at the local, national and global scale.Bringing together voices from around the world, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary view of the changes that are happening in emerging cities, examining a range of topics from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. With chapters covering changes in urban economies, social dynamics, and emerging technology this Handbook radically rethinks the dynamics of cities in the 21st century, including those in the global south.The Handbook of Emerging 21st-Century Cities is an important addition to the literature, and is a useful resource for students of geography, economics, sociology, anthropology and urban planning. Its insights will also be of value for public administrators and urban planners, and anyone else whose work impacts on, or is impacted by, cities.Contributors include: R. Aijaz, K. Archer, K. Bezdecny, R. Bower, M.M. Brannon, P. Carmody, Y.-w. Chu, B. Coffyn Mitchell, E. Fekete, R. Ghadge, R. Grant, L.A. Herzog, W.G. Holt, D. Honnery, A. Jansson, O.A. K'Akumu, M. Klausen, J. Lauermann, P. Moriarty, J.T. Murphy, A.C. Oner, F. Owusu, B. Pasin, V. Peiteado Fernandez, J. Richardson, C. Saldana, B. Warf, P.D.A. WoodTrade Review‘... the book is one of the few contributions I know of which offers a sincerely cosmopolitan geography of knowledge on cities. It avoids categories such as North and South as it moves in changing directions across the regions of the world (although with Eurasia as a gap). Secondly, the book returns attention to emerging city forms and processes.’ -- Philip Harrison, Eurasian Geography and Economics'This superb Handbook revolves around what the meaning of the term 'city' might be in the 21st century. In this urban century, this is indeed the pre-eminent question and this book incisively dissects the multiplicity of processes that animate and structure this century's urbanity. A must read for all students and lovers of the city.' --Erik Swyngedouw, The University of Manchester, UK’The Handbook of Emerging 21st Century Cities is comprised of well written and timely chapters that can be useful for undergraduate or graduate courses in urban planning, public policy and geography. It is also a useful resource for scholars or economic development professional to have on their bookshelf. The book is a long and sometimes dense read, but well worth the time.’ -- Marie Howland, Journal of Urban Regeneration and RenewalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Conceptualizing the Emerging 21st Century City Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer Part I Emerging City Theory 2. Strategic simplification and the urban politics of defining ‘the city’ John Lauermann 3. Creating environmentally sustainable cities: not an easy task Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery 4. Antifragility and the Transformative Idea of Slow Urbanism Richard Bower 5. Uneven geographical development and the city: Conceptualizing the fractalization of space Kris Bezdecny Part II Cities as spaces of emerging power 6. China’s New Urbanization Plan: crafting China’s new cities or more of the cliché? Yin-wah Chu 7. The Impact of China on African Cities: Potentials for Development James T. Murphy, Pádraig Carmody, Richard Grant and Francis Owusu 8. Quality of Life in Indian Cities Rumi Aijaz 9. Emerging Digital Cities of East Asia: Seoul, Singapore and Shanghai Barney Warf Part III Cities as Spaces of Emerging Economies 10. Mega Urban Developments in the Arabian Peninsula for a Post-Oil Future Burkay Pasin and Asli Ceylan Oner 11. Urbanization of Poverty: The African City’s Challenge of the Century Owiti A. K’Akumu 12. Planned to Fail: Creating the Global South in American South Communities William G. Holt 13. The U.S.-Mexico Transfrontier Metropolis: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations Lawrence A. Herzog Part IV Cities of Emerging Social Dynamics 14. Inclusive Growth and the Urban Question: Some Lessons from Asia Ravi Ghadge 15. The institutionalization of the right to the city: The Spanish case Vítor Peiteado Fernández 16. Border cities: urban growth and planning at the national periphery Peter D. A. Wood 17. Loftification: The Refurbished Gentrification Dynamic Christiana Saldana Part V Cities as Spaces of Emerging Technologies 18. Data-driven Divides: Smart Cities and Techno-racial Segregation Monica M. Brannon 19. Urban Renewal in the Hybrid City: Using Data for Development Emily Fekete 20. Applying Critical Cartography Redress Urban Disinvestment and Financial Access for Communities Jason Richardson and Bruce Coffyn Mitchell 21. The Spreadable City: Urban Exploration and Connective Media André Jansson and Maja Klausen Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a strong piece of scholarship and its contributors, among the best in the field, must be commended. They have achieved their goal to establish interculturalism as a new paradigm for diversity management. By the same token, they have provided governments, cities and academia with a possible alternative to multiculturalism (a term which is declining in favour in Europe). I have no doubt that the book, with its welcome combination of theoretical and empirical inputs, will soon become a milestone.'- Gérard Bouchard, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada'This excellent collection of uniformly high quality essays analyses the theory, policy and implementation of the increasingly popular idea of interculturalism, and shows how it offers the best way to integrate minorities at the local level. It is underpinned by a well worked out theoretical framework and embedded in rich empirical analysis.'- Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and Member of the House of Lords, UKCities are increasingly recognized as new players in diversity studies, and many of them are showing evidence of an intercultural shift. As an emerging concept and policy, interculturalism is becoming the most pragmatic answer to concrete concerns in cities. Within this framework, this book covers two major concerns: how to conceptualize and how to implement intercultural policies.Through the use of theoretical and comparative case studies, the current most prominent contributors in the field examine an area that multicultural policies have missed in the past: interaction between people from different cultures and national backgrounds. By compiling the recent research in Europe and elsewhere this book concludes that interculturalism is becoming both an attractive and efficient new paradigm for diversity management.Academics, students and researchers working in the field of diversity studies and related areas will find this to be an essential read. Taking an innovative approach to issues raised by interculturalism in cities, it will also appeal to policy makers seeking to formulate a new policy focus and approaches for diversity management.Contributors: T. Cantle, T. Caponio, I. Guidikova, A. Harell, A. Ludwinek, R. Ricucci, F. Rocher, A. Triandafyllidou, I. Ulasiuk, A. Wagner, P. Wood, R. Zapata-BarreroTrade Review‘This is a fascinating book that opens the door to a theoretical and practical understanding of interculturalism in cities. . .a fine, cogent resource for anyone who wants to understand interculturalism in cities at this particularly tense time in history.’ -- Journal of Peace Psychology‘This book is a strong piece of scholarship and its contributors, among the best in the field, must be commended. They have achieved their goal to establish interculturalism as a new paradigm for diversity management. By the same token, they have provided governments, cities and academia with a possible alternative to multiculturalism (a term which is declining in favour in Europe). I have no doubt that the book, with its welcome combination of theoretical and empirical inputs, will soon become a milestone.’ -- Gérard Bouchard, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada‘This excellent collection of uniformly high quality essays analyses the theory, policy and implementation of the increasingly popular idea of interculturalism, and shows how it offers the best way to integrate minorities at the local level. It is underpinned by a well worked out theoretical framework and embedded in rich empirical analysis.’ -- Bhikhu Parekh, University of Westminster and Member of the House of Lords, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Framing the Intercultural Turn Ricard Zapata-Barrero PART I FROM CONCEPT TO POLICY 1. Interculturalism: Main Hypothesis,Theories and Strands Ricard Zapata-Barrero 2. Interculturalism: A Policy Instrument Supporting Social Inclusion? Tiziana Caponio and Roberta Ricucci 3. Interculturalism in Montréal and Barcelona François Rocher 4. Meet me on the Corner? Shaping the Conditions for Cross-cultural Interaction in Urban Public Space Phil Wood 5. Implementing Intercultural Policies Ted Cantle PART II FROM POLICY TO IMPLEMENTATION 6. European Intercultural Mindset – What can the Attitudes and Perceptions of Europeans on Intercultural Dialogue, Integration and Discrimination Tell the Local Policymakers Anna Ludwinek 7. Measuring Intercultural Policies: The Example of the Intercultural Cities Index Andrea Wagner 8. Intercultural Integration: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity as an Advantage Irena Guidikova 9. Assessing the Capacity of the Media to Reflect Diversity and Promote Migrant Integration Anna Triandafyllidou and Iryna Ulasiuk 10. Measuring Outcomes: Youth and Interculturalism in the Classroom Allison Harell PART III CONCLUSIONS: THREE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR TAKING INTERCULTURALISM SERIOUSLY Ricard Zapata-Barrero INDEX

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the city's role as the nexus for new forms of relationships between politics, economics and society, this fascinating book views the city as a political phenomena. Its chapters unravel the city's plural histories, contested political, legal and administrative boundaries, and its policy-making capacity in the context of multi-level and market pressures.Accommodating numerous approaches drawn from a variety of European countries and metropolitan settings, contributors make extensive use of case studies in order to both interpret the variety of processes of metropolitanisation at work over the past few decades and provide insight into the various conceptual and theoretical approaches that the social sciences - and the political sciences in particular - have adopted to explain this phenomenon. This book both studies cities that have developed their own forms of governance, with tailored institutions, a large policy making capability and sometimes a new democratic legitimacy, yet also offers an alternative understanding of cities as objects of public policy; the intended targets of the development of European-level or national urban policies.Students of comparative politics, urban studies and European studies will welcome the mix of conceptual, comparative and case study based approaches that this book encompasses. Practitioners will also benefit from the chance to avail themselves of cutting edge research.Contributors include: F. Artioli, S. Cadiou, J. Caillosse, J. Carpenter, A. Cole, S. Couperus, A. Dowling, D. Galimberti, I. Gordon, H. Heinelt, M. Huré, C. Parnet, R. Payre, C. Pin, P. Prat, K. ZimmermannTrade Review'Cities are back as significant political-administrative units - only now as metropolises. Rather than simply a mechanical effect of the exigencies of economic globalization, this book convincingly demonstrates that an array of active political actors are involved in energizing the trend. It is political praxis not economic structure that provides the key to understanding the efflorescence of urban governance today. The fact that there is much variation across cities in the extent and effectiveness of new models of governance suggests how much one-size-fits-all economic determinism misses the point,' --John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, University of California, Los AngelesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Cities as Political Objects Alistair Cole and Renaud Payre PART I CAPITAL CITY DYNAMICS 2. Functional Integration, Political Conflict and Muddled Metropolitanism in the London Region: 1850-2016 Ian Gordon 3. The Greater Paris Debate: The French State and its Capital region Pauline Prat 4. A Tale of Two Cities: Madrid and Barcelona in Spain Andrew Dowling PART II CITIES AS POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORIES 5. The City as a Legal Category and legal archive Jacques Caillosse 6. The rise and demise of neighbourhood democracy: decentralising the urban polity in Rotterdam since 1940 Stefan Couperus 7. Cities in the Italian political system: incomplete actors and objects of policies Francesca Artioli 8. Cities in the Multi-level System of German Federalism Hubert Heinelt and Karsten Zimmermann 9. The Métropole as a Contested and Partisan Institution: Reflections on the Case of the French City of Nice. Stéphane Cadiou PART III CITY ACTION IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 10. Making Metropolis: Innovation and Local Governance issues in Paris and Milan Clement Pin and Déborah Galimberti 11. The Metropolis and the Market: Political Rescaling Through Public-private Bike-sharing Policy in Brussels Maxime Huré 12. Two Faces of the City: Varieties of metropolitanisation in Lyons and Marseilles Christophe Parnet 13. Assembling multi-level governance in regeneration: an international comparison between France and Britain Juliet Carpenter Index

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Book SynopsisA generation on the move, a country on the brink, and a young author's search to find out how we got here. Millennials and the Moments That Made Us is a cultural history of the United States, as seen through the eyes of the largest, most diverse, and most disprivileged generation in American history. The book is a relatable pop culture history that critiques the capitalist status quo our generation inherited - a critical tour of the music, movies, books, TV shows, and technology that have defined us and our times.

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Book SynopsisWhy do people choose to play with ideas considered antiquated? Why do they elect to act in non-productive ways? Perhaps the question can be asked in reverse: What comes to mind when we think of technology? That which is practical, efficient, invisible, fast, optimistic, constantly updated. So how can one explain the search for the opposite, that which is useless, inefficient, physically present, slow, dystopian, obsolete and governed by chance? The matter of what motivates the search for `antiquated’ forms strikes deep into the heart of value. Are people simply following trends? Are they idiots? Are they sentimental? Are they artists? Are they interested in kitsch? Are they uninformed? Are they poets? Other Paradises is a collection of essays exploring imaginative responses to science and technology, and is about people who choose to build `other paradises’, fully conscious of the alternative they offer to the dominant paradigm of technological progress.

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. In this Advanced Introduction to Social Innovation, Frank Moulaert and Diana MacCallum present a pioneering exploration of the relatively young field of 'social innovation'. Delving into the history of innovation, from the 17th century to the present day, the authors investigate the modern preeminence of social innovation in scientific and policy debates, public policy, and collective action in many social spheres. Identifying a range of socio-political and ideological stances, from 'caring' liberalism to inclusivity and sustainability, this Advanced Introduction not only provides a compelling reflective survey of social innovation thought and practice, but also offers perspectives on what social innovation is, and what it should be. Concise and perceptive, this timely introduction will serve as an excellent resource for students and scholars of social innovation. Moulaert and MacCallum's insight into the explosion of social innovation in the 21st century will also offer practitioners a valuable guide for navigating socially innovative actions and processes.Trade Review'Committed to finding common ground beyond the rift and confusion that has characterised debates around social innovation over the past 10 years, Moulaert and MacCallum offer an authoritative contribution that depicts social innovation as a continuum of positions cross-cutting academia, grassroots movements and policy practice. Focusing on the ethics of this continuum, they argue, can open a path to a more inclusive world. The book is conceptually and methodologically rigorous and empirically informed, yet written in a didactic and accessible manner. It will form a key reading for academics, policy makers and activists who want to clarify and enrich their thinking and practice around social innovation.' --Maria Kaika, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'A long needed exercise to define and clarify a multifaceted concept, this book succeeds in giving a clear overview of social innovation by rooting it in successful and meaningful field experiments and cases. The intellectual and geographical scope of this work shows that social innovation can be practised in a variety of contexts as long as it is aimed at reaching a more equitable, democratic and inclusive world.' --Pierre Morrissette, Centre d'action bénévole de Montréal Volunteer Bureau, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Social Innovation 2. A History of Social Innovation Thought and Practice 3. The Contemporary Landscape of Social Innovation Scholarship 4. Experiences of Social Innovation Across Three Continents 5. Spaces of Social Innovation 6. Social Innovation Action Research 7. Some Final Reflections, While Looking Ahead References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. In this Advanced Introduction to Social Innovation, Frank Moulaert and Diana MacCallum present a pioneering exploration of the relatively young field of 'social innovation'. Delving into the history of innovation, from the 17th century to the present day, the authors investigate the modern preeminence of social innovation in scientific and policy debates, public policy, and collective action in many social spheres. Identifying a range of socio-political and ideological stances, from 'caring' liberalism to inclusivity and sustainability, this Advanced Introduction not only provides a compelling reflective survey of social innovation thought and practice, but also offers perspectives on what social innovation is, and what it should be. Concise and perceptive, this timely introduction will serve as an excellent resource for students and scholars of social innovation. Moulaert and MacCallum's insight into the explosion of social innovation in the 21st century will also offer practitioners a valuable guide for navigating socially innovative actions and processes.Trade Review'Committed to finding common ground beyond the rift and confusion that has characterised debates around social innovation over the past 10 years, Moulaert and MacCallum offer an authoritative contribution that depicts social innovation as a continuum of positions cross-cutting academia, grassroots movements and policy practice. Focusing on the ethics of this continuum, they argue, can open a path to a more inclusive world. The book is conceptually and methodologically rigorous and empirically informed, yet written in a didactic and accessible manner. It will form a key reading for academics, policy makers and activists who want to clarify and enrich their thinking and practice around social innovation.' --Maria Kaika, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'A long needed exercise to define and clarify a multifaceted concept, this book succeeds in giving a clear overview of social innovation by rooting it in successful and meaningful field experiments and cases. The intellectual and geographical scope of this work shows that social innovation can be practised in a variety of contexts as long as it is aimed at reaching a more equitable, democratic and inclusive world.' --Pierre Morrissette, Centre d'action bénévole de Montréal Volunteer Bureau, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Social Innovation 2. A History of Social Innovation Thought and Practice 3. The Contemporary Landscape of Social Innovation Scholarship 4. Experiences of Social Innovation Across Three Continents 5. Spaces of Social Innovation 6. Social Innovation Action Research 7. Some Final Reflections, While Looking Ahead References Index

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Book SynopsisIt is now over 50 years since the term 'gentrification' was first coined by the British urbanist Ruth Glass in 1964, in which time gentrification studies has become a subject in its own right. This Handbook, the first ever in gentrification studies, is a critical and authoritative assessment of the field. Although the Handbook does not seek to rehearse the classic literature on gentrification from the 1970s to the 1990s in detail, it is referred to in the new assessments of the field gathered in this volume. The original chapters offer an important dialogue between existing theory and new conceptualisations of gentrification for new times and new places, in many cases offering novel empirical evidence. Scholarly contributions are drawn from both established and up and coming experts in gentrification studies world-wide, and a deliberate attempt has been made to broaden the geographical scope of study. As such, the Handbook covers processes of gentrification in the global north and the global south. It also looks at different mutations of gentrification and pays proper attention to both resistance to gentrification and the importance of thinking about alternatives. The Handbook challenges readers to look at both the future of gentrification studies as well as the actual process of gentrification itself. Gentrification studies is interdisciplinary and this Handbook will be especially useful to scholars in many fields including geography, sociology, anthropology, planning, law, urban studies, policy studies, rural studies, development studies, and cultural studies. It will also be of value to those activists fighting gentrification worldwide.Trade Review‘This Handbook undertakes such a critical and authoritative assessment of the emergent field having an important dialogue between existing theories and new conceptualizations of gentrification.’ -- Saraswati Raju, Regional Science Policy and Practice‘This excellent, wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook deals with comparative gentrification theory, key concepts in gentrification, different types and dimensions of gentrification and resistance to gentrification. It includes a wide range of authors and looks at gentrification in a variety of global contexts. All in all, a valuable addition to the literature.’ -- Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK and UESTC, Chengdu, China‘The Handbook truly is a useful resource for urban scholars and students as it offers well-written entries by established urban scholars and several promising new researchers on various subjects within gentrification research. As such, it provides a wealth of knowledge on the processes and modalities of gentrification, as well as new research agendas on a variety of topics.’ -- Wouter van Gent, International Journal of Housing Policy‘This volume draws on an impressive cast of contributors and embraces a dizzying array of interrelated topics.’ -- Dennis E. Gale, Journal of Urban Affairs‘This Handbook of Gentrification Studies will be useful for graduates studying anthropology of cities, urbanism, geography, and new urban identities. There is no more complete Handbook on gentrification in the English language to date.’ -- Yves Laberge, Electronic Green Journal‘The world’s leading analyst of gentrification convenes an extraordinary team of contributors to map the evolving contours of planetary gentrification. This Handbook is your essential guide to the cosmopolitan cultures of capital that are intensifying the competitive nature of life everywhere on an urbanizing planet — from big cities to small agricultural villages, from the postindustrial consumption landscapes of the Global North to the hybrid hyper-modernities of the Global South and East.’ -- Elvin Wyly, The University of British Columbia, Canada‘The Handbook of Gentrification Studies is useful and informative. It is a good starting point for encountering the variety of debates on the topic of gentrification and its current vexations. It demonstrates clearly the need to think in flexible, cosmopolitan and comparative ways about gentrification, and consider seriously the complicated potential offered by communal resistance to gentrification.’ -- Helen Traill, LSE Review of BooksTable of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. Towards a C21st Global Gentrification Studies Loretta Lees SECTION I RETHINKING GENTRIFICATION (THEORY) 2. Beyond Anglo-American Gentrification Theory Hyun Bang Shin and Ernesto López-Morales 3. Beyond the Elephant of Gentrification: relational approaches to a chaotic problem Freek de Hann 4. Comparative urbanism in gentrification studies: fashion or progress? Loretta Lees SECTION II KEY/CORE CONCEPTS IN GENTRIFICATION STUDIES 5. From class to gentrification and back again Michaela Benson and Emma Jackson 6. Gentrification and Landscape Change Martin Phillips 7. Spatial capital and planetary gentrification: residential location, mobility and social inequality Patrick Rérat 8. Rent gaps Tom Slater 9. Gentrification-induced Displacement Zhao Zhang and Shenjing He SECTION III SOCIAL CLEAVAGES IN ADDITION TO CLASS 10. Non-normative sexualities and gentrification Petra Doan 11. Age, lifecourse and generation in gentrification processes Cody Hochstenbach and Willem Boterman 12. Gentrification and ethnicity Tone Huse 13. Rethinking the Gender–Gentrification Nexus Bahar Sakizlioglu SECTION IV TYPES OF GENTRIFICATION 14. Slum gentrification Eduardo Ascensão 15. New-build gentrification Mark Davidson 16. The Gentrification of Public Housing Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia 17. Tourism Gentrification Agustin Cocola-Gant 18. Retail Gentrification Phil Hubbard 19. Gentle gentrification in the exceptional city of LA? Juliet Kahne 20. New directions in urban environmental/green gentrification research Hamil Pearsall 21. Gentrification, artists and cultural economy Andy Pratt 22. Wilderness gentrification: moving ‘off-the-beaten rural tracks’ Darren Smith, Martin Phillips and Chloe Kinton SECTION V LIVING AND RESISTING GENTRIFICATION 23. Resisting gentrification Sandra Annunziata and Clara Rivas-Alonso 24. Alternatives to gentrification: exploring urban community land trusts and urban ecovillage practices Susannah Bunce 25. Immigration and gentrification Geoffrey DeVerteuil 26. Property and planning law in England: facilitating and countering gentrification Antonia Layard 27. Self renovating neighbourhoods as an alternative to gentrification or decline Jess Steele Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Nowadays, the majority of people live in cities, and these cities constitute the heart of the global political economy. In a time of planetary urbanization, this contemporary and visionary book provides a critical assessment of the key areas of urban scholarship across the globe. Following a comprehensive introduction, 11 stimulating chapters from expert contributors examine a range of important topics, including: sustainability, gentrification, feminist interventions, globalization, security and food issues. Ensuring a global coverage, a further eight regionally informed expert reviews examine recent urban research in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, South and East Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Eastern Europe. These chapters show how urban growth and resurgence unfolds in different ways across the different regions of the world. This Research Agenda provides polemical assessments of current work and signposts for future research. This book will be an indispensable and accessible guide to students and scholars working in urban studies, urban geography, urban sociology, urban planning and comparative urbanization. City leaders will also find the case studies enlightening and informative.Contributors include: J. Beaverstock, L. Benton-Short, G. Brown, J. Farrer, R. Freestone, O. Golubchikov, A. Gorman-Murray, B. Hanlon, P. Hubbard, T. Hutton, A. Kanna, M. Keeley, Y.-H. Kim, L. Kong, L. Martínez, C.J. Nash, L. Peake, E. Pieterse, B. Randolph, X. Ren, J.R. Short, T.J. Vicino, A. Wheeler, D.M. Wood, O. Woods, E. WylyTrade Review'Where are we now - and where are we going in research on cities? What are the pressing issues and how should we approach and understand them? This book is lively, challenging and offers novel points of theoretical and empirical departure for its exploration of the urban moment. It ranges across food, feminism and surveillance and encompasses Brazil, China and the Middle East. The collection succeeds in having a generally consistent style - relaxed, critical and nicely nuanced in its suggestion of new research questions.' --Ray Forrest, University of Bristol, UK and City University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the urban moment John Rennie Short Part I The global city 2. The global city and its discontents Yeong-Hyun Kim 3. The city of global flows Jonathan V. Beaverstock 4. Urban surveillance after the end of globalization David Murakami Wood Part II The lived city 5. The queer city Gavin Brown 6. Sex and the city: sexuality and urban order/disorder Phil Hubbard, Andrew Gorman-Murray and Catherine J. Nash 7. Feminism and the urban Linda Peake 8. Urban foodways: a research agenda James Farrer Part III Changes in the city 9. Gentrification Elvin Wyly 10. Suburbs Bernadette Hanlon 11. The creative city Tom Hutton 12. Towards more sustainable cities Lisa Benton–Short and Melissa Keeley Part IV Cities in place 13. The urban pulse of the global south: the case of Cali, Colombia Lina Martínez 14. The city in Brazil Thomas J. Vicino 15. Cities in China and India: disjuncture, master-concepts, and comparisons Xufei Ren 16. Mobile cities, modelling policies: importing/exporting the Singapore ‘model’ of development Orlando Woods and Lily Kong 17. The city in sub-Saharan Africa Edgar Pieterse 18. Main trends in contemporary urban studies of the Middle East and North Africa Ahmed Kanna 19. Defining and refining the research agenda for Australian cities Rob Freestone, Bill Randolph and Andrew Wheeler 20. The post-socialist city: insights from the spaces of radical societal change Oleg Golubchikov Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Nowadays, the majority of people live in cities, and these cities constitute the heart of the global political economy. In a time of planetary urbanization, this contemporary and visionary book provides a critical assessment of the key areas of urban scholarship across the globe. Following a comprehensive introduction, 11 stimulating chapters from expert contributors examine a range of important topics, including: sustainability, gentrification, feminist interventions, globalization, security and food issues. Ensuring a global coverage, a further eight regionally informed expert reviews examine recent urban research in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, South and East Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Eastern Europe. These chapters show how urban growth and resurgence unfolds in different ways across the different regions of the world. This Research Agenda provides polemical assessments of current work and signposts for future research. This book will be an indispensable and accessible guide to students and scholars working in urban studies, urban geography, urban sociology, urban planning and comparative urbanization. City leaders will also find the case studies enlightening and informative.Contributors include: J. Beaverstock, L. Benton-Short, G. Brown, J. Farrer, R. Freestone, O. Golubchikov, A. Gorman-Murray, B. Hanlon, P. Hubbard, T. Hutton, A. Kanna, M. Keeley, Y.-H. Kim, L. Kong, L. Martínez, C.J. Nash, L. Peake, E. Pieterse, B. Randolph, X. Ren, J.R. Short, T.J. Vicino, A. Wheeler, D.M. Wood, O. Woods, E. WylyTrade Review'Where are we now - and where are we going in research on cities? What are the pressing issues and how should we approach and understand them? This book is lively, challenging and offers novel points of theoretical and empirical departure for its exploration of the urban moment. It ranges across food, feminism and surveillance and encompasses Brazil, China and the Middle East. The collection succeeds in having a generally consistent style - relaxed, critical and nicely nuanced in its suggestion of new research questions.' --Ray Forrest, University of Bristol, UK and City University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the urban moment John Rennie Short Part I The global city 2. The global city and its discontents Yeong-Hyun Kim 3. The city of global flows Jonathan V. Beaverstock 4. Urban surveillance after the end of globalization David Murakami Wood Part II The lived city 5. The queer city Gavin Brown 6. Sex and the city: sexuality and urban order/disorder Phil Hubbard, Andrew Gorman-Murray and Catherine J. Nash 7. Feminism and the urban Linda Peake 8. Urban foodways: a research agenda James Farrer Part III Changes in the city 9. Gentrification Elvin Wyly 10. Suburbs Bernadette Hanlon 11. The creative city Tom Hutton 12. Towards more sustainable cities Lisa Benton–Short and Melissa Keeley Part IV Cities in place 13. The urban pulse of the global south: the case of Cali, Colombia Lina Martínez 14. The city in Brazil Thomas J. Vicino 15. Cities in China and India: disjuncture, master-concepts, and comparisons Xufei Ren 16. Mobile cities, modelling policies: importing/exporting the Singapore ‘model’ of development Orlando Woods and Lily Kong 17. The city in sub-Saharan Africa Edgar Pieterse 18. Main trends in contemporary urban studies of the Middle East and North Africa Ahmed Kanna 19. Defining and refining the research agenda for Australian cities Rob Freestone, Bill Randolph and Andrew Wheeler 20. The post-socialist city: insights from the spaces of radical societal change Oleg Golubchikov Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization. It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical, theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive reference on contemporary urban geography research. The Handbook of Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality, socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the horizons for future geography research.Researchers and academics in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this an accessible and useful reference work.Trade Review‘The Handbook provides a comprehensive selection over the most important scholarly approaches and debates since the turn of the century. In a crowded field, the Handbook should be of value for both academics and students in the fields of human geography, urban studies, planning, or urban sociology.’ -- Jörg Plöger, Eurasian Geography and Economics‘Well-indexed, this text is highly recommended for all libraries and essential for libraries supporting programs in geography, urban studies, urban planning, economics, and political science.’ -- J C Stachacz, CHOICE Magazine‘This book was written and edited with a great passion for the content world of urban geography. The chapters are not long, enabling a reading of the different sections in a single sitting. The book’s first goal - to present the discipline in its various colors - is fully achieved. The authors maintain that the book is intended for research students at various stages, and this is in fact the case. Indeed, as I read through it, I found myself giving chapters and conveying insights to the research students I am currently advising. This is a manifestation of the book’s strength: its systematic presentation of core topics. The classics of the field are also dealt with nicely, and the book offers definitions of a broad spectrum of basic concepts in urban geography. In this way, the book provides a wonderful service for lecturers teaching basic and advanced courses in urban geography, as well as neighboring disciplines such as urban sociology.’ -- Meirav Aharon-Gutman, Geography Research Forum'For more than half a century, urban geography has led revolutions in social theory and spatial analysis. How do we make sense of the latest transformations of cosmopolitan planetarity and urban socionatural evolution? This Handbook is the essential guide through the diverse empirics and epistemological pluralism of contemporary urban worlds. We need to read, reflect, and act on every chapter in this valuable collection.' --Elvin Wyly, The University of British Columbia, Canada'This Handbook embraces the diversity of interests and approaches within twenty-first century urban geography. Including chapters from both the usual suspects, but also importantly beyond the usual suspects, this is a wide-ranging, informed and readable book that will prove valuable to students of cities worldwide.' --Loretta Lees, University of Leicester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to the Handbook of Urban Geography Tim Schwanen PART I URBAN THEORIES AND METHODS 2. Worlding cities and comparative urbanism Laura Cesafsky and Kate Derickson 3. Urban political ecologies of and in the city Joshua J. Cousins and Joshua Newell 4. Urban cosmopolitics Anders Blok and Ignacio Farías 5. Big data and the city Matthew Zook, Taylor Shelton and Ate Poorthuis PART II URBAN NETWORKS 6. Multiple geographies of global urban connectivity as measured in the interlocking network model Ben Derudder and Peter J. Taylor 7. Inside mobile urbanism: cities and policy mobilities Cristina Temenos, Tom Baker and Ian R. Cook 8. Metropolitan mobilities: transnational urban labour markets Cathy McIlwaine and Megan Ryburn 9. Refugee mobility across networks and cities Ilse Van Liempt and Francesco Vecchio 10. Urban infrastructures: four tensions and their effects Tim Schwanen and Denver V. Nixon PART III URBAN REDEVELOPMENT 11. Emerging city regions: urban expansion, transformation and discursive construction Markus Hesse 12. The cultural economy in cities Tom Hutton 13. Urban regeneration through culture Jonathan Ward and Phil Hubbard 14. Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin 15. Terrorism, risk and the quest for urban resilience Jon Coaffee PART IV URBAN INEQUALITIES 16. Urban inequality Chris Hamnett 17. Segregation: a multi–contextual and multi–faceted phenomenon in stratified societies Masayoshi Oka and David W. S. Wong 18. Neighbourhood effects on social outcomes Sako Musterd, Roger Andersson and George Galster 19. Gentrification and displacement: urban inequality in cities of late capitalism Agustín Cocola-Gant 20. Urban informatics and e-governance Barney Warf PART V URBAN SOCIALITIES 21. Sociality, materiality and the city Sophie Watson 22. Spaces of encounter: learning to live together in superdiverse cities Nick Schuermans 23. Children’s geographies: encounters and experiences Peter Kraftl PART VI URBAN POLITICS 24. Exploring insurgent urban mobilizations: from urban social movements to urban political movements? Lazaros Karaliotas and Erik Swyngedouw 25. Urban governance: re-thinking top-down and bottom-up power relations in the wake of neo-liberalisation Mike Raco and Sonia Freire-Trigo 26. The right to the city: theoretical outline and reflections on migrants’ activism in post-reform urban China Junxi Qian and Shenjing He 27. Contextualizing neighbourhood activism: spatial solidarity in the city Katherine B. Hankins and Deborah G. Martin PART VII URBAN SUSTAINABILITIES 28. Urban sustainability transitions Jonathan Rutherford 29. Eco-cities Robert Cowley 30. The governance of climate change in urban areas Vanesa Castán Broto Index

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Book SynopsisRising life expectancy has led to the growth of the 'Sandwich Generation' - men and women who are caregivers to their children of varying ages as well as for one or both parents whilst still managing their own household and work responsibilities. This book considers both the strains and benefits of this position. Tackling a myriad of issues such as gender, parents and parents-in-law, ethnic differences, residential status, and developing changes in the caregiving relationship such as Alzheimer's or dementia, this book highlights the complexities of the caregiving relationship. Key chapters also address potential benefits including improved relationships, skill set development and generously giving to another. Expert contributors use examples to illustrate the need for organizations to address increases in caregiving among their employees and develop supportive policies and initiatives. They further show that there is a need at the country level to integrate employees, communities, employers, businesses and levels of government to deal with this increasing trend. This timely book will prove an indispensible reference for academics and students interested in the sandwich generation, caregiving and health. Its practical approach will also benefit human resource management professionals, managers dealing with sandwiched employees and health administrators at various levels of government.Contributors include: R. Attieh, S. Austen, R. Burke, L. Calvano, C.E. Greaves, T. Jefferson, N.L. Jimmieson, A.H. Kim, S. LoboPrabhu, N. Mandell, A. Mitra, V. Molinari, A. Ollier-Malterre, R. Ong, S.L. Parker, A.H. Prokos, J. Reid Keene, C. Reinicke, C.W. Rudolph, R. Sharp, P. Ulmanen, S.I. White Means, T. Yamashita, H. ZacherTrade Review'While the ''sandwich generation'' is not a new term, this volume brings a fresh perspective and new data to an increasingly important topic. By showing that multigenerational caregiving is now a global and cross-cultural phenomenon - significantly impacted by the worldwide aging of the population and the financial insecurity of the younger generation - Burke and Calvano draw our attention to the complexities involved. They effectively demonstrate that these issues impact not only families, but also workplaces and governments, and that all three groups must work collaboratively to address the challenges of caring for the most vulnerable in our society. This book is a ''must read'' for caregivers, business leaders, and policy makers!' --(Ann Bookman, University of Massachusetts, Boston, US)Table of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT 1. The Sandwich Generation: Individual, Family, Organizational and Societal Challenges and Opportunities Ronald J. Burke 2. Challenges Faced by Sandwiched Caregivers Shelley I. White-Means 3. Intergenerational Relations in Later Life Families. Nancy Mandell and Ann H. Kim PART II TAKING CARE OF CAREGIVERS 4. Supporting the Caregiver in Dementia Sheilla M. LoboPrabhu and Victor A. Molinari 5. Resource Effects in the Caregiving Process Claire E. Greaves, Stacey L. Parker, Hannes Zacher and Nerina L. Jmmieson PART III THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONS 6. Caregiving and Organizational Support Hannes Zacher, Cort W. Rudolph and Claudia Reinicke 7. The Effect of Work Hours and Workplace Policies on Sandwiched Caregivers Jennifer Reid Keene, Takashi Yamashita and Anastasia H. Prokos PART IV POLICY CONTEXT 8. National Context and Employer-Driven Work-Life Policies Ariane Ollier-Malterre 9. Residential Segregation and Heath of African Americans: Challenges for the Future Aparna Mitra 10. Missing Mature Age Women in Australia’s Aged Care Sector Siobhan Austen, Rhonda Sharp, Therese Jefferson and Rachel Ong 11. Childcare and Eldercare Policies in Sweden Petra Ulmanen 12. What to Expect When the Unexpected Happens: Becoming a Caregiver Lisa M. Calvano Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This prescient book presents the intellectual terrain of shrinking cities while exploring the key research questions in each of the field?s sub-domains and reviewing the range of methodologies within these topics. The book begins with an introduction outlining what shrinking cities are and how they are researched, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges that arise in this field, including the big ideas any researcher must grapple with. The next six chapters are each devoted to a different sub-domain within shrinking cities, offering a quick overview of the topics, relevant problems, paradoxes and key research questions. The book concludes with a review of the major themes and, most importantly, looks toward the future, predicting and anticipating the most significant future research trends related to shrinking cities.This accessible and compelling Research Agenda will be of interest to researchers looking to move into this area, urban studies and planning instructors who are teaching research methods courses, and students studying or independently researching shrinking cities.Trade Review'Urban shrinkage has claimed its deserved prominence on the international urban research and policy agenda. Now that it is finally acknowledged as a structural phenomenon, how do we take the next steps to advance the urban shrinkage debate? Justin Hollander is the perfect guide, helping us to ask the right questions and find the most effective ways to answer them, and daring us to go beyond the beaten paths. This book is inspiring reading for academics, students and professionals aiming to better understand shrinking cities and their developmental challenges.' --Marco Bontje, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'What should shrinking cities research be about? Justin Hollander's new book addresses this question and sheds light on all related aspects - from neighborhood planning to the personal experiences of scholars and citizens. A must read and not only for academics!' --Karina Pallagst, University of Kaiserslautern, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Getting Acquainted with the Field 2. Regional Perspectives 3. Focus on Local 4. Neighborhood Action 5. Downtowns 6. Social Equity 7. Measuring Success in a Shrinking City 8. Conclusion: A Look to the Future Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This prescient book presents the intellectual terrain of shrinking cities while exploring the key research questions in each of the field?s sub-domains and reviewing the range of methodologies within these topics. The book begins with an introduction outlining what shrinking cities are and how they are researched, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges that arise in this field, including the big ideas any researcher must grapple with. The next six chapters are each devoted to a different sub-domain within shrinking cities, offering a quick overview of the topics, relevant problems, paradoxes and key research questions. The book concludes with a review of the major themes and, most importantly, looks toward the future, predicting and anticipating the most significant future research trends related to shrinking cities.This accessible and compelling Research Agenda will be of interest to researchers looking to move into this area, urban studies and planning instructors who are teaching research methods courses, and students studying or independently researching shrinking cities.Trade Review'Urban shrinkage has claimed its deserved prominence on the international urban research and policy agenda. Now that it is finally acknowledged as a structural phenomenon, how do we take the next steps to advance the urban shrinkage debate? Justin Hollander is the perfect guide, helping us to ask the right questions and find the most effective ways to answer them, and daring us to go beyond the beaten paths. This book is inspiring reading for academics, students and professionals aiming to better understand shrinking cities and their developmental challenges.' --Marco Bontje, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'What should shrinking cities research be about? Justin Hollander's new book addresses this question and sheds light on all related aspects - from neighborhood planning to the personal experiences of scholars and citizens. A must read and not only for academics!' --Karina Pallagst, University of Kaiserslautern, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Getting Acquainted with the Field 2. Regional Perspectives 3. Focus on Local 4. Neighborhood Action 5. Downtowns 6. Social Equity 7. Measuring Success in a Shrinking City 8. Conclusion: A Look to the Future Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years China has experienced intense economic development. Previously a rapidly urbanising industrial economy, the country has become a post-industrial economy with a service sector that accounts for almost half the nation's GDP. This transformation has created many socio-political changes, but key among them is social mobilisation. This book provides a full and systematic analysis of social mobilisation in China, and how its use as part of state capacity has evolved.The first book on the topic written in English in recent decades, Social Mobilisation in Post-Industrial China provides readers with a thorough analysis covering all vertical administrative levels, as well as considering new participants. Bringing together interdisciplinary analyses of the current uses of social mobilisation in China, this book draws on empirically rich original research. It presents a clear picture of how boyi ('strategic game-playing') is acted out at different levels of society and within different sectors, and the social dynamics at work.This book is a unique resource, and will be invaluable for researchers and students of Asian and Chinese studies, Political Science, Public Policy and Management studies. Policy analysts, activists, strategists and educators will also find this book a useful tool for learning more about how social mobilisation mechanisms are utilised in China today.Table of ContentsContents Preface 1. China’s current rural urbanisation and historical context 2. The evolving role of central decision-makers in launching policy initiatives 3. The politics of social mobilisation at the provincial level 4. The emerging powers of the ‘invisible hand’ 5. Mobilising policy support and resources at the prefectural Level 6. The awkward roles of county and township governments in rural urbanisation 7. Participatory responses of villagers to initiatives 8. Towards an updated understanding of social mobilisation in China References Index

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Book SynopsisThe demise of community as a social construct is re-examined in this book using the lens of Ray Oldenburg's concept of third place to view contemporary issues of alienation, loss, safety, mobility and sense of place. Third places are the spaces where we interact with people and society outside of home and work, and are vital in creating a sense of place and community. As an essential component of urban life, there is a need to understand the importance of third places and how they can be incorporated into urban design to offer places of interaction, promoting togetherness in an urbanised world of mobility and rapid change. Presenting the latest research on the evolution of third-space thinking, this book explores new conceptual approaches and new ideas about what constitutes a third place: public art locations, cyberspace, music archives, public transport and community gardens.Rethinking the concept of third places from virtual and geographical perspectives, this book will prove an insightful read for researchers and planners in the fields of sociology and urban planning as well as urban, social and cultural geography.Contributors include: S. Alidoust, S. Baker, D. Beynon, C. Bosman, J. Cilliers, J. Dolley, S. Driessen, L.M. Farahani, S. Fullagar, G. Holden, L. Istvandity, D. Kim, K. Lloyd, W. O'Brien, D. O'Hare, C. Strong, D. Williams, S. WoolcockTrade Review'This is a brilliant book for insight into the meaning and relevance of the informal public gathering places in modern societies. If you want to understand the spatiality of third places, and how and why we interact in informal public places, this edited book with 11 bright chapters is worthwhile for sure.' --Jens Troelsen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark'The exponential growth of third places is symptomatic of a crisis of public space in our urban societies. What Rethinking Third Places reveals is that they are also places open to hope with the possible realization of the commons and the right to the city.' --Raphaël Besson, Villes Innovation, France and PACTE, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Ray Oldenburg 1. Rethinking Third Places and Community Building Caryl Bosman and Joanne Dolley 2. Feminist perspectives on third places Simone Fullagar, Wendy O’Brien and Kathy Lloyd 3. Planning for healthy ageing: How the use of third places contributes to the social health of older populations Sara Alidoust and Caryl Bosman 4. Child-friendly third places Geoff Woolcock 5. Planning for third places through evidence-based urban development Elizelle Juaneé Cilliers 6. Eyes on the Street: The role of ‘Third Places’ in improving perceived neighbourhood safety Gordon Holden 7. Understanding popular music heritage practice through the lens of ‘Third Place’ Lauren Istvandity, Sarah Baker, Jez Collins, Simone Driessen, and Catherine Strong 8. Third places and social capital – Case study community gardens Joanne Dolley 9. Third Places in the Ether Around Us: Layers on the Real World Dmitri Williams and Do Own Kim 10. Third place in transit: public transport as a third place of mobility Daniel O’Hare 11. Third places and their contribution to the street life Leila Mahmoudi Farahani and David Beynon   Index

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Book Synopsis'This is arguably one of the best books ever written about condominiums. Easthope has researched all aspects of the life-cycle of condominiums, from development to termination, covering multiple jurisdictions across the world. She draws out differences in structures and management, but more importantly, highlights the striking similarities in global residential development. As condominiums increasingly dominate our cities, this book will become an essential resource for all researchers.'- Cathy Sherry, University of New South Wales, AustraliaWith a majority of the world's population now living in cities, apartment living is a necessity. This book explores the potential of private apartment developments (condominiums) to play an important role in modern cities and contribute to a positive urban future.Addressing the influences of housing markets, development practices, planning regimes, legal structures and social and cultural norms on the development and operation of condominiums, Hazel Easthope argues that while the condominium is a child of the neo-liberal city, it has the potential to rebel against its parent by enabling local-level resident action, mobilising place-based politics, and facilitating the creation of local social ties. Including interviews with over 100 specialists across seven countries, this book is an exemplary cross-disciplinary work that studies the past, present and potential of apartment living. A timely and original contribution to current scholarship, this book will be an interesting read for students and researchers of geography, urban studies, planning, social policy and law. Its insights into the complexities of condominiums will also be useful for lawyers, property managers and government officials.Trade Review'Motivated by a desire to help people live better in this urban century, Easthope has listened to those who build, finance, own, manage, regulate, study, provide legal advice to, and, most importantly, live in condominium apartments on four different continents. The result is a rich, interview-based analysis built around the life cycle of condominium developments that foregrounds the challenges and inequities, but also sees promise and potential for better lives and cities in condominium apartment living.' --Douglas Harris, The University of British Columbia, Canada'This important new book addresses the growing international trend for multi-occupied urban housing. It uniquely combines analysis of markets, law, and planning and development policies, with the everyday experiences of condominium residents and managers. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the urban future.' --Sarah Blandy, University of Sheffield, UK'In this noteworthy empirical study, Hazel Easthope captures the trials and tribulations of the major dramatis personae of these self-governing mini-municipalities - from their establishment, through constant maintenance and renovations, up to the demise and termination of the condominium, when the buildings can no longer be salvaged. The study expertly covers the life cycle of condominiums in major world cities such as New York, Toronto, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Johannesburg.' --Cornelius Van Der Merwe, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and University of Aberdeen, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics and Practices of Apartment Living 2. International Condominium Systems 3. Development 4. Handover 5. Early Years 6. Later Years 7. Redevelopment Conclusion: The Future Role of Condominiums Index

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Book SynopsisUrban spaces in nineteenth-century Ireland is a wide-ranging and innovative collection of essays, which offers new insights on the Irish urban experience. Adopting a spatial approach, the essays presented in this collection move beyond study of events that happened and people who lived in the towns and cities of nineteenth-century Ireland, instead exploring the ways in which particular urban spaces were constructed and experienced. Focusing on a range of urban spaces, from individual streets and districts, to schools, asylums and entire cities, they highlight both the multifaceted nature of the Irish urban experience and the potential of the spatial approach to the study of history.Trade ReviewReviews ‘This is an innovative, varied and intriguing volume which inspires the reader to engage with new ways of exploring our urban past… highly recommended to all those interested in, or curious about, urban history.’ Ruth McManus, Irish Historical Studies'The book provides valuable exemplars of urban history informed by different conceptualizations of space and place.'Richard Dennis, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction - Olwen Purdue and Jonathan Wright The Royal Paragon; setting out suburban space in nineteenth century Dublin' - Laura Johnstone Municipal Social Housing in Ireland 1866-1914 - Matthew Potter `The Donegalls' Backside': Donegall Place, the White Linen Hall and the development of space and place in nineteenth-century Belfast - Jonathan Wright The school and the home: constructing childhood and space in Dublin boarding schools - Mary Hatfield `High walls and locked doors': contested spaces in Belfast workhouse 1880 - 1905 - Olwen Purdue Levelling up the lower deeps - rural and suburban spaces at an Edwardian asylum - Gillian Allmond Locating investigations into suicidal deaths in urban Ireland, 1901-1915 - Georgina Laragy Visualizing the City: Images of Ireland's urban world, c. 1790 - 1820 - Mary Jane Boland Forging a Shared Identity: Irish Migrants and Steel Cities 1850-1900 - Oliver Betts

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Urban Segregation scrutinises key debates on spatial inequality in cities across the globe. It engages with multiple domains, including residential places, public spaces and the field of education. In addition, this comprehensive Handbook tackles crucial group-dimensions across race, class and culture as well as age groups, the urban rich, middle class, and gentrified households. In a 'world tour' of urban contexts, the reader is guided through six continents confronting pressing segregation issues. Leading international scholars offer valuable insights across regional, ethnic, socioeconomic and welfare regime contexts. Three thematic parts explore key segregation questions worldwide, the multiple domains and dimensions of the topic and the methods, approaches and debates surrounding its measurement. Through these lenses, this timely Handbook provides a key contribution to understanding what urban segregation is about, why it has developed, what its consequences are and how it is measured, conceptualised and framed. Containing clear use of visual aids alongside textual analysis, this Handbook will be an engaging and accessible resource for students and scholars with an interest in urban and human geography, cities and planning, and the wider field of urban studies. Contributors include: R. Andersson, R. Atkinson, N. Bailey, W.R. Boterman, A. Brama, A. Cardoso, R. Cucca, R. Forrest, D. França, F. Gou, H. Hanhörster, H.K. Ho, C. Hochstenbach, P.A. Jargowsky, J. Kohlbacher, Z. Kovács, C. Lemanski, Z. Li, A. Madanipour, T. Maloutas, E. Marques, S. Musterd, M. Oberti, J. Östh, A. Owens, E. Préteceille, B. Randolph, U. Reeger, K.S. Tong, U. Türk, W. van Gent, J. van Rooyen, A. Walks, W. Wang, S. WeckTrade Review'Sako Musterd has brought together an extraordinary group of distinguished scholars from across the world to produce a cross-national, interdisciplinary study of urban segregation. As well as providing a wealth of empirical data and methodological approaches to the study of segregation, the book makes important contributions to the analysis of globalization, neoliberalism, gentrification, and the decline of the welfare state. Yet, while attributing much to these general processes, it also distinguishes the varying effects of particular local and national policies.' --Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design, US'This book presents new points of departure for debates about segregation. Its chapters provide original, cross-disciplinary, research-based accounts using different frameworks to build on earlier work. They explore economic, policy and other factors that drive changing patterns of urban segregation in different cities and countries and analyse how the various dimensions of segregation are overlapping and reinforcing. The book provides new insights and a new baseline that make it essential reading for anyone concerned with urban research and policy.' --Alan Murie, University of Birmingham, UK'Social segregation is a wide-ranging and important phenomenon within cities across the world. The implications are profound in terms of social interaction as well as access to employment, housing, education, health, transport and open space. This valuable edited collection examines the variations in segregation in a variety of different cities and contexts and will be an important source for staff and students.' --Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK and UESTC, Chengdu, ChinaTable of ContentsContents List of contributors ix Preface xv INTRODUCTION 1 Urban segregation: contexts, domains, dimensions and approaches 2 Sako Musterd PART I KEY SEGREGATION ISSUES ACROSS THE GLOBE: URBAN SEGREGATION IN CITIES IN AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA 2 Urban segregation in South Africa: the evolution of exclusion in Cape Town 19 Jacobus van Rooyen and Charlotte Lemanski 3 Segregation by class and race in S.o Paulo 36 Eduardo Marques and Danilo Fran.a 4 Residential segregation of rural migrants in post-reform urban China 55 Zhigang Li and Feicui Gou 5 Dimensions of urban segregation at the end of the Australian dream 76 Bill Randolph 6 Globalization, immigration and ethnic diversity: the exceptional case of Vienna 101 Josef Kohlbacher and Ursula Reeger 7 Do market forces reduce segregation? The controversies of post-socialist urban regions of Central and Eastern Europe 118 Zolt.n Kov.cs 8 Urban and school segregation in the larger Paris metropolitan area: a complex interweaving with a strong qualitative impact on social cohesion 134 Marco Oberti 9 Racial and economic segregation in the US: overlapping and reinforcing dimensions 151 Paul A. Jargowsky PART II MULTIPLE DOMAINS AND DIMENSIONS OF SEGREGATION 10 Can the public space be a counterweight to social segregation? 170 Ali Madanipour 11 Spatial segregation and the quality of the local environment in contemporary cities 185 Roberta Cucca 12 Intersections of class, ethnicity and age: social segregation of children in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam 200 Willem R. Boterman 13 Change and persistence in the third dimension: residential segregation by age and family type in Stockholm, 1990 and 2014 219 .sa Br.m. and Roger Andersson 14 Segregation by household composition and income across multiple spatial scales 239 Ann Owens 15 Middle-class family encounters and the role of micro-publics for cross-social interaction 254 Heike Hanh.rster and Sabine Weck 16 Socioeconomic segregation and the middle classes in Paris, Rio de Janeiro and S.o Paulo: a comparative perspective 270 Edmond Pr.teceille and Adalberto Cardoso 17 Segregation and the urban rich: enclaves, networks and mobilities 289 Rowland Atkinson and Hang Kei Ho 18 The impact of gentrification on social and ethnic segregation 306 Wouter van Gent and Cody Hochstenbach 19 Vertical social differentiation as segregation in spatial proximity 325 Thomas Maloutas 20 Residential stratification and segmentation in the hyper-vertical city 346 Ray Forrest, Ka Sik Tong and Weijia Wang PART III MEASURING AND CONCEPTUALISING SEGREGATION: METHODS, APPROACHES AND DEBATES 21 Understanding the processes of changing segregation 367 Nick Bailey 22 Integrating infrastructure and accessibility in measures of bespoke neighbourhoods 378 John .sth and Umut Türk 23 On the meaning and measurement of the ghetto as a form of segregation 395 Alan Walks EPILOGUE 24 Towards further understanding of urban segregation 411 Sako Musterd Index 425

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Book SynopsisThe importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis.This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context and bridges the gap in research. It provides a novel perspective of social policy analysis, answering the common debates such as: what is the role of local institutions in welfare provisions? Do they exert an influence beyond their jurisdiction? What difference can we trace among different types of locales (e.g. urban vs. rural)? How does the role of cities change in different national regulatory systems? Chapters disentangle the interplay between jurisdictions, politics, policy instruments and contexts in the spatial construction of social policies. Thanks to the impressive selection of contributors, the volume discusses urban social policies with broad geographical coverage including cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, and provides cursory references to the COVID-19 pandemic in different policy fields. This book will be of interest to a broad range of students in different fields from welfare to urban studies, as well as those interested in multilevel governance and policy analysis. Scholars interested in comparative social policy, but also in social innovation, public administration and political science, will also find this book a good companion.Trade Review‘Urban contexts have been major sites for the emergence of new social risks and the reconfiguration of welfare in terms of actors, governance and modes of provision. This impressive Handbook elucidates ongoing transformations, through a collection of up-to-date analyses and a path breaking dialogue between different disciplinary perspectives.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, Italy‘The rich contributions of this book offer a complex view of the dynamics which shape local social policies, in the interaction between context specificity, diversity ad multiplicity of actors, national and international regulations. The multidisciplinary approach and its implementation on an ample range of context and time specific cases integrates and goes beyond literatures that have developed in isolation from each other, opening new avenues for research.’ -- Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy‘Emphasizing the territorial nature of social policy and the key role of cities for social inclusion, this Handbook contributes directly to the field of comparative social policy studies. Gathering excellent contributors, it is an indispensable reference volume for students of multilevel governance and local social policy.’ -- Daniel Béland, McGill University, Canada‘It has long been assumed that social welfare is, and should be, a matter for the centralized nation-state. Yet, as this collection shows, the restructuring of welfare and rescaling of social, economic and political life have created both new forms of inequality and new policies to address them. Problems have been redefined, power dynamics have shifted and policy-making systems transformed to create place-specific welfare compromises. The book charts the broad trends to centralisation and decentralisation in social policies while providing contextual analysis of their varied impact in different places.’ -- Michael Keating, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Aberdeen, UK‘This terrific volume gives voice to leading European thinkers in conversation with peers from the U.S., Southern Africa, Brazil, China, and Japan about building on the crucial insight that social welfare policies vary as much within national systems as across them. Even in centralized systems, urban delivery practices put a strong stamp on the deployment of social policy instruments and their impact on place-based constituencies. The authors show that the centralization–decentralization dynamic is central to understanding how welfare states function and that transcending its discontents will be central to protecting the vulnerable from new social risks. The product of years of collaboration, this Handbook sets the agenda for future thinking about social policy in our precarious urban worlds.’ -- John Mollenkopf, City University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Urban Social Policies: International Perspectives on Multilevel Governance and Local Welfare 2 Yuri Kazepov, Eduardo Barberis, Roberta Cucca and Elisabetta Mocca PART I LOCALIZING RISK AND VULNERABILITY 2 Localizing New Social Risks 24 Costanzo Ranci and Lara Maestripieri 3 Territorial Welfare Governance Changes: Concepts and Explanatory Factors 39 Eloísa del Pino, Luis Moreno and Jorge Hernández-Moreno 4 The Territorial Dimension of Social Investment in Europe 55 Yuri Kazepov and Ruggero Cefalo 5 Urban Social Innovation and the European City: Assessing the Changing Urban Welfare Mix and Its Scalar Articulation 72 Stijn Oosterlynck and Tatiana Saruis 6 Citizenship Practices and Co-Production of Local Social Policies in Southern Europe 85 Ana Belén Cano-Hila, Marc Pradel-Miquel and Marisol García 7 The Transformation of the Local Welfare System in European Cities 101 Alberta Andreotti, Enzo Mingione and Emanuele Polizzi PART II THE LOCAL DIMENSION OF TARGETED SOCIAL POLICIES 8 Care as Multi-Scalar Policy: ECEC and LTC Services across Europe 117 Marco Arlotti and Stefania Sabatinelli 9 Poverty and Multi-Layered Social Assistance in Europe 134 Sarah Marchal and Bea Cantillon 10 Institutional Logics of Service Provision: The National and Urban Governance of Activation Policies in Three European Countries 152 Vanesa Fuertes, Martin Heidenreich and Ronald McQuaid 11 The Local Dimension of Housing Policies 170 Christoph Reinprecht 12 Migration Policies at the Local Level: Constraints and Windows of Opportunities in a Contentious Field 187 Eduardo Barberis and Alba Angelucci 13 Segregation, Neighbourhood Effects and Social Mix Policies 204 Sako Musterd 14 Local segregation patterns and multilevel education policies 219 Willem Boterman and Isabel Ramos Lobato PART III THE INSTRUMENTS OF LOCAL SOCIAL POLICIES 15 Local Governance and Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Ground Floor of Social Policy 235 Peter Hupe and Trui Steen 16 National-Regional-Local Shifting Games in Multi-Tiered Welfare States 250 Giuliano Bonoli and Philipp Trein 17 Social Work and Community Work 266 Stefan Köngeter and Christian Reutlinger 18 New Public Management-Inspired Public Sector Reforms and Evaluation: Long-Term Care Provisions in European Countries 281 Hellmut Wollmann 19 Public Participation and Social Policies in Contemporary Cities 296 Roberta Cucca 20 Territorial Effects of EU Policies: Which Social Outcomes at the Local Level? 308 Iván Tosics and Laura Colini PART IV EXAMPLES OF URBAN SOCIAL POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD 21 Soziale Stadt (Social City) 325 Simon Güntner 22 The Rescaling of Social Policies in the Post-Yugoslav Space: Welfare Parallelism and Local State Capture 337 Paul Stubbs and Siniša Zrinščak 23 States of Welfare: Decentralization and Its Consequences in US Social Policy 352 Sarah K. Bruch and Colin Gordon 24 Urban Social Protection in Southern Africa 369 Jeremy Seekings 25 Social Policies and Security in Favelas and Urban Peripheries of Brazilian Cities 384 Eduardo Marques and Marta Arretche 26 Innovative (Local) Social Policies in China 399 Daniel R. Hammond 27 Urban and Local Social Policies in the Nordic Countries 415 Håkan Johansson 28 The Challenges of Activation Policies in Japan and Their Local Dimension 430 Miki Tsutsui and Shuhei Naka Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Research Handbook offers new ways in which to navigate the diverse terrain of community development research. Contributions from leading experts unpack the foundations and history of community development research and look to its future, exploring innovative frameworks for conceptualizing community development. Chapters consider the trajectories and impact of global community development research, offering critical insight into the methods and frameworks that are currently being used in the field. Covering varied topics, from housing and food availability, to revitalization and faith-based regeneration, this Research Handbook provides a broad and in-depth exploration of the state of the field today. Comprehensive and unequivocally progressive, this is key reading for social and public policy researchers in need of an understanding of the current trends in community development research as well as practitioners and policymakers working on urban, rural and regional development. Contributors include: N. Al Sader, K. Anacker, C.J.L. Balsas, L.J. Beaulieu, G. Bonilla-Santiago, E.A. Dobis, B.M. Elias, K. Flowers, S. Frimpong, J. Fursova, I. Garcia, F. Handy, B. Hofstedt, J.B. Hollander, J.G. Huff Jr., M.R. Islam, S. Khademi, R. Kleinhans, R.C. Knopf, P. Kraeger, I. Kumar, R. Lewis, D. Mason, J. McGrath, A. Meshkini, M. Norouzi, M. Page, C.B. Peterson, J. Reece, K.A. Rouf, M. Roseland, A.R. Russell, R.M. Silverman, M. Spiliotopoulou, C. Sutton-Brown-Fox, C.A. Talmage, H.L. Taylor, Jr., T.D. Thomas, G.H. Tonon, L. Townsend, D.P. Varady, C. Wallace, L. YinTrade Review'Phillips, Trevan, and Kraeger's Research Handbook on Community Development is an invaluable new resource for students, faculty, and professionals committed to resident-led community transformation. It features deeply insightful articles exploring the most important challenges confronting those struggling to build more vibrant, equitable, resilient, and just neighborhoods, cities, and regions.' --Kenneth Reardon, University of Massachusetts Boston, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on Community Development 1 Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan and Patsy Kraeger PART I FOUNDATIONS 1 Weaving reflection, action, and knowledge creation: lived experience as a catalyst into the cycle of praxis for community development 12 C. Bjørn Peterson, Craig A. Talmage and Richard C. Knopf 2 The study of poverty in places: scope, scale, and space 24 Elizabeth A. Dobis, Lionel J. Beaulieu and Indraneel Kumar 3 In pursuit of just communities: supporting community development for marginalized communities through regional sustainability planning 48 Jason Reece 4 Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD): core principles 67 Ivis García 5 Stepping up the ladder: reflecting on the role of nonprofit organisations in supporting community participation 76 Julia Fursova 6 Social economy, social capital, NGOs and community development: a gendered perspective 93 Dyana P. Mason 7 What can Northwest European community enterprises learn from American community-based organizations? 104 David P. Varady, Reinout Kleinhans and Nuha Al Sader 8 Community development, well-being and technology: a Kenyan village 124 Claire Wallace and Leanne Townsend PART II RESEARCH METHODS AND FRAMEWORKS 9 Experience of group formation in Grameen Bank, Bangladesh 137 Kazi Abdur Rouf 10 How to build an “intentional community” 172 Brenda M. Elias 11 Inclusionary zoning and inclusionary housing in the United States: measuring inputs and outcomes 189 Katrin B. Anacker 12 Enhancing evaluation capacity: lessons from faith-based community development in El Salvador 204 James G. Huff, Jr. 13 Managing competing interests in the public participation process: lessons from an analysis of residential displacement in Buffalo, New York’s transitioning neighborhoods 211 Robert Mark Silverman, Li Yin and Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. 14 Methods and framework of participatory action research for community development in Bangladesh 224 M. Rezaul Islam 15 Building a healthy community: the Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition 244 Patsy Kraeger 16 Social indicator projects for rural communities: the case of the Northwoods Quality of Life Database 273 Brandon Hofstedt 17 An exploratory study of food deserts in Utica, Mississippi 290 Talya D. Thomas 18 Impact of socioeconomic characteristics on neighborhood environment satisfaction in deteriorated areas 301 Mostafa Norouzi, Abolfazl Meshkini and Somayeh Khademi 19 Downtown revitalization, livability and quality of life in Tucson, Arizona 319 Carlos J.L. Balsas PART III EMERGING CONSTRUCTS AND THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 20 Theories and concepts influencing sustainable community development: introducing the concept of community productivity 337 Maria Spiliotopoulou and Mark Roseland 21 Re-imagining community development: the Cocoa360 model 348 Shadrack Frimpong, Allison R. Russell and Femida Handy 22 Community development and place attachment using an inductive social media approach 361 Justin B. Hollander and Max Page 23 Re-imagining democratic research processes in community-based development: a case for photovoice 382 Camille Sutton-Brown 24 Centering aesthetics in community development: approaches from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity 391 Jerrold McGrath 25 The new role of the university in community development 407 Graciela Tonon 26 Community innovation and small liberal arts colleges: lessons learned from local partnerships and sustainable community development 416 Craig A. Talmage, Robin Lewis, Kathleen Flowers and Lisa Cleckner 27 Sustaining an urban education pipeline: a case study of university and community development partnership 439 Gloria Bonilla-Santiago Index 457

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This book seeks to answer the question: what do we need to know about the success, failure and future prospects of creating walkable, diverse urbanism? Separating out what we already know from what we don't, it advances a research agenda aimed at helping to sustain the New Urbanism movement. As the book clearly demonstrates, there is a lot we still need to learn about creating and sustaining good cities. A wide array of topics are covered, from big picture concerns about the need for more theory development, to more fundamental topics like sustaining urban retail and encouraging multi-modal transportation. The authors explore research needs from the social, environmental, and economic sides of New Urbanism, from small-scale DIY tactics to large-scale policy platforms like the UN's New Urban Agenda, from zoning reform to autonomous vehicles and climate change. New Urbanism is a large topic, and the research needed to sustain it is equally large. We still need to know - in a more rigorous way - whether, and how, New Urbanist principles are ever achieved, whether the outcomes associated with a particular implementation strategy are providing environmental, social and economic benefits as claimed, and what the best strategy might be for fulfilling each goal. This unique book offers profound and intriguing insights into the development and growth of New Urbanism. It will be required reading for students and scholars of urban planning and design, and urban studies more broadly.Trade Review'The New Urbanism's commitment to the simultaneity of theory and evidence in practice presents a rich agenda for research. Examining the movement's intellectual foundations as well as its continuing evolution and capacity to stimulate policy change, these essays represent an invigorating encouragement for its thought leaders to focus on the wicked problems of our time, such as the affordability of dwelling, and keeping communities out of harm's way under intensifying climate conditions.' --Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Co-Founder of DPZ CoDESIGN and University of Miami, School of Architecture, US'Predominantly aimed at arming the next generation of urban planning scholars with highly relevant research questions, this book's revealing dives into the histories, theories and practices that have guided specialized urban discourses will be of great interest to a broad range of urbanists.' --Ellen Dunham-Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Why a New Urbanist Research Agenda is Needed Emily Talen 2. Theoretical Foundations Cliff Ellis 3. DIY Urbanism Donovan Finn and Gordon Douglas 4. Urban Retail Conrad Kickert 5. Transportation Wes Marshall 6. Green New Urbanism V. Kelly Turner 7. Cultural Competency and Racial Inclusion April Jackson 8. Social Goals Sungduck Lee 9. Urban Growth Matthew Hardy 10. The New Urban Agenda Michael W. Mehaffy 11. The Future of Urbanism Ajay Garde Index

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Book SynopsisUrban planners in developed countries are pushing hard for closer integration of land use and transport. At the same time, gaps in knowledge and understanding are becoming more apparent, as the traditional focus has been on the shape of the city, rather than how it functions as a place to live and visit. How Great Cities Happen addresses this challenge by developing a wider, all-encompassing agenda for more productive, inclusive and sustainable cities. This book's innovative approach to land use and transport planning covers such issues as: urban planning for productivity growth; social inclusion and wellbeing (including what makes a great city for children); and environmental sustainability. Extensive discussions of affordable housing and analyses of funding opportunities for increased investment in urban public transport are also provided. In addition, the book offers a review of the governance frameworks that can best integrate top-down strategic thinking and bottom-up approaches into a more holistic strategy. The authors adopt a meticulous yet non-technical approach, grounded in a blend of academic and real-world experience of cities. The work will appeal to students in urban planning, policy, economics, transport economics and social and environmental policy. Professional planners and urban policymakers will also benefit from the strong policy orientation.Trade Review'This book is a must read for anyone interested in the future and sustainability of cities whether they are planners, urban and transport researchers or politicians.' -- Richard D Knowles, Journal of Transport Geography'A must-read for charting sustainable urban futures, How Great Cities Happen is chock full of illustrative and inspiring international examples, highlighting experiences in two of the world's most liveable cities - Melbourne and Vancouver. Key steps for creating great cities, informed by some of best research to date, are offered throughout. Here the authors stress good governance, reliable funding, affordable housing, and what so far has received scant attention in the literature, socially just and child-friendly communities.' --Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US'This fine volume on cities draws from the considerable stock of wisdom accumulated over many years by its three authors, all of whom have leading international reputations and experience in the fields of city planning and management. It mixes hard empirical analysis with a sensitive appreciation of human needs, including those often neglected in urban decision-making, notably that of children and young people. It is a timely and important addition to the urban canon.' --Brendan Gleeson, The University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Why this Book? 2. What Constitutes a ‘Good City’: Some Case Studies 3. Economic Influences on Strategic Land Use Transport Policy and Planning 4. Land Use and Transport Designed to Meet Social Needs 5. A Neighbourhood Structured for Children and Youth 6. Housing Affordability: a Major Problem for Many Cities 7. The Interface with Land Use, Transport and Communities and the Environment 8. Governance 9. Funding 10. Putting an Integrated Land Use Transport Strategy Together Index

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