Urban communities / city life Books

Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law on cities. It sheds light on the growing global role of cities and makes the case for a renewed understanding of international law in the light of the urban turn.Written by a group of scholars from a wide range of different geographical and theoretical backgrounds, this Research Handbook contributes to a better understanding of the practice of cities in various fields of international law ranging from climate change over human rights and migration to security governance. Additionally, it offers reflections on how to account for this urban turn in the light of historical and cross-cutting theoretical perspectives from legal and non-legal scholarship alike.Combining doctrinal work and analysis of international practice with critical historical and theoretical contributions, this Research Handbook will be a must-have reference book for researchers and students in the field of international law as well as other disciplines, including human geography, urban studies, sociology and political science.Trade ReviewAwarded the 2022 ESIL Collaborative Book Prize'Research Handbooks tend to be just that – a book for reading selected contents one is interested in. Not this Handbook – it is fascinating from the beginning to end. Research Handbook of International Law and Cities, edited by Helmut Philip Aust and Janne E. Nijman, is an innovative collaborative work because it draws light at the growing importance of cities in international legal frameworks. Traditionally, cities have had relatively little to do with international law as the law of nations was constructed around the nation state and its sovereignty. The book invites us to rethink this proposition as it demonstrates how cities have become active in areas traditionally thought to be relating to international law. It thus raises awareness of a blind spot in international law, filling a research gap – adding more actors to the multiplicity of actors relevant in international law. […]‘This is an essential read for all of those studying or working at the intersection of International Relations and urban policy. The volume is a treasure trove of legal and international nuance critical to unpack the challenges that confront the internationalization of cities in the multilateral arena.’ -- Michele Acuto, International Affairs‘I would commend this book to all lawyers practising in the field of public international law and to students of the subject. It is a useful and innovating reference book and contributes to a better understanding of the role of cities in various fields of international law.’ -- Stephen D Sutton, The Law Society Gazette'Aust and Nijman's Research Handbook on International Law and Cities captures the complexity, and the controversy, of the relationship between cities and international law in all its splendour. This is a skilfully designed and executed - and coherent - work from the leading legal scholars in the field. The reader is led through the history, structure and many of the current issues in what is an increasingly well-established field, both academically and in practice. There will be many more thematic avenues to explore but the principles and the path are set out here. This book will become a dear friend for many historians, political scientists and lawyers, to name but a few.' -- Robert Lewis-Lettington, UN-Habitat'Walter Benjamin - foremost among writers on cities - once observed (to paraphrase) that crafting a good piece of writing entails making, at once, a musical composition, an architectural construction, and a woven textile. The Research Handbook on International Law and Cities that Helmut Aust and Janne Nijman have assembled, working with Miha Marcenko and a superb array of contributors, succeeds in all these ways. Combining historical, conceptual, practical and critical takes on the role of cities in global phenomena, and on various manifestations of the global in the urban, it sounds provocative notes for future work. Its construction is at once magisterial and replete with intriguing openings. Its fabric is rich in theoretical and empirical threads of value to international law and cognate disciplines. As one sometimes does in a city, I lost myself in its pages, in the most pleasurable way. Regardless of their disciplinary or geographic starting point, all those who read it - or should I say, visit this volume’s many cities - are sure to emerge newly informed and inspired.' -- Fleur Johns, UNSW Sydney, Australia'This Research Handbook offers a rich array of insightful analyses about the way that international law is being shaped, interpreted, and implemented by cities. After exploring historical antecedents, the volume dives into structural aspects of cities within international law, before tackling the role of cities in reshaping particular subject matter areas, such as climate change, human rights and refugees. For those captivated by States and international organizations as the only actors that count, this volume will change your mind.' -- Sean D. Murphy, George Washington University, US and Member, U.N. International Law CommissionTable of ContentsContents: 1 The emerging roles of cities in international law – introductory remarks on practice, scholarship and the Handbook 1 Helmut Philipp Aust and Janne E. Nijman PART I INTERNATIONAL LEGAL HISTORIES OF CITIES 2 Silk Road cities and their co-existing legal traditions 17 Valerie Hansen 3 Legitimizing interurban cooperation in the Middle Ages: the legal system of the Hanse 29 Tobias Boestad 4 The legal system among Italian city republics 41 Susanne Lepsius 5 Cities and international law: an imperial perspective 52 Luigi Nuzzo 6 Invisibility of cities in classical international law 64 Mirko Sossai 7 Cities, post-coloniality and international law 77 Luis Eslava and George Hill 8 Global city networks and the nation-state: rethinking a false tradeoff 90 Boris Vormann PART II CITIES AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 9 International legal personality/subjectivity of cities 103 Yishai Blank 10 Sources and law-making 121 Yukiko Takashiba 11 Responsibility 135 Katja Creutz 12 Dispute settlement 147 Moritz Baumgärtel 13 International organizations and cities 158 Jacob Katz Cogan 14 Sovereignty 173 Anouche Beaudouin PART III PRACTICE AREAS: HOW CITIES ARE RESHAPING INTERNATIONAL LAW 15 Climate change law and sustainable development 187 Anél du Plessis 16 The role of transnational city networks in environmental governance 201 Jolene Lin 17 The global insecure counterterrorism city 214 Alejandro Rodiles 18 Finding international law ‘close to home’: the case of human rights cities 227 Martha F. Davis 19 Cities, refugees and migration 240 Barbara Oomen 20 Development cooperation and the city 251 Michael Riegner 21 The role of cities in the global governance of health 265 Christian Iaione and Elena de Nictolis 22 The law of economic globalization and cities 279 Jorge E. Viñuales and Lucy Lu Reimers 23 From global city to Olympic city: the transnational legal journey of London 2012 293 Antoine Duval 24 City diplomacy: experience from the ground 305 Mauricio Rodas PART IV CROSS-CUTTING PERSPECTIVES ON CITIES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 25 An international relations perspective 321 Simon Curtis 26 Urbanizing political concepts for analyzing politics in the city 329 Nir Barak and Avner de Shalit 27 Cities as democratic representatives in international law-making 341 Samantha Besson and José Luis Martí 28 Cities, the Anthropocene and earth system law 354 Louis J. Kotzé 29 City networks and the glocalization of urban governance 368 Sheila R. Foster and Chrystie Swiney 30 The relationship between the state and the city from a comparative (constitutional) perspective 381 Geneviève Cartier 31 How domestic legal systems respond to international local government law: between accommodation, resistance and transformation 398 Carlo M. Colombo and Martijn L.P. Groenleer 32 Global administrative law and cities: the perfect couple that never was 411 Edouard Fromageau 33 Inter-legality, cities and the changing nature of authority 419 Jan Klabbers 34 International lawyers and the city 430 Daniel Litwin 35 The hidden city in international legal thought 443 Karen Knop Appendix 457 Helmut Aust and Janne E. Nijman Index

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Book Synopsis'Having been one of many collaborating with Charles on this journey, I believe this publication is valuable in bringing together the many streams of thinking, exploration and practice behind the notion of a truly ''Creative City''.' - Richard Brecknock, Brecknock Consulting, Australia 'At last the comprehensive story of the creative city and the many streams of thought it inspires - by the most significant author and thinker in this space. As Charles argues, thinking with imagination and creativity is no longer a choice for cities, it's essential for them to thrive.' - Margie Caust, Urban Strategist 'Now that the ''shock and awe'' of claim and counterclaim has blown over; an inspiring reflective synthesis of both the practices and the potentials for the Creative City.' - Andy C. Pratt, City University of London, UK Elgar 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. Written by the leading authority Charles Landry, inventssor of the concept of the creative city, this timely book offers an insightful and engaging introduction to the field. Exploring the development of the concept, it discusses the characteristics of cities, the qualities of creativity, the creative and regeneration repertoires and the gentrification dilemma. Other key topics of this definitive work include ambition and creativity, cities and psychology, digitization and the creative bureaucracy. Key features include: clear and compact style a unique survey of contemporary developments in the field provides a theoretical base for evaluating the concept of creative cities considerations of the urban-sociological context of creative cities sets an agenda for future research in the field. The Advanced Introduction to the Creative City will be an indispensable guide for scholars and students working in urban geography, urban sociology, urban planning and urban studies. Trade Review'Creative city' remains one of the most globally influential policy ideas. Landry's Advanced Introduction presents an intellectual landscape of the most compelling policy ideas, creative proposals, models of practice, and frameworks of reflection, that the creative city imaginary facilitates around the world. This is an essential companion to cultural policy in relation to cities and creative economy, place-making and any form of sustainable community worth living in.' --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick, UK'It is always impressive and inspiring how Charles Landry manages to tap into the big questions for our common future. His innovative approach to culture and creative industries as a mind and game changer developed a movement that is constantly growing. This book is again an eye opener on how to work on central issues - multi-layered, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral - bringing life and perspectives into the cities of tomorrow - where people have the power.' --Claudia Jericho, Creative Human Relations/ CREATIVE.NRW, Nord Rhein Westfalen Government, Germany'Yes I love this book and find it very helpful as it describes for the first time the history of creative cities in a comprehensive way.' --Emeritus Professor, Masayuki Sasaki, Osaka City University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Setting the scene 2. Highlights and summary 3 Uncreative and creative places 4. Waves of change 5. Objective and subjective: My story 6. A timeline and trajectory 7. The characteristics of cities 8. The qualities of creativity 9. The creative repertoire 10. The regeneration repertoire 11. The gentrification dilemma 12. Ambition and creativity 13. Psychology and the city 14. Digitization - The Game Changer 15. The Creative Bureaucracy 16. Measuring the pulse of places Index

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Book Synopsis'Having been one of many collaborating with Charles on this journey, I believe this publication is valuable in bringing together the many streams of thinking, exploration and practice behind the notion of a truly ''Creative City''.' - Richard Brecknock, Brecknock Consulting, Australia 'At last the comprehensive story of the creative city and the many streams of thought it inspires - by the most significant author and thinker in this space. As Charles argues, thinking with imagination and creativity is no longer a choice for cities, it's essential for them to thrive.' - Margie Caust, Urban Strategist 'Now that the ''shock and awe'' of claim and counterclaim has blown over; an inspiring reflective synthesis of both the practices and the potentials for the Creative City.' - Andy C. Pratt, City University of London, UK Elgar 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. Written by the leading authority Charles Landry, inventssor of the concept of the creative city, this timely book offers an insightful and engaging introduction to the field. Exploring the development of the concept, it discusses the characteristics of cities, the qualities of creativity, the creative and regeneration repertoires and the gentrification dilemma. Other key topics of this definitive work include ambition and creativity, cities and psychology, digitization and the creative bureaucracy. Key features include: clear and compact style a unique survey of contemporary developments in the field provides a theoretical base for evaluating the concept of creative cities considerations of the urban-sociological context of creative cities sets an agenda for future research in the field. The Advanced Introduction to the Creative City will be an indispensable guide for scholars and students working in urban geography, urban sociology, urban planning and urban studies. Trade Review'Creative city' remains one of the most globally influential policy ideas. Landry's Advanced Introduction presents an intellectual landscape of the most compelling policy ideas, creative proposals, models of practice, and frameworks of reflection, that the creative city imaginary facilitates around the world. This is an essential companion to cultural policy in relation to cities and creative economy, place-making and any form of sustainable community worth living in.' --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick, UK'It is always impressive and inspiring how Charles Landry manages to tap into the big questions for our common future. His innovative approach to culture and creative industries as a mind and game changer developed a movement that is constantly growing. This book is again an eye opener on how to work on central issues - multi-layered, interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral - bringing life and perspectives into the cities of tomorrow - where people have the power.' --Claudia Jericho, Creative Human Relations/ CREATIVE.NRW, Nord Rhein Westfalen Government, Germany'Yes I love this book and find it very helpful as it describes for the first time the history of creative cities in a comprehensive way.' --Emeritus Professor, Masayuki Sasaki, Osaka City University, JapanTable of ContentsContents: 1. Setting the scene 2. Highlights and summary 3 Uncreative and creative places 4. Waves of change 5. Objective and subjective: My story 6. A timeline and trajectory 7. The characteristics of cities 8. The qualities of creativity 9. The creative repertoire 10. The regeneration repertoire 11. The gentrification dilemma 12. Ambition and creativity 13. Psychology and the city 14. Digitization - The Game Changer 15. The Creative Bureaucracy 16. Measuring the pulse of places Index

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Book SynopsisLondon drowns in sewage and Europe burns. In this creative nonfiction, George F. falls in with a band of chaos punks who drink, fight and struggle for shelter when the world ends. From mass demonstrations in Paris, the rotten squats of Shoreditch, and the lawless forests of the borderlands, to carnival riots in the autonomous zones of Berlin they battle fascists, dodge arrest and wrestle with the greatest struggle of all: sobriety. 'In documenting his desperate battles against State, capital and inner demons, George has gifted us a raging response to the bleakness of our times.' Paul Case, Dead White Anarchists

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Book SynopsisThe London Dream tells the story of a city that promises opportunity, excitement and the possibility of prosperity. It is a mythology has launched millions of migrant journeys. No one benefits more from the flow of willed and willing workers than London’s employers. And still, they come. They come to a city propelled by a newly cool capitalism and hungry for workers to serve it. From actors to cleaners, academics to café workers, The London Dream explores the stories of Londoners chasing the dreams offered by the city and the economy within which their precarious hopes become profits.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Grosso traces the history of New York's transformation back into a gilded city, and asks what can be done about it. He examines New York's deindustrialization and the elite planning and design that followed; New York's financial crisis of the mid-1970s and the policy decisions made in its wake; New York's housing crisis; and the history of public housing across the United States. Making the history of gentrification and deindustrialization widely available and understood is a crucial tool in combating housing crises which continue to spread in cities around the world as more and more houses are left empty, to be used for global investments instead of for living. Fresh, lively, accessible, Grosso brings the issues of gentrification, deindustrialization, homelessness, and militarized policing, so easily ignored, to the fore.

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Book SynopsisCities have become the major habitat for human societies. They are also the places where the starkest social inequalities show up. Income, social, land and housing inequalities shape the built environment and living conditions of different neighborhoods of cities, and in return, unequal access to services, environmental quality and favorable health conditions in different neighborhoods and cities fuel the reproduction of interpersonal inequalities.This book examines how inequalities are produced and reproduced both within and between cities. In particular, we review land rent and social segregation theories from diverse disciplinary references and through examples taken from around the world. The attraction of urban centralities, which is further reinforced by the growing financialization of property and urban capital, is also analyzed through the lens of its influence on rent-seeking mechanisms and the ever increasing pressure of population migration.Table of ContentsPreface ixDenise PUMAIN and Clémentine COTTINEAU Chapter 1. Major Models of the Spatial Organization of Urban Societies 1Clémentine COTTINEAU and Denise PUMAIN 1.1. Historical evolution of the spatiality of social status markers in the city 2 1.2. Slums, informal settlements and shanty towns 12 1.3. Institutional segregation 16 1.4. Separations by choice 21 1.5. Mobility and unequal accessibility in urban space 26 1.6. Corrections and remedies 30 1.7. Conclusion 35 1.8. References 35 Chapter 2. Land Rent and the Center--Periphery model 45Denise PUMAIN 2.1. Introduction 45 2.2. Space and rent: the urban field 47 2.3. Variations of the urban field by city 58 2.4. Towards a complex explanatory construction of urban rent inequalities 64 2.5. Financialization of urban development and conflicts over land use? 67 2.6. Conclusion 72 2.7. References 72 Chapter 3. Inequalities in Access to Urban Services 79Eugenia Doria VIANA CERQUEIRA 3.1. Introduction 79 3.2. Urban services: definitions 81 3.3. Urban services and issues of socio-spatial inequality 82 3.4. Access to urban services: a plurality of dimensions 90 3.5. Conclusion 96 3.6. References 97 Chapter 4. Gentrification and the Real Estate Market: What Can We Learn from the Rent Gap Theory? 105Guilhem BOULAY 4.1. Introduction 105 4.2. The theoretical basis for thinking about gentrification 108 4.3. Apparent simplicity leads to great success 112 4.4. Testing and quantifying the rent gap hypothesis 118 4.5. What place for the rent gap theory in the geography of real estate? 125 4.6. Conclusion 129 4.7. Acknowledgments 130 4.8. References 130 Chapter 5. Socio-spatial Segregation in Cities 137Renaud LE GOIX 5.1. Segregation in metropolises, renewed theoretical issues 137 5.2. Segregation, social division of space and restratification in the contemporary city 139 5.3. From observations to theories: the multiple factors of segregation 147 5.4. Analyzing segregation, scales and temporalities 154 5.5. Conclusion 160 5.6. Acknowledgments 161 5.7. References 161 Chapter 6. Migrants In and Between the Cities of the World 173Armelle CHOPLIN, Hasnia-Sonia MISSAOUI and Olivier PLIEZ 6.1. Introduction: migration, urbanization and inequalities 173 6.2. City networks and migration networks: a coincidence rather than a given 176 6.3. Migration flows creating urban systems 183 6.4. Conclusion. Migrants and cities: creators and accelerators of inequalities? 194 6.5. References 195 Chapter 7. Inequalities Between Cities 205Clémentine COTTINEAU 7.1. Interweaving of scales and cities 205 7.2. Inequalities related to urban functions 208 7.3. Inequalities related to urban status and city powers 213 7.4. Size inequalities 217 7.5. Image inequalities 221 7.6. Conclusion 226 7.7. References 226 Conclusion 233Denise PUMAIN and Clémentine COTTINEAU List of Authors 237 Index 239

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Book SynopsisProviding an in-depth exploration of the complexities of densification policy and processes, this book brings the important experiences of densification in Johannesburg into conversation with a range of cities in Africa, the BRICS countries and the Global North. It moves beyond the divisive debate over whether densification is good or bad, adding nuance and complexity to the calls from multilateral organisations for densification as a key urban strategy. Using empirical work in a comparative frame, Densifying the City? examines how densification policies and processes have manifested often in unanticipated or contrary ways. It offers important insights into resident-led densification and the processes and motivations that drive these activities. This will be an invigorating read for urban studies and urban planning scholars looking to move beyond a basic understanding of densifying cities to understanding the strategy behind it and its successes. Urban policy makers will also appreciate the use of key case studies throughout the book.Trade Review'Densification is increasingly positioned as vital to cities and the global urban future. This collection of cases, from across the urban world, offers an invaluable critique of the politics and geographies of densification, and provides a set of progressive routes forward.' --Colin McFarlane, Durham University, UK'Urban densification has long been one of those enduring ''wicked problems'' which has long perplexed urban planners and policy experts. By offering a balanced analysis that unpacks the costs and benefits of compact cities, the contributors critically engage with the reigning conventional wisdom that densification is a central ingredient for urban sustainability and smart growth.' --Martin J. Murray, University of Michigan, USTable of ContentsContents: SECTION A DENSIFICATION IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 1 Thinking density through selected international case cities 2 Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Margot Rubin and Alexandra Appelbaum 2 Thinking densification from and through Johannesburg 17 Alison Todes, Philip Harrison, Margot Rubin and Alexandra Appelbaum 3 Density, informality and the urban premium 40 Ivan Turok 4 The challenges of planning and managing urban density in the city of São Paulo, Brazil 52 Anderson Kazuo Nakano 5 Successes and challenges of densification strategies in Curitiba, Brazil 63 Garth Klein and Priscila Zanon 6 Form, function, density: understanding the legacies of a century of modernist planning and urbanisation in Istanbul 73 Murat Üçoğlu, K. Murat Güney and Roger Keil 7 Densities in Delhi, India: evolution, process and policies 83 PSN Rao 8 Drivers of density change: the case of Beijing, China 93 Philip Harrison and Yan Yang 9 Vibrancy and instability: grappling with tension in the densification trajectory of Nairobi’s multi-storey tenement districts 103 Marie Huchzermeyer 10 Understanding density in unplanned and unregulated settlements of peri-urban Africa: a case study of Maputo, Mozambique 114 Paul Jenkins and Johan Mottelson 11 Government policies and accelerating densification in Sydney 125 Glen Searle SECTION B EXPERIENCING DENSIFICATION IN JOHANNESBURG 12 Densification through intensification: sub-letting in the inner city of Johannesburg 136 Tanya Zack, Sarah Charlton, Rirhandzu Khoza, Kwena Letsoalo and Chloé Malavolti 13 Residential alienation or the right to the city? ‘Rooms’ and ‘spaces’ as a mode of densification in Johannesburg and Cape Town 147 Kayla Brown and Simon Sizwe Mayson 14 Densities, enclaves, and the daily lives of migrants in Johannesburg 159 Khangelani Moyo 15 Urban compounds: densifying bungalows in Johannesburg 168 Kirsten Dörmann 16 Densification processes in comparison: Alexandra and Marlboro South 179 Lindsay Blair Howe 17 Living with strangers: backyarding, density and intimacy in Johannesburg 190 Margot Rubin and Sarah Charlton 18 On the defensive: the residential strategies shaping densification in Johannesburg’s northern suburbs 202 Alexandra Parker and Alexandra Appelbaum 19 Three emerging medium-density housing types in Johannesburg: improving their spatial performance 213 Lone Poulsen and Melinda Silverman SECTION C DENSIFICATION THROUGH TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: JOHANNESBURG’S CORRIDORS OF FREEDOM 20 Densifying through TOD: international experience with BRT 225 Sylvia Croese 21 Implementing transit-oriented development in Sandton Central: ambitions and realities 235 Miriam Maina 22 Density, access and public transport finance 246 Sean Cooke, Roger Behrens and Mark Zuidgeest 23 The politics of TOD: the case of Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom 256 Philip Harrison and Margot Rubin 24 Developers, density and the dreams of the Corridors of Freedom 266 Kirsten Harrison and Alison Todes 25 Proactive rezoning to promote inclusive densification 276 Stuart Denoon-Stevens and Verna Nel Index 284

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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 timely Research Agenda explores and proposes critical lines of research to support understanding of the conditions under which urban tourism contributes to the development of urban systems, and what can be done to create and conserve these conditions. Chapters highlight conceptual discussions, concrete case studies and policy reviews to address the issues surrounding the economic, environmental and social impacts of tourism on cities.Analysing the trends that have characterized urban tourism in the past, the Research Agenda looks ahead to those that may influence it in the future, including the impact of Covid-19. Chapters further offer a thorough conceptualization and innovative definitions of the phenomenon of urban tourism. The critical issue of the sustainability of tourism development in cities is also discussed in depth.The Research Agenda provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the urban tourism debate, making it a critical read for urban studies and tourism scholars. The detailed case studies from across four continents will also be beneficial to policymakers and urban planners dealing with tourism development.Trade Review‘Cities should be able to cater to travel-starved citizens of the world aching to spend their savings as soon as the Covid-19 travel bans are lifted. But how to do that without falling back into the trap of overtourism? The answers can be found in this collection of highly informative readings. They carefully balance theoretical and practical deliberations, providing an international comparative perspective based on numerous good and bad practices from the past. These should serve both as food for thought and inspiration for tomorrow, for academic researchers and practitioners alike.’ -- Irena Ograjenšek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia‘This book stands out in what is a rapidly growing field by balancing the two main discourses in urban tourism in recent decades: the opportunity for economic and social development vs. the devastating forces of overtourism for urban economies and societies. This edited collection gives us the state of the art academic and policy points of view on the future of tourism in cities.’ -- Noam Shoval, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel‘This book gives an impressive analysis of the state of the art of urban tourism in different parts of the world. It shows that many cities are at a critical juncture where the social costs of tourism tend to outweigh the social benefits, creating the need for a new, more sustainable business model for urban tourism. Through a challenging research agenda Jan van der Borg presents -- the fundamentals for such a business model. This is a must read for those interested in understanding the future of urban tourism.’– Leo van den Berg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism 1 Jan van der Borg PART I URBAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 2 Urban tourism: major trends 19 Bozana Zekan and Karl Wöber 3 Urban tourism as a special type of cultural tourism 33 Greg Richards PART II URBAN TOURISM IN AN INTERNATIONAL, COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 4 Smart governance in historic urban destinations - evidence from Croatia 55 Lidija Petrić and Ante Mandić 5 Understanding community perception through resident attitude studies: a segmentation analysis in Flemish art cities 85 Bart Neuts and Vincent Nijs 6 Tourism in Venice: mapping overtourism and exploring solutions 109 Nicola Camatti and Dario Bertocchi 7 The Rotterdam way: a new take on urban tourism management 129 Shirley Nieuwland, Ewout Versloot and Egbert van der Zee 8 New urban developments in a heritage area. A case study of Skeppsholmsviken 6 in Stockholm, Sweden 145 Anna-Paula Jonsson and Tigran Haas 9 Urban tourism development in Africa: evidence from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 179 Getaneh Addis Tessema and Ephrem Assefa Haile 10 Municipal advancement and tourism policy in the United States: economic development and urban restructuring 203 Costas Spirou 11 Comparative study on Chinese cities as international tourism destinations 221 Xiang Feng, Ben Derudder and Hai Xia Zhou PART III SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN CITIES 12 Overtourism – identifying the underlying causes and tensions in European tourism destinations 245 Ko Koens and Jeroen Klijs 13 Is another tourism possible? Shifting discourses in Barcelona’s tourism politics 261 Antonio Paolo Russo, Elsa Soro and Alessandro Scarnato 14 Post-COVID-19 urban tourism research 285 Sebastian Zenker 15 Towards A Research Agenda for Urban Tourism. A synthesis 299 Jan van der Borg Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores smaller towns and cities, places in which the majority of people live, highlighting that these more ordinary places have extraordinary geographies. It focuses on the development of an alternative approach to urban studies and theory that foregrounds smaller cities and towns rather than much larger cities and conurbations.Comparative case studies from Australia, Cambodia, India, Korea, the UK and US provide a rich collection of theoretically informed investigations into smaller urban centres that are connected in complex ways to regional, national and international flows of people, goods, ideas and materials. The book further examines policy development and implementation in smaller towns and cities. Chapters analyse core societal challenges, including economic restructuring, urban decline and renewal, and ageing populations.This is a timely and important book for students of human geography, urban studies, planning, and economic geography, particularly those focusing on cities and economic development. It will also appeal to policymakers and planners seeking insights on current debates reframing urban theory to embrace more ordinary towns and cities.Trade Review'Ordinary Cities, Extraordinary Geographies is a call for a more inclusive research agenda centering overlooked places often perceived as less important because they are not exceptionally large, or wealthy, or confronted by exceptional circumstances. Bryson, Kalafsky, and Vanchan have assembled both a compelling argument for studying ordinary places and a collection of international empirical examples. The result is an illustration of how and why studying ordinary places is essential to building a more inclusive research agenda for geography (and more broadly social science).' -- Jennifer Clark, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface: ordinary cities – place, space, time and biographical narratives xii Acknowledgements xvi 1 Ordinary cities, extraordinary geographies: parallax dimensions, interpolations and the scale question 1 John R. Bryson, Ronald V. Kalafsky and Vida Vanchan 2 The progressive city in the neighborhood context 23 George R. Frantz 3 The mechanics of small metropolitan labor markets in the U.S. South: does job growth always drive population growth? 43 Jonathan Kozar and William Graves 4 Examining the exports of smaller southern cities and assessing “borrowed size” 67 Ronald V. Kalafsky 5 (Extra) Ordinary Geelong: state-led urban regeneration and economic revival 84 Louise C. Johnson, Sally Weller and Tom Barnes 6 The infraordinary or the ordinary as extraordinary? Expertise (and not global) production networks and ordinary towns and cities 106 Stephen Williams and John R. Bryson 7 An ordinary but extraordinary city: Siem Reap Angkor, Cambodia 133 Vida Vanchan 8 Resilience and development of a small city in India: Dholpur, Rajasthan 151 Suparna Soni 9 Interconnection between ethnic enclaves in a small city and globalization 164 Kamyoung Kim and Ju-Hyun Bae 10 Beside the seaside: vertical dis-integration, demographic imbalance and adaptation in UK coastal communities 190 Jacob Salder 11 Reframing urban theory: smaller towns and cities, forms of life, embeddedplasticity and variegated urbanism 210 John R. Bryson, Vida Vanchan and Ronald V. Kalafsky Index

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Book SynopsisResearch Methods: Studying Urban Crime examines aspects of crime from a variety of perspectives and describes how researchers can conduct effective and valuable research in the discipline. Utilising an urban context, the contributed chapters provide strategies for exploring various elements of crime and a solid knowledge base on crime-related topics. It also showcases methodological approaches to investigate the main topic of each chapter.Select chapters cover topics and methods using qualitative data while others employ quantitative data. Topics addressed include social attitudes toward sex offenders, the impact of incarceration on an individual's labour market prospects, studying tax cuts and links to crime in large cities, studying violence crime victims' satisfaction with the police, the feminisation of urban crime, and more. Every chapter contains key terms, an introduction, a chapter summary, discussion questions, and references to enhance student comprehension and engagement.Featuring the scholarship of knowledgeable experts within the discipline, Research Methods is an ideal supplemental reader for courses that address research methods in criminal justice and criminology.

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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 SynopsisOutlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value creation and distribution paradigm is globally adopted, the possibilities for integration between a sustainable biosphere and a viable economy are small.This Modern Guide provides an overview of where we are regarding the knowledge economy and society, how its current form took shape and how our understanding has evolved, from the grounds of the philosophy of knowledge, to include the current branches of the sciences of knowledge. Carrillo further examines the challenges of the Anthropocene and how modern knowledge systems might need to change radically to meet them. The Modern Guide then moves to focus on the integration of epistemic, theoretical, technical and political developments in several fields of knowledge-related aspects of economy and society to offer a more integrated view.>Multidisciplinary and thorough, this will be an interesting read for scholars of knowledge, society and the environment, as well as students looking at ways to re-evaluate knowledge more broadly. Policymakers and governmental analysts will also benefit from the discussing of the unviability of our current economic culture and the potential options for the future.Trade Review‘Francisco Javier Carrillo tackles the most existential challenge of our time, the need for an environmentally viable economic system. He provides a sound and hopeful answer based on unlocking the potential and value of knowledge. Carrillo does this with his characteristic wisdom, clarity and poeticism. His book delivers richly on his own call for action to advance knowledge about ourselves in the world.’ -- Velina Petrova, Knowledge for Impact Director, Oxfam International, US‘If we know that we are doing things that will imperil future generations, yet fail to change our behaviour, then what good is knowledge? The author proposes that the solution to humanity’s ecological quandary must entail a re-assessment of what kinds of knowledge are important – in other words, how knowledge is valued. This is a thoughtful book about thinking, informed by the author’s carefully examined ethical principles. It offers an example of the kind of thinking that is essential if organized human society is to survive past this century.’ -- Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute, US and author, Power: Limits and Prospects for Human SurvivalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: two tables, two chairs, many worlds 1. Knowledge on knowledge 2. A crisis of identity in economics 3. An economy of what matters 4. Knowledge-based value systems 5. Knowledge markets and visible hands 6. Knowledge-based life 7. Knowledge societies: power, justice and governance 8. Knowledge-based development 9. The Anthropocene turn in human civilizations 10. A matter of knowledge or death Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisWritten in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mechanisms can provide human security, despite the presence of chronic violence. The empirically rich and conceptually grounded contributions of established and emerging scholars evaluate the current state and future trajectory of urban development. They also question common explanations of the drivers of violence in urban areas and also provide measured recommendations for improved policy and future governance. Chapters thoroughly examine the opportunities and hazards of focusing on resilience as the only method to improve security and identify governance and policy practices that can move beyond the rhetoric of resilience to evaluate diverse approaches to attaining human security in urban areas of the Global South.This invigorating book will be an excellent resource for academic researchers interested in urban dynamics in the Global South as well as scholars embarking on geography, human security, political science and policy studies. Based on a set of original case studies, policymakers will also benefit from the questions and challenges to the conventional approaches to urban planning and governance that it raises.Trade Review‘Urban Violence, Resilience and Security provides a unique intervention in the study of urban violence in the Global South. Challenging conventional accounts of urban violence modeled after cities in the Global North, contributors provide theoretically sophisticated and empirically-grounded case studies to highlight the myriad and geographically contingent forms of resilience and resistance. A must-read for scholars concerned with the urban condition of life and death in the Global South.’ -- James Tyner, Kent State University, Ohio, US‘Urbanization is one of the most significant mega-trends of the modern era. It is also one of the most profoundly misunderstood. This knowledge gap is explored by Michael Glass, Taylor Seybolt and Phil Williams who examine the multiple causes, consequences and characteristics of global urban transformation. In their sweeping edited volume, contributors reflect on how the history, politics and economics of urbanization influences (and is influenced by) urban violence. A series of vivid case studies of under-studied cities from Africa, Asia and the Americas also reveal the complex relationships between urbanization, insecurity and resilience.’ -- Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarape Institute and SecDev Group, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Ariel C. Armony Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction to Urban Violence, Resilience and Security 1 Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt and Phil Williams PART I CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO URBAN VIOLENCE, RESILIENCE AND SECURITY 2 Urban violence in the Global South: drug traffickers, gangs, and organized crime 21 Phil Williams 3 Urban resilience for the 21st century 39 Savannah Cox 4 Urban governance in conflict zones: contentious politics, not “resilience” 53 Daniel E. Esser 5 Building effective and acceptable security-driven urban resilience 72 Jon Coaffee 6 Fragility and pernicious resilience in urban Latin America and the Caribbean 88 Enrique Desmond Arias PART II DIMENSIONS OF URBAN VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 7 Feral cities and the normative dimension of violence: Caracas and the Latin American city 101 Roberto Briceño-León 8 Xenophobic violence, displacement, and reintegration: a case study of female migrants in Isipingo, Durban, South Africa 120 Kim Gounder and Brij Maharaj 9 Shoot first, ask later: violence and anti-crime policies in Mexico’s Cuidad Juárez and Pakistan’s Karachi 138 Vanda Felbab-Brown 10 Strain between two worlds: a sociological approach to the rise and fall of crime and violence in Guatemala City 160 Daniel Núñez 11 Criminal victimization and social resilience in Latin America 177 Eduardo Moncada Index 193

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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. List of contributors: Olwen Purdue, Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, Laura Johnstone, Matthew Potter, Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, Mary Hatfield, Olwen Purdue, Gillian Allmond, Georgina Laragy, Mary Jane Boland and Oliver Betts.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 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.Offering a new theoretical framework for understanding gentrification and displacement, this timely Research Agenda focuses on resistance as the central research area in this subject field.Arguing that the future of gentrification research should focus on accomplishing the end of gentrification, chapters provide practical organizing and policy strategies using international case studies which are rooted in community-based research.Encouraging researchers to find inspiration in new methods, sites and questions for exploring resistance, this Research Agenda seeks to empower communities and cities to reclaim urban life and city space for people by examining key issues such as housing insecurity and lived reality versus policy and practice.Graduate students and researchers of geography, urban planning and urban sociology will find the use of case studies informative and thought-provoking. The suggested practical strategies will also be beneficial for urban planners and policymakers to fight displacement and slow gentrification.Trade Review‘This remarkable and eminently readable Research Agenda brings into view pragmatic and diverse strategies for stemming gentrification. In emphasizing little-understood frontiers of gentrification activism, including radical forms of counter-cartography, the queering of housing politics, and state-mandated rent regulation and affordable housing, this book is an invaluable—and hopeful—contribution to global gentrification scholarship.’ -- Malini Ranganathan, American University, USRecognising gentrification is ultimately a process that displaces the poor and marginal. This Research Agenda argues that it is not enough to simply diagnose the geographies of gentrification, but that we need to prescribe solutions. Showing that grounded knowledge of gentrification’s intersection with class, race and sexuality can help inform strategies of resistance, this is an internationally-relevant book which flags exciting new directions in gentrification scholarship and activism.’ -- Philip Hubbard, King's College, London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Gentrification 1 Winifred Curran and Leslie Kern PART I ORGANIZING AROUND THE UNDEREXPLORED IN GENTRIFICATION RESEARCH 2 A queer theory of housing politics: on gentrification and chrononormativity 17 Emma Spruce 3 Social reproduction in the gentrified city: resisting displacement in marketized Toronto 39 Sophie O’Manique and Sinéad Petrasek 4 Taking race seriously in gentrification research 63 Steven Tuttle and Alfredo Huante 5 Uncovering invisibilities in gentrification processes 81 Colleen Hammelman PART II EVERYDAY RESISTANCE: FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE TO POLICY AND PRACTICE 6 Moving beyond gentrification: regenerative mapping for geographies of radical resilience 103 Elizabeth Walsh, Evon Lopez, Jeremy Auerbach, Cara Marie DiEnno, Yessica Xytlalli Holguín, Adriana Lopez, Carrie Makarewicz, Solange Muñoz, Jessica Villena Sanchez and Dani Slabaugh 7 Never not organizing: long resistance and the fight against gentrification in Pilsen, Chicago 129 Winifred Curran and Euan Hague 8 Housing insecurity, lived reality, and the right to stay put in a gentrified southern European neighborhood: the case of Sant Antoni in Barcelona 151 Antonio López-Gay, Miguel Solana-Solana, Joan Sales-Favà, Helen V.S. Cole and Anna Ortiz-Guitart 9 Agents of change or maintenance women? Networks of control among women in a resettlement colony for former basti dwellers 173 Ramya Ramanath 10 Community development corporations collectivize to stay in place: lessons from Chicago’s Northwest Side 191 Ivis García 11 City of Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development’s Understanding of and Approach to Displacement 211 City of Seattle OPCD Staff (Brennon Staley, Nicolas Welch, David Goldberg, Patrice Thomas, Katie Sheehy, Dakota Murray, Rico Quirindongo, and Lauren Flemister) Index 231

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Book SynopsisExploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions. Chapters offer a critical appraisal of the end of an urban epoch: the Holocene city. Moving from more general aspects of urban vulnerability in the face of the Anthropocene, the book then looks at more specific issues and cases illustrating alternative adaptation pathways. It further analyses existing approaches, movements and networks for urban preparedness for the climate crisis, offering visualisations of the ways these can be improved, conceiving alternative futures and reinventing the city. A timely resource for this emerging topic, the book will be beneficial to urban studies, environmental science and development studies scholars. Practitioners in urban planning, design, management and evaluation will also find the critical case studies in the book particularly helpful.Trade Review‘This is definitely a book that offers some answers and questions to the wicked climate change problems from a local perspective.’ -- Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Regional Studies‘The breadth of concepts, cases, and data outlined in this book provide critical insights into climate change adaptation. Collectively, they serve as a call to action with a clear message: “business as usual” will be insufficient to meet the climate challenges of our future. Cities must be reimagined, and this book is a place to start that work.’ -- Ashley D. Ross, Texas A&M University at Galveston, US‘City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis brings together many of the world’s leading researchers as we all scramble to address urban resilience in the face of climate change. The book gives a comprehensive assessment of where cities are today, what vulnerabilities are most acute, and how we might bring about greater resilience and well-being for the world’s cities. For cities, as outlined in the book’s summary chapter, governance: the need for better collaboration and co-ordination, is paramount. This collection makes an impressive start to this task.’ -- Daniel Hoornweg, Ontario Tech University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvi Sirkku Juhola Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxvi Introduction: farewell to the Holocene city 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I URBAN CLIMATE VULNERABILITY 1 Unprecedented challenge: implications for climate resilient urban planning 15 Anja Wejs 2 Insights and challenges from Oxfam’s disaster management work 26 Janice Ian Manlutac, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 3 Down scale agency 41 Lelani M. Mannetti 4 The impossibility of accelerated risk management possible pathways 53 Theresa Scavenius PART II PIONEER MOVEMENTS IN CITY PREPAREDNESS 5 Directory of urban preparedness 65 Tatiana Schreiner 6 Local adaptation plans: comparisons and lessons learned 80 Charlotte da Cunha and Elena Lioubimtseva 7 Can salutogenesis contribute to prepare cities for climate change? 93 Ruca Maass, Monica Lillefjell and Kirsti S. Anthun 8 Competencies for viable subsistence 106 Danuta Kaźmierczak PART III INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKING 9 Cities and climate change: a review of current metrics 118 Priscila Nesello and Ana Cristina Fachinelli 10 Knowledge city benchmarking and the MAKCi experience 129 Blanca C. Garcia 11 Learnings from knowledge-based development metrics 141 Ana Cristina Fachinelli, Rafael L. Perini and Priscila Nesello 12 Capital systems for city preparedness: a framework 152 Omar Zermeño PART IV DEEP INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MARKETS FOR CITY PREPAREDNESS 13 Deep innovation 164 Thomas J. Burns 14 Knowledge markets regimes for the urban climate emergency 177 Francisco Javier Carrillo 15 The sharing cosmopolis: prosperity without growth 195 Douglas Kelbaugh 16 Effective collaborative climate change governance in urban areas 209 Lorena Pasquini, Dania Petrik, Balbina Nyamakura, Kate Strachan, Meggan Spires, Sheona Shackleton and Gina Ziervogel PART V STAYING WITH URBAN TROUBLE 17 Urban dysfunctionalities before the Anthropocene 225 Ali Modarres 18 Bunkerization: elite preparedness and retreat in the Anthropocene 234 Daniel South and Nigel South 19 Climate change, migration, and preparedness 244 Stephan A. Schwartz 20 Relocation and climate migration 256 Immaculata Olu Omojola and Mike Boni Bazza PART VI URBAN FUTURES 21 Urban autonomous zones and the mitigation of climate disasters 268 Oliver Kellhammer 22 Urban relational capital and new transaction regimes 281 Angel Eustorgio Rivera, Gibran Rivera and Francisco Javier Carrillo 23 Neo-medievalism: self-governed sub national governments 292 Ravindra K. Srivastava 24 An object-oriented framework for subsistence assurance 304 Jose I. Icaza PART VII RE-IMAGINING THE CITY 25 Political economies of ‘The Commons’ 319 Gavin Keeney, Owen O’Carroll and David S. Jones 26 A youth perspective on green local urban futures 331 Joshua Amponsem, Nathalie Sänger and Marie-Claire Graf 27 Fostering resilient co-learning ecosystems in the city 344 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 28 Regenerative urban development 357 Beth Schaefer Caniglia Conclusion to City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis 371 Cathy Garner Index

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Book SynopsisWith human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems. Contributions from a wide spectrum of social scientists, philosophers, activists and decision-makers tackle the importance of knowledge for the Anthropocene using a mosaic of data, theories, cases, models, methods and experiences. Chapters highlight what relevant knowledge will become critical to dealing with deteriorating environmental conditions, as well as how science, technology, education and innovation can be radically transformed to deal with these challenges. The book further explores the behavioural, economic, social and cultural aspects of the Anthropocene, and how knowledge impacts both these and our possible futures. This will be a critical read for human geography and environmental science scholars, as well as social science scholars more broadly, particularly with its in-depth glossary and digital resource list. It will also aid practitioners in the planning, design, management and evaluation of knowledge systems by providing deeper understandings of the potential circumstances of knowledge in the Anthropocene.Trade Review'What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? While a growing number of edited collections and monographs have approached this question by gathering knowledge of the Anthropocene, Francisco Javier Carrillo and Günter Koch choose a different path: uncompromisingly interdisciplinary, Knowledge For The Anthropocene brings together contributors from different disciplinary and regional backgrounds, thus offering a clear and comprehensive account of the opportunities and challenges of knowledge in and for the Anthropocene.' -- Nico Stehr, Zeppelin University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: knowing what to know, what to do and how to do it in the Anthropocene xiii Noel Castree Preface xvi Acknowledgments xxi Introduction to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 1 Francisco Javier Carrillo PART I KNOWLEDGE AND THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY 1 A portable philosophy toolkit for the Anthropocene 11 Carlos Jesús García-Meza 2 Existential challenges to knowledge 22 Bertrand Guillaume 3 Social psychological drivers of climate change denial 30 Irina Feygina 4 Media accountability before the climate crisis 42 Gabriel Valerio-Ureña, Jorge Asprón and Nalleli Salazar PART II ANTHROPOCENE LITERACY 5 A terminology for the Anthropocene 54 Ernesto Contreras 6 A directory of digital resources about the Anthropocene 76 Paulo David Soasti-Bareta 7 Educating for the Anthropocene 98 Audrey Groleau, Chantal Pouliot, Isabelle Arseneau 8 Localization and globalization of core adaptive knowledge 107 Alexander K. Lautensach PART III ANTHROPOCENE ECONOMICS 9 The end of Holocene economics 120 Richard Heinberg 10 Precursors of an economics for the Anthropocene 132 Daniel Dahm and Günter Koch 11 Deep adaptation and collapsology 145 Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier 12 Genuine savings and economics for the Anthropocene 157 Eoin McLaughlin and Cristián Ducoing PART IV JUSTICE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 13 Epistemic injustice 167 Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni 14 The urgency for epistemic and political climate justice 178 Jacobo Ocharan, Velina Petrova and Irene Guijt 15 Towards global environmental governance 194 Julia M. Puaschunder 16 Transition agendas: going beyond consumerism? 204 Boris Manov and Asen Balabanov PART V KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE 17 Scientific knowledge for the Anthropocene 213 Marc Zimmer 18 The sciences of knowledge 225 Francisco Javier Carrillo 19 Knowledge as world capital: global knowledge 240 Alexander Ruser 20 Adaptive value of traditional knowledge 249 Michael Blakeney PART VI IMAGINATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 21 Designing post-human futures 263 Raphaële Bidault-Waddington 22 Integral ecology: reconnecting nature, culture, and knowledge 276 Sam Mickey 23 Visuality conditions under the Anthropocene 284 Irmgard Emmelhainz 24 The aesthesis of plastic capitalism 297 Amanda Boetzkes PART VII CO-CREATING FUTURES 25 Democracy in the Anthropocene 307 David W. Orr 26 Envisioning scenarios for the Anthropocene 316 David Arthur Sampson 27 The farthest we can see 328 Anthony Hodgson 28 Knowledge for the Anthropocene: an agenda 339 Francisco Javier Carrillo Conclusion to Knowledge For The Anthropocene 358 Günter Koch Index

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Book SynopsisTaking a critical perspective, this book rethinks public space in the context of contemporary global health and economic crises, as well as technological, political and cultural change. In order to do so, Ali Madanipour brings together two often unrelated discourses: public space and social inclusion, interrogating the potential for public spaces to contribute to inclusive social practices.Organized in two parts, the book first highlights various common meanings and philosophical concepts of public space, examining them in their constitution and application. Madanipour runs these concepts past the test of social practice, through the economic, political and cultural dimensions of social exclusion and inclusion. Chapters further analyse public space in its different forms: physical, institutional and technological, offering a wide-ranging and thought-provoking take on the concept.Timely and innovative, this book will be an invigorating read for urban studies, planning and human geography scholars, particularly those focusing on public space, social inclusion and urban processes.Trade Review‘The COVID-19 pandemic, social movements and communications technologies have reshaped the nature of public urban space and public life. In this extraordinarily erudite examination, Professor Madanipour draws together the observations of philosophers and researchers on the meaning of public space and of accessibility to it. He does so in a manner highly informative for anyone interested in civic life, present and future.’ -- Jon Lang, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Public space: the case for rethinking PART I CONCEPTS OF PUBLIC SPACE 2. Similarities and differences 3. Space: embodied, embedded, and unfolding 4. Public: totality, authority, and openness 5. Between generality, particularity, and singularity PART II PUBLIC SPACE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION 6. Public space as resource 7. Public space as power 8. Public space as experience 9. Conclusion: public space as inclusive space References Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the social implications of dense and compact cities, this enlightening book looks at micro-scale segregation through several lenses. These include the ways that the housing market constantly reconfigures social mix, how the structure of the housing stock shapes it, and the ways that policies are deployed to manage these effects. Taking a deep dive into micro-segregation in the socially mixed and dense centres of compact cities, the authors investigate the form and content of social and ethno-racial hierarchies at the micro-scale of different cities around the world and the ways these have evolved over time. Vertical Cities considers the ways the materiality of such hierarchies affects the reproduction of social inequalities in today’s large cities. Academics and researchers of urban sociology, housing, urban regeneration, urban studies and urban geography will find the original approach taken to this under-researched topic to be a vital resource. Practitioners and policy makers will find the innovative use of a common theoretical frame to analyse micro-scale social mix in vertical/compact cities informative when dealing with the management of neighbourhoods in inner cities.Trade Review‘When most people think about urban segregation they think about different residential areas of cities. But, as the contributors to this wide ranging and comprehensive volume convincingly show, urban social segregation can take many forms, both horizontal and vertical, and involve a wide range of different groups and housing types at a variety of different scales.’ -- Chris Hamnett, Emeritus Professor, King's College, London, UK‘This book has a highly original focus on micro-segregation, particularly vertical, revealing forms of housing and urban inequalities and hierarchies that are otherwise hidden in socially mixed neighborhoods. Examples from different cities worldwide show how widespread those micro-segregations are, but also how different, in form, in the way they are shaped by historical processes and market dynamics, and in the local social configurations they create.’ -- Edmond Préteceille, Sciences Po CNRS Paris, France‘Contributors document the many forms of spatial separation that structure residents’ daily lives but that are invisible to the administrative census data that urbanists usually rely on to measure segregation. Studies of cities around the world included here focus especially on differences in class or racial/ethnic composition between lower and upper floors of multistory buildings. They call into question the spatial scale of urban phenomena – neighborhoods, neighboring, and urban inequality – that are too often taken for granted in empirical research.’ -- John R. Logan, Brown University, Rhode Island, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: the cities in the city xv Prodromos Tsiavos Preface xviii 1 Introduction to Vertical Cities: urban micro-segregation, housing markets and social reproduction 1 Thomas Maloutas and Nikos Karadimitriou PART I HIERARCHIES IN NEGOTIATED SOCIAL MIX 2 Constantly evoked but under-researched: the conundrum of vertical stratification in Naples 23 Nick Dines and Cristina Mattiucci 3 Flat by flat: producing micro-scale social differentiation in an arrival neighbourhood of Marseille 39 Apolline Meyer and Thomas Pfirsch 4 Micro-housing, vertical marginalization and “normalcy”: negotiating inclusion arrangements in the interstices of residential apartment buildings in Beirut 57 Jihad Farah and Salah el-dinn Sadeck 5 Micro-segregation and coexistence in Athens: the debate on segregation and its implications for urban research 73 Ifigeneia Dimitrakou, Dimitris Balampanidis, Nikolina Myofa, Iris Polyzou, Dimitra Siatitsa, Stavros Spyrellis and Kostas Vakalopoulos 6 Measuring and mapping vertical segregation in Athens 88 Thomas Maloutas, Stavros Spyrellis and Nikos Karadimitriou PART II SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ETHNIC PROXIMITY 7 Co-location of different population categories. Micro-level segregation dynamics: the case of Amsterdam 99 Rinus Deurloo, Sako Musterd, Bart Sleutjes and Jeroen Slot 8 Social mix and vertical segregation in Madrid 116 Jesús Leal and Daniel Sorando 9 Vertical micro-segregation in a middle-sized Mediterranean city: a case study in Málaga, Spain 129 Juan José Natera-Rivas, Remedios Larrubia-Vargas and Susana Navarro-Rodríguez PART III HIERARCHICAL PROXIMITY IN SEGMENTED HOUSING MARKETS 10 Vertical segregation of rural migrants in urban China: a case study of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou 139 Sainan Lin and Zhigang Li 11 Micro-segregation in Rio de Janeiro 154 Vinicius M. Netto, Camila Carvalho, Maria Fiszon and Yasmin Couto PART IV SOCIAL MIX IN RECOMMODIFIED STATE SOCIALIST CITIES 12 Vertical separation in high-rise apartment buildings: evidence from Bucharest and Budapest under state socialism 173 Szymon Marcińczak and Daniel Baldwin Hess 13 Vertical micro-segregation in apartment buildings in Budapest 189 Zoltán Kovács, Judit Székely and Balázs Szabó 14 Patterns of small-scale residential segregation in the centre of Belgrade 204 Ivan Ratkaj, Aljoša Budović and Nikola Jocić 15 Gentrification as a micro-segregation phenomenon: social and spatial layers of Tallinn inner city 220 Kadri Leetmaa, Elina Maarja Suitso, Kadi Kalm, Ingmar Pastak and Tiit Tammaru PART V PROXIMITY IN GENTRIFIED URBAN SPACES 16 Beyond the concept of spatial segregation: analytical weakness, perverse policies, and evidence from Mexico City 240 Eftychia Bournazou 17 Compulsory social mix, micro-scale segregation and gentrification: the case of Gan HaHashmal neighbourhood, Tel Aviv 255 Tal Shamur and Haim Yacobi 18 Planning vertical differentiation? Geodesign workshop in the case study area of Neve-Sha’anan neighbourhood in Tel Aviv 272 Shlomit Flint Ashery and Rinat Steinlauf Millo PART VI HIERARCHIES IN HOUSING TOWERS 19 Micro-segregation in Seoul, the capital city of the “Republic of Apartments” 285 Yu-Min Joo 20 Wealth-based micro-segregation in Hong Kong: social distance within spatial proximity 300 Hang Kei Ho and Maurice Yip 21 Perceived pull and push forces in high-rise developing neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile 314 Ernesto López-Morales and Ignacio Arce 22 The commodification of height: vertical price differentiation in Vienna’s condominium towers 333 Walter Matznetter and Robert Musil Index

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines the future of semiotic research in the study of urban spaces, with chapters authored by leading scholars in the field. It offers thought-provoking explanations of semiotic theory, methodology and applications with the goal of exploring recently developed approaches to the interpretive aspects of urban space.Capturing the advances in research techniques within the field, this book will introduce the reader to key contemporary debates within the study of urban spaces. Chapters focus on the important topics of meaning-making and interpretation within cities. State-of-the-art approaches are presented to provide an enlightening outlook into this ever-evolving subject area.Semiotic Approaches to Urban Space will be a valuable resource for both undergraduates and postgraduates in the fields of semiotics and urban studies, alongside those in disciplines such as visual studies and human geography. Researchers in these fields will find the cutting-edge research within this book to be of great interest.Trade Review‘This is an important, innovative book that provides a toolbox for the study of the city as a semiotic object. Showcasing key contributions by semiotic scholars, the book unveils the different meanings of urban space, from the intentions of city planning to the reinterpretations of real users.’ -- Patrizia Violi, University of Bologna, Italy‘This kaleidoscopic volume consolidates the semiotics of urban space through a collection of outstanding original contributions on educational space, monuments, planning, settlement, boundaries and others. The helmsmanship of the editors has ensured that this will be a landmark volume in the field for many years to come.’ -- Paul Cobley, Middlesex University, UK‘This book enriches our comprehension of cities as complex semiotic objects. In confronting space as a text in which multiple languages interact, the book provides an understanding of urban space and semiotics from post-war seminal thinkers to the present day. The contributions of prominent voices in the field make it an invaluable resource for academics and researchers across various disciplines.’ -- Agustín Cocola-Gant, University of Lisbon, PortugalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Semiotic Approaches to Urban Space 1 Federico Bellentani, Mario Panico and Lia Yoka PART I CONCEPTS 1 The semiotics of settlement space 16 Alexandros Ph. Lagopoulos 2 Ten theses for a semiotic study of the city: notes, observations, proposals 32 Gianfranco Marrone 3 Devices for the representation and the spectacularisation of urban space: views, landscapes and logo-monuments 67 Isabella Pezzini 4 Urban landscape as text 82 Olga Lavrenova 5 The complexity of cities and the semiotic gaze: keeping the ‘thickness’ of urban spaces 98 Francesco Mazzucchelli PART II MODELS 6 Semiotic models of settlement space 111 Alexandros Ph. Lagopoulos 7 Dynamics of madrasa learning institutions in the Ayyubid and Mamluk capital cities 137 Manar Hammad 8 Mental models of urban space and their semiotic means 157 Leonid Tchertov 9 Reworking boundaries: from gates to the architecture of openness 174 Charikleia Pantelidou 10 Semiotic space for native biota in the city 192 Riin Magnus, Tiit Remm and Kalevi Kull PART III ACTIVATIONS 11 Envisaging the city: roadmap for an interdisciplinary study of urban ‘facescapes’ 209 Massimo Leone 12 Spatial practices: convergences and dialogues between semiotics and urban planning 220 Pierluigi Cervelli 13 Resemiotisation of urban landscapes: relational geographies and signification processes in post-socialist cities 230 Mariusz Czepczyński 14 When schools intersect the everyday world of the city: educational space as a dialogical-transformative quality of the urban 244 Kyriaki Tsoukala 15 Urban activated public spaces in the contemporary city 257 Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou 16 Metropoesis: semiotics, fictional cities and speculative urban design 266 Mattia Thibault, Vincenzo Idone Cassone and Gabriele Ferri Index 289

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Book SynopsisAddressing fundamental questions surrounding the critical changes affecting China’s urban landscape, social organization and community governance, Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China thoroughly reviews the reform of property rights in changing political and economic conditions.Zhu Qian presents a comprehensive study highlighting the key theories and practices in urban and social development processes and provides guidance on how to understand both the parallels and differences that these reveal. Utilizing a cross-sectoral and multi-scalar examination of property rights in a property-led urban environment, the book illustrates increasingly complex interactions between state and non-state actors and examines the characteristics and consequences of rural-urban land conversion. It further analyses the impacts of resettled villagers’ adaptation to urban society and the role of property rights in China’s recent high-profile urban-rural integrated development.This insightful book will ensure a thorough grasp of the pertinent issues for scholars, researchers and practitioners within the fields of urban planning, human geography and land economics. It will also provide a more general systemic understanding for graduate students interested in the recent challenges and strategies in a property rights regime with strong state intervention.Trade Review‘Zhu Qian provides an incredibly thorough treatment of property rights in China. Most importantly, this remarkable book investigates China’s urban transformation corresponding to changing property regimes. His explanations of the pivotal role of state-controlled property rights in China’s phenomenal urbanisation, resettlement and urban-rural integration, informality and property speculation are highly original and insightful. The book is an essential reading for those who are interested in urban development in China and the grounded implication of property rights.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK‘Property Rights and Urban Transformation in China by Zhu Qian provides a solid analytical contribution to our understanding of the complex processes of institutional change that underlie Chinese urbanization. The author has conducted valuable and in-depth research on land rights in the context of China’s multi-faceted development, including on political campaigns, land acquisition, informal housing, and resettlement. The book will be of significant value for planners, geographers, and practitioners.’ -- Peter Ho, Zhejiang University, China and London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: property rights in China’s urban transformation 2. Property rights, institutions, and the market 3. Property rights during the socialist period 4. Property rights and rural‒urban land conversion 5. Resettlement and transformation 6. Property rights and urban‒rural integrated development 7. Informality and property rights 8. Concluding reflections: continuing debates and future prospects References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business 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.This insightful Advanced Introduction deftly explores urban segregation on an international scale, offering expert analysis on pressing and theoretical debates and key contemporary issues relating to this interdisciplinary field of study. It provides detailed insights into the various dimensions and domains of urban segregation, the range of methods used for measuring segregation, and the effects it can have on neighbourhoods and individuals. Recognising variations in the patterns of segregation from country to country, the book further discusses the different approaches and challenges affecting policy interventions.Key Features: A review of theories of urban segregation A focus on the impacts of urban segregation Critical analysis of classic and new research methods An exploration of urban segregation across all continents Discussion of why so much attention is given to segregation An outline of segregation in various domains and dimensions Composed of informative and engaging chapters, this timely Advanced Introduction will prove to be an essential read for human geography, sociology and social policy, urban and regional studies students, teachers, and established academics.Trade Review‘In this Advanced Introduction, Sako Musterd offers a broad and incisive overview of the now voluminous literature on urban segregation. Musterd successfully navigates through the often contentious explanations for segregation, and offers new thinking about segregation and the links to spatial inequality. In an era when large scale immigration is changing the inner cities, in Europe and the US, it is a timely review of processes which are fundamental forces in urban change.’ -- William Clark, University of California, US‘This magnificent book could only have been written by Sako Musterd, who brilliantly distills the international scholarly and experiential expertise gained during his unparalleled career. It synthesizes in accessible fashion what we know about the conceptual, methodological, theoretical, political and policy issues related to segregation, and why we should care.’ -- George C. Galster, Wayne State University, US‘Urban segregation, whether by race, class, income or religion is a subject of long standing interest to politicians, policy makers and residents alike. It influences who lives where, and why and how and it has impacts on education, crime, housing and health. This is a must-read introduction by an internationally-known and long-established expert on the subject.’ -- Chris Hamnett, King's College London, UK‘Sako Musterd, one of the most eminent experts on urban segregation, presents an extensive and updated approach to this topic in his remarkable book. Through the innovative lens of an urban history perspective, he deals with the complexity and the multidimensional aspects of this crucial urban process, whilst also addressing important societal and policy considerations.’ -- Marco Oberti, Sciences Po Paris, and Centre for Research on Social Inequalities, France‘Advanced Introduction to Urban Segregation is a brilliant and magisterial synthesis of complex and multi-dimensional urban segregation beyond residential differentiation. Sako Musterd, a world authority on urban segregation research, lucidly explains the concept of urban segregation and its measurement, impacts and policy interventions. Based on his lifetime study of segregation, the book combines deep scholarship on the debates and the research agenda with a stimulating and accessible presentation for scholars and students. This is essential reading for many generations of urban studies.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK

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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 SynopsisDespite increasing disaster risk in South Asian countries, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are not yet at the forefront of development agendas. Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia provides a much-needed focus on the South Asian context, generating new insights and considering the policy implications of strategies for building resilient livelihoods. Recognising the diversity of South Asian countries in terms of culture, environment, livelihood patterns and socioeconomic and political structures, chapters consider risk landscape and resilience capacity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bringing critical attention to an emerging topic, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia breaks fresh ground by considering resilient livelihoods in terms of capacity, resources and policy within each country’s diverse local context. Delving into communities’ capacities to prevent displacement, their ability to mitigate protection risks during displacement and their options in terms of durable solutions, contributors offer a resilience building framework that incorporates common principles while also retaining a flexibility and adaptability for specific risk environments. Capturing the diverse context of the South Asian resilient livelihood framework, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia addresses a crucial gap for an interdisciplinary audience interested in urban and political sociology, social and cultural anthropology and disaster, development and South Asian studies.Table of ContentsForeword; Bayes Ahmed Chapter 1. Introduction: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 2. Research Trends on Natural Disasters in the Context of India: A Bibliometric Analysis; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 3. Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters in Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel Chapter 4. Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods among the Afghan Urban Women; Marina Hamidazada and Ana Maria Cruz Chapter 5. Livelihood Resilience of Climate-Induced Displaced People in South Asia: Implications for Bangladesh; Md Nazirul Islam Sarker Chapter 6. An Assessment of Population Displacement and Resilience Livelihood Options among River Erosion-Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam and Walter Leal Filho Chapter 7. Community Resilience Initiatives among River Erosion Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam Chapter 8. Disaster and Displacement: Opportunities and Challenges for Enhancing Resilience in Nepal; Raju Chauhan, Sudeep Thakuri, and Charles Pradhan Chapter 9. Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in Sri Lanka: Policy Imperatives; R. Lalitha S. Fernando, Manjitha Kavindi Siriwardhana, E. Achini Indrachapa Kularathna, and H. D. M. Kaushalya Geethamali Chapter 10. Conclusions: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of the Good Friday Agreement, the redevelopment of the former Girdwood Army Barracks in North Belfast was hailed as a ‘symbol of hope’ for Northern Ireland. It was a major investment in a former conflict zone and an internationally significant peacebuilding project. Instead of adhering to the tenets of the Agreement, sectarianism dominated the regeneration agenda. Throughout the process, politicians, community groups and paramilitaries wrangled over the site’s future, and territorial contest won out over housing need. After eleven years of negotiation and £11.7 million, the EU-funded Girdwood Community Hub opened its doors to the public in 2016, but its impact has been underwhelming. The Hub’s redevelopment is a microcosm of the peace process itself, and the ways in which post-Agreement politics have failed to deliver a ‘shared future’ for the people of Northern Ireland, twenty-five years on. This ethnography provides a lively account of Girdwood’s redevelopment and a wry critique of the fractious political context around it. Through flânerie and encounter, the author brings us across peace walls, into community meetings and behind the scenes of decision-making in Northern Ireland. Girdwood’s story also sheds light on how power, politics and territory intersect in divided cities globally.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Planning, Politics and Contested Space The First Step: Musings on History, Ethnography and Methodology Politicking and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: The Good Friday Agreement and its Prescriptions ‘Frictions, factions and fractions’: Identity and Territory in North Belfast ‘Unlocking the Potential’: Grassroots Advocacy and the Girdwood Draft Masterplan Ethnic Champions and the Zero-Sum Game: Political Dynamics of the Northern Ireland Assembly Carve-Up or Compromise? The Bid for the Girdwood Community Hub The Trouble with ‘Community’: Paramilitaries and the Peace Industry in Northern Ireland ‘Shenanigans and Skullduggery’: Community Engagement and Argument at Girdwood Conclusion: ‘Better’ at Girdwood Community Hub: The Legacy of the Girdwood Development Epilogue

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business 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.This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics; innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city connectivities, the projection of power, and relations to states. Peter J. Taylor gives a broad and engaging overview of how these characteristics work and relate to each other, supplemented by ten short city insights which offer readers specific examples of cities and themes.Key features include: analysis of cities as the creative nodes of societies discussion of both contemporary and historical cities exploration of the different spaces created by cities and states identification of the demands of cities in relation to climate change. This Advanced Introduction will be a valuable guide for scholars and advanced students of urban studies, cities, urban geography, urban sociology, and social and cultural geography.Trade Review'This brilliant book, with its unique conceptual structure, accessible writing and innovative chapter format, featuring a kaleidoscope of ''insights'' from cities around the world, provides a comprehensive and succinct synthesis of Peter Taylor's unrivalled and systematic urban scholarship. The masterpiece checks off all registers of urban studies as we know them and still provides a pathbreaking perspective on one of humanity's oldest and most enduring achievements: the city.' -- - Roger Keil, York University, Canada'Peter Taylor's insightful new book provides an informed synopsis of current debates in urban theory while also taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of actual cities around the world at different historical moments. Theoretical ideas and empirical information are presented with admirable force and clarity. A notable strength of the book is the extended narratives on individual cities that accompany each chapter.' -- - Allen J. Scott, University of California, Los Angeles, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Preamble: academic literature on cities 1. City basics 2. Cities as the birth of civilizations 3. Busy cities 4. Cities connected 5. Demanding cities 6. Divided cities 7. Cities in states 8. Cities globalized 9. Cities in Nature Bibliographic notes and references Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business 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.This insightful Advanced Introduction explores the key attributes of cities, identifying their five basic characteristics; innate complexity, the agglomeration of activities, inter-city connectivities, the projection of power, and relations to states. Peter J. Taylor gives a broad and engaging overview of how these characteristics work and relate to each other, supplemented by ten short city insights which offer readers specific examples of cities and themes.Key features include: analysis of cities as the creative nodes of societies discussion of both contemporary and historical cities exploration of the different spaces created by cities and states identification of the demands of cities in relation to climate change. This Advanced Introduction will be a valuable guide for scholars and advanced students of urban studies, cities, urban geography, urban sociology, and social and cultural geography.Trade Review'This brilliant book, with its unique conceptual structure, accessible writing and innovative chapter format, featuring a kaleidoscope of ''insights'' from cities around the world, provides a comprehensive and succinct synthesis of Peter Taylor's unrivalled and systematic urban scholarship. The masterpiece checks off all registers of urban studies as we know them and still provides a pathbreaking perspective on one of humanity's oldest and most enduring achievements: the city.' -- - Roger Keil, York University, Canada'Peter Taylor's insightful new book provides an informed synopsis of current debates in urban theory while also taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of actual cities around the world at different historical moments. Theoretical ideas and empirical information are presented with admirable force and clarity. A notable strength of the book is the extended narratives on individual cities that accompany each chapter.' -- - Allen J. Scott, University of California, Los Angeles, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Preamble: academic literature on cities 1. City basics 2. Cities as the birth of civilizations 3. Busy cities 4. Cities connected 5. Demanding cities 6. Divided cities 7. Cities in states 8. Cities globalized 9. Cities in Nature Bibliographic notes and 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 SynopsisPresenting social innovation initiatives that emerged from organized citizenry in Southern European cities, this book explores the response to austerity policies implemented after the 2008 economic crisis. Chapters look at the common aim of these initiatives in responding to social needs and challenging social exclusion. Social Innovation and Urban Governance offers an empirically informed theoretical discussion on the scope of citizen action when members of civil society or emancipator social movements organise to contribute to local democratic governance and to enlarge the reach of social welfare. Contributions highlight how, starting from innovative actions in individual urban neighbourhoods, social actors created opportunities for participation in society and organised from below to collaborate with local institutions in 'bottom-linked' forms of governance. A timely exploration of the importance of social innovation in urban settings, this is a useful book for scholars of urban studies as well as sociology and human geography. It will also be an insightful read for urban policy-makers. Contributors include: A.B. Cano Hila, F. Díaz Orueta, S. Eizaguirre Anglada, M. García Cabeza, L. García Ferrando, M.L. Lourés Seoane, M. Pradel I Miquel, R. Ruiz SolaTrade Review'Can social innovation be a trigger for governance change and political transformation in cities? That is the key question this book attempts to answer. This is undoubtedly the most pressing issue in contemporary urban praxis for those concerned with questions of urban democracy and social equality. And this book is a formidable achievement in charting the possibilities of social innovation to nurture urban transformation.' --Erik Swyngedouw, The University of Manchester, UK'Using Spanish cities as an empirical lens to understand how south European cities reacted to the 2008 crisis, this important book unveils how governance arrangements can change through the transformative potential of social movements and under which conditions civil society can be a driver of social innovation.' --Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, Austria'This book is a valuable and timely contribution of comparative urban research. Although the chapters in this volume are focused primarily upon the intense conflicts over the meanings of citizenship, governmental authority, and social change in Southern Europe, the research reported is relevant to the countless other places in the world that are experiencing rapid social change.' --Dennis R. Judd, University of Illinois at Chicago, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Social innovation in Southern European cities: local governance and citizen practices: Spanish cities as an illustration Marisol García, Ana Cano Hila and Marc Pradel 2. Methodological observations for the study of social innovation initiatives and their role in urban governance dynamics. Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada 3. Social Exclusion and the neighbourhood: the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and austerity policies in Spanish cities in the context of Southern Europe Ana Cano, Raúl Ruíz and Lídia García 4. Large cities and the crisis of democracy: modes of engagement between new social initiatives and local governments. Fernando Díaz Orueta and María Luisa Lourés Seoane 5. Barcelona: towards new forms of institutionalising civil society and social innovation initiatives? Ana Belén Cano and Marc Pradel 6. Citizen-led and civil society social transformation: democratic empowerment and co-production of community policies in Bilbao. Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada 7. New forms of collective action and local government: from 15-M to the Ahora Madrid government Fernando Díaz Orueta and Maria Luisa Lourés Seoane 8. Zaragoza: the socially inclusive and institutionally innovative city Marisol García and Lidia García Ferrando Conclusions Marc Pradel, Ana Belén Cano and Marisol García Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business 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. Analysing the causes and effects of widespread gentrification, this Advanced Introduction provides an innovative insight into the global debate instigated by this process. Examining the impact of gentrification on lower income groups and other issues, Chris Hamnett discusses research into the socio-economic causes and effects of gentrification in a variety of cities worldwide. Key features include: A detailed examination of both contemporary and historical sources Exploration of the history, geography and development of gentrification and some of its more recent forms Chapters covering a selection of central topics including urban displacement and social class change. Composed of succinct but highly informative chapters, this engaging Advanced Introduction will prove to be an essential read for urban geography, urban studies and planning students as well as scholars with a particular interest in urban sociology and social policy.Trade Review‘Like a fine Islay single malt scotch, this volume is a rewarding distillation. It is both a literature review and a compilation of his first-hand observations not only in the UK, but in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, and China. Indeed, this volume might qualify as Professor Hamnett’s magnum opus on the subject. This volume concentrates a sweeping analysis of the gentrification literature in an accessible and readable format. Faculty, as well as students, are likely to find it a compelling desk reference, of value to neophytes as well as grizzled scholars in the social sciences, geography, urban planning, and public policy. Hamnett’s meaty reference list alone is worth the price of this valuable book.’ -- Dennis E Gale, Journal of Urban Affairs‘In this book, Chris Hamnett, a key figure in gentrification studies, offers a succinct yet sophisticated overview of this classical topic which abounds with heated debates and lasting vitality. Situating gentrification in wider urban processes, Hamnett aptly engages with the long-running debates on its causes and explanations, evolution and demographic changes, socio-spatial implications and future trends, with a historical perspective and global outlook. This book is an insightful read for anyone interested in gentrification and broader urban transformations.’ -- Shenjing He, The University of Hong Kong, China‘Chris Hamnett, a world authority on gentrification, masterfully illuminates the history and geography of gentrification research. This remarkable book is a lucid introduction to this classic topic as well as an advanced and insightful reflection on cutting-edge issues, heated debates and the future agenda.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK‘Hamnett’s book on gentrification clarifies and contextualizes a complex, long-lasting and animated debate in academia and beyond. Gentrification will most probably continue to reshape cities in favor of those who can afford its impact and against those who cannot. Is the significance and the global reach of gentrification growing and is its social imprint and spatial form changing? Robust and clear arguments make this book an essential read for urban scholars and students and for anyone interested in the social dimensions of cities.’ -- Thomas Maloutas, Emeritus Professor of Social Geography and Thematic Chartography, Harokopio University, Greece‘Chris Hamnett has long been a central figure in the development of gentrification research. Here he provides a magisterial and lucid overview of a literature that continues to address vital problems for urban scholarship and social policy. That this small book can cover so much of this territory is a tribute to Hamnett’s informed judgment of empirical trends, conceptual arguments and policy consequences.’ -- David Ley, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada‘Building on a lifetime experience and study of gentrification, Chris Hamnett has written an authoritative and comprehensive Advanced Introduction to Gentrification. This compelling text covers the essential elements of the widening process of gentrification and related urban social class transformation debates. Both “time” and “space” variations of gentrification and changing meanings of the concept receive ample attention while theories, causes and effects are critically addressed as well. This book is essential reading for all who are involved in gentrification.’ -- Sako Musterd, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to gentrification 2. Definitions, forms, history and geography 3. Causation, explanation and theory: capital, class, culture and the state 4. Gentrification and the changing social-class structure of cities 5. Gentrification, displacement and replacement 6. Global gentrification or category imperialism? 7. Conclusion: the future of gentrification References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business 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. Analysing the causes and effects of widespread gentrification, this Advanced Introduction provides an innovative insight into the global debate instigated by this process. Examining the impact of gentrification on lower income groups and other issues, Chris Hamnett discusses research into the socio-economic causes and effects of gentrification in a variety of cities worldwide. Key features include: A detailed examination of both contemporary and historical sources Exploration of the history, geography and development of gentrification and some of its more recent forms Chapters covering a selection of central topics including urban displacement and social class change. Composed of succinct but highly informative chapters, this engaging Advanced Introduction will prove to be an essential read for urban geography, urban studies and planning students as well as scholars with a particular interest in urban sociology and social policy.Trade Review‘Like a fine Islay single malt scotch, this volume is a rewarding distillation. It is both a literature review and a compilation of his first-hand observations not only in the UK, but in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, and China. Indeed, this volume might qualify as Professor Hamnett’s magnum opus on the subject. This volume concentrates a sweeping analysis of the gentrification literature in an accessible and readable format. Faculty, as well as students, are likely to find it a compelling desk reference, of value to neophytes as well as grizzled scholars in the social sciences, geography, urban planning, and public policy. Hamnett’s meaty reference list alone is worth the price of this valuable book.’ -- Dennis E Gale, Journal of Urban Affairs‘In this book, Chris Hamnett, a key figure in gentrification studies, offers a succinct yet sophisticated overview of this classical topic which abounds with heated debates and lasting vitality. Situating gentrification in wider urban processes, Hamnett aptly engages with the long-running debates on its causes and explanations, evolution and demographic changes, socio-spatial implications and future trends, with a historical perspective and global outlook. This book is an insightful read for anyone interested in gentrification and broader urban transformations.’ -- Shenjing He, The University of Hong Kong, China‘Chris Hamnett, a world authority on gentrification, masterfully illuminates the history and geography of gentrification research. This remarkable book is a lucid introduction to this classic topic as well as an advanced and insightful reflection on cutting-edge issues, heated debates and the future agenda.’ -- Fulong Wu, University College London, UK‘Hamnett’s book on gentrification clarifies and contextualizes a complex, long-lasting and animated debate in academia and beyond. Gentrification will most probably continue to reshape cities in favor of those who can afford its impact and against those who cannot. Is the significance and the global reach of gentrification growing and is its social imprint and spatial form changing? Robust and clear arguments make this book an essential read for urban scholars and students and for anyone interested in the social dimensions of cities.’ -- Thomas Maloutas, Emeritus Professor of Social Geography and Thematic Chartography, Harokopio University, Greece‘Chris Hamnett has long been a central figure in the development of gentrification research. Here he provides a magisterial and lucid overview of a literature that continues to address vital problems for urban scholarship and social policy. That this small book can cover so much of this territory is a tribute to Hamnett’s informed judgment of empirical trends, conceptual arguments and policy consequences.’ -- David Ley, Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of British Columbia, Canada‘Building on a lifetime experience and study of gentrification, Chris Hamnett has written an authoritative and comprehensive Advanced Introduction to Gentrification. This compelling text covers the essential elements of the widening process of gentrification and related urban social class transformation debates. Both “time” and “space” variations of gentrification and changing meanings of the concept receive ample attention while theories, causes and effects are critically addressed as well. This book is essential reading for all who are involved in gentrification.’ -- Sako Musterd, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to gentrification 2. Definitions, forms, history and geography 3. Causation, explanation and theory: capital, class, culture and the state 4. Gentrification and the changing social-class structure of cities 5. Gentrification, displacement and replacement 6. Global gentrification or category imperialism? 7. Conclusion: the future of gentrification References Index

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Book SynopsisCompelling and engaging, this Handbook on Shrinking Cities addresses the fundamentals of shrinkage, exploring its causal factors, the ways in which planning strategies and policies are steered, and innovative solutions for revitalising shrinking cities. It analyses the multidimensional phenomena involved in processes of shrinkage, where cities experience a dramatic decline in their economic and social bases.Offering a timely response to the endurance of decline in cities across the globe, contributions from top scholars showcase a wide range of perspectives on the ongoing challenges of shrinkage. Chapters cover topics of ‘governance’, ‘greening’ and ‘right-sizing’, and ‘regrowth’, laying the relevant groundwork for the Handbook’s proposals for dealing with shrinkage in the age of COVID-19 and beyond. Leading experts in the fields of urban and regional development contribute novel ideas pertinent to the future of shrinking cities, considering factors such as economic prosperity, liveability, social stability, and innovation, ultimately representing a paradigmatic shift from growth-centred planning to the notion of ‘shrinking sustainably’.In suggesting strategies to reverse decline and generate newer, more robust development, this prescient Handbook will prove beneficial to scholars of human geography and urban planning. The wide range of case studies will also make this a vital read for planning practitioners.Trade Review‘This excellent collection includes insightful reviews of current research, recently implemented projects and policies, and analyses of emerging topics chiefly from the European experience are supplemented with examples from North America, Japan, and Mexico. This book gathers excellent studies of a range of programmes including regrowth, shrinking smart, green innovation, infrastructure, complemented with chapters on governance, social capital, and relevant social issues. Chapters on the epistemology of urban shrinkage research and current debates on terminology amplify the significance of this volume. This timely book offers an invaluable resource for researchers, policy-makers in Europe and other world regions who are seeking examples of good programmes and policies to manage urban shrinkage. It should be of interest to researchers and policy-makers interested in the practical experience of managing urban shrinkage, and those interested in theoretical debates about shrinkage, governance, and new topics that require further explorations. -- Chung-Tong Wu, University of Sydney, Australia‘Our cities represent very comprehensive social ecosystems – a mosaic consisting of diverse structures interlinked by the veins of infrastructure shaped by multiple actions of various actors. The Handbook on Shrinking Cities, edited by Karina Pallagst, Marco Bontje, Emmanuèle Cunningham Sabot and René Fleschurz presents a similar picture. This is a book in which the synergy between chapters written by numerous authors creates a multi-faceted picture of shrinking cities and which will be of interest to a wide range of readers.’ -- Maros Finka, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and President of the AESOP‘With COVID-19 upending traditional patterns of urban living, some shrinking cities may be facing unique opportunities for revitalization and prosperity. This wonderful collection of essays from established and new scholars combines multi-disciplinary expertise to propose innovative ideas and planning strategies for shrinking cities around the world.’ -- Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiv Introduction: shrinking cities research in times of COVID-19 1 Karina Pallagst and Patricia M.I. Hammer PART I CONCEPTUALISING SHRINKING SMART 1 The language of shrinking cities: terminology and translation to describe a new urban regime 9 Emmanuèle Cunningham Sabot and Maja Ročak 2 Shrinking cities: new insights into planning cultures 26 Karina Pallagst and René Fleschurz 3 Path dependence in shrinking cities: learning from the past 40 Victoria Pinoncely 4 Shrinking smart from theory to practice: an epistemological approach to constructing a new planning concept 54 Bozhidar Ivanov 5 Place attachment and negative mindset in shrinking cities: is there a contradiction? 67 Solène Le Borgne 6 Understanding the role of social capital in regenerating shrinking cities: insights from the Netherlands 80 Maja Ročak 7 Shrinking cities as epistemic communities 94 Ivonne Audirac 8 Urban shrinkage and socio-economic segregation in medium-sized cities: the case of Gera 108 David Huntington PART II GOVERNING SHRINKING CITIES 9 Governance in shrinking cities: the role of active citizenship in emerging governance 122 Agnes Matoga 10 Urban mindware in governing post-socialist shrinking cities 134 Krzysztof Stachowiak and Tadeusz Stryjakiewicz 11 Governance challenges in shrinking cities: the example of brownfield site reuse and governance 148 Dieter Rink and Annegret Haase 12 Shrinking cities are here to stay: place-sensitive policy responses? 162 Flavio Besana and Kai Böhme 13 The legal and planning system for shrinking cities in Japan 178 Tetsuji Uemura 14 Towards brighter futures for European small and medium-sized towns: what can social innovation contribute? 193 Marco Bontje, Nicola Bacon, David Bole and Claire Gordon 15 Shrinking cities and cross-border context: the example of the twin cities of Forbach (Moselle, France) and Völklingen (Saarland, Germany) 208 Frédérique Morel-Doridat PART III GREENING/RIGHTSIZING SHRINKING CITIES 16 Adaptation of infrastructures in shrinking cities: a review 222 Fanny Augis 17 A growing field in shrinking cities: a literature review on shrinkage and urban green space 236 Olivia Lewis 18 Utilising solar energy and technology production-oriented strategies in shrinking cities 250 Simone Di Pietro 19 Urban green innovation and revitalisation of declining areas and vacant spaces in shrinking cities 264 José G. Vargas-Hernández and Patricia M.I. Hammer 20 Reflections on the challenges for public value capture in shrinking cities 278 Sílvia Sousa and Paulo Pinho 21 Carbon mitigation for shrinking cities 292 Helen Mulligan 22 Regrowth challenges of English cities in the context of flood risk: a discussion on flood resilience and regrowth in Hull, United Kingdom 308 Faeeza Mackay, Stephen Platt and Fulvio Domenico Lopane 23 Cultural branding and adaptive reuse in shrinking cities: a comparative study of Turin, Italy and Lowell, USA 324 Justin B. Hollander and Marissa G. Meaney PART IV REGROWING SHRINKING CITIES 24 Variations of urban regrowth – systematising driving factors and contextual conditions: the European perspective 338 Annegret Haase, Marco Bontje, Dieter Rink, Chris Couch, Szymon Marcińczak, Petr Rumpel and Manuel Wolff 25 Issues, diffusion and solutions of shrinkage in French heritage towns’ centres 353 Alix de La Gaignonnière 26 Pop Up City and interim uses 367 Terry Schwarz 27 Smart cities as a substitute industry revitalisation approach to shrinking cities in Germany? 381 Jakob Schackmar 28 Refugees in shrinking cities: the role of place and belonging in refugee-led revitalisation 395 Norma Schemschat 29 Old industrial cities striving to attract and retain knowledge workers: a case study from Spain 409 Simón Sánchez-Moral, Alfonso Arellano and David Moreno 30 Data, policy and segregation, open source data and catalysing inclusive culture-led economic development: contextualising smart city 422 Jasmin Aber Index

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Book SynopsisProviding an overview of urban social movements from a diverse range of empirical and theoretical perspectives, this Handbook includes not only a critical analysis of the transformations that have occurred in the urban landscape recently, but also sheds light on the strategies implemented by social actors in various socio-political and cultural contexts. It focuses on better understanding how and to what extent collective action around urban issues remains relevant in our modern world.Top international scholars introduce the main features of urban movements from countries and cities around the world, including across Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America, to highlight their diversity as well as the multiple scales through which they are employed. The Handbook first documents the concrete forms of contemporary urban movements, before highlighting new developments in the field, particularly in the face of new forms of communication, and finally examines the specificity of contemporary urban movements in the context of emerging unexpected local and global challenges.With a broad range of case studies and in-depth coverage of key issues, this Handbook is critical reading for urban studies and social movement studies scholars. The practical advice offered throughout also makes this an invigorating read for representatives of international institutions working on urban policies and development, as well as urban activists looking for a more in-depth study of the field.Trade Review‘Academic interest in urban social movements has surged around the world since the notion was first introduced in the early 1970s. This Handbook gathers novel as well as retrospective knowledge on (the outcomes of) these movements, and helps to reveal the phases, patterns, cycles and convergences shaping the plethora of struggles around the right to the city.’ -- Margit Mayer, Center for Metropolitan Studies Berlin, Germany‘This Handbook brings to the fore the structural roots of urban conflicts and identities, in creative tension with human agency. Covering an admirably broad range of cases, not restricted to the West, and recognizing the temporal dimension inherent to both urban conflicts and theories on urban dynamics, Anna Domaradzka and Pierre Hamel have edited a collection that will appeal to a broad readership across the social sciences.’ -- Mario Diani, University of Trento, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Urban Social Movements 1 Anna Domaradzka and Pierre Hamel PART I THE RIGHT TO THE CITY IN FRONT OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION AND STATE PLANNING 2 Beyond the localism of urban social movements 14 Pierre Hamel 3 A structural field of contention approach to urban struggles 28 Ioana Florea, Agnes Gagyi and Kerstin Jacobsson 4 Urban battlegrounds: strategies of action and drivers of participation in radical movements in Italy 43 Carlo Genova 5 Urban social movements and regulation theory: tenant protest in Berlin 58 Lisa Vollmer PART II FIGHTING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES, RACISM, EXCLUSION, AND POVERTY IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD 6 Spatial segregation during ‘financial apartheid’: Reclaim the City and its struggle for housing in Cape Town, South Africa 81 Antje Daniel 7 Tenants’ movements in Europe: from working-class struggles to marginalization 97 Dominika V. Polanska 8 Anti-eviction mobilizations in Barcelona, Montreal, and New York City 114 Marcos Ancelovici and Montserrat Emperador Badimon 9 Hands up, don’t shoot: safety and the city in the twenty-first century 131 Mary Bernstein and Jordan McMillan 10 Rural–urban migration and the right to the city: urban social movements in the informal settlements of Namibia and Ghana 148 Eric Yankson and Ada Adoley Allotey PART III URBAN MOVEMENTS AND CITY LIFE IN RETROSPECT 11 Brazil’s urban social movements and urban transformations in perspective 168 Abigail Friendly 12 Squatting, a SWOT analysis 185 Hans Pruijt 13 Building real utopias: urban grassroots activism, emotions and prefigurative politics 199 Tommaso Gravante 14 Gentrification, resistance, and the reconceptualization of community through place-based social media: the future will not be Instagrammed 214 Ashleigh Weeden PART IV IN SEARCH OF URBAN CITIZENSHIP THROUGH EXPERIENCING VARIOUS MODELS OF SOLIDARITY 15 Claiming urban citizenship: rights and practices 232 Maciej Kowalewski 16 Beyond co-optation and autonomy: the experience of two Argentinean social organizations in the face of the left turn 248 Francisco Longa 17 The rise of urban resistance movements and spatialized oppression: the Gezi legacy 265 Aysegul Can PART V COLLECTIVE ACTION, URBAN POLITICS AND/ OR URBAN POLICIES 18 The everyday politics of the urban commons: ambivalent political possibilities in the dialectical, evolving and selective urban context 284 Iolanda Bianchi 19 The 2019–2020 Chilean protests: the emergence of a movement of urban memories 300 Alicia Olivari and Manuela Badilla 20 Rage against the machine: how twenty-first century political machines constitute their own opposition 315 Stephanie Ternullo and Jeffrey N. Parker 21 Neoliberal urban redevelopment and its discontents: rising urban activism in Seoul 330 Chungse Jung 22 Political engagement of urban social movements: a road to decolonization or recolonization of urban management? 343 Tomasz Sowada 23 Neoliberal urban governance and slum dweller movements: the mutual fragmentation of policies and community-based organizations in the city of Buenos Aires 363 Joaquín Andrés Benitez, María Cristina Cravino, Maximiliano Duarte and Carla Fainstein

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the relationship between urban management and the unequal pattern of provision of urban services in developing countries. It starts from the premise that socio-economic inequalities constitute a significant development problem. The book shows how the existence of inequalities may in distinct ways enhance the inadequate living conditions of the poor - either in psychological and/or material terms.Inequalities in developing countries are more intense in urban areas, and the supply of urban services plays a fundamental role in this context. Edmundo Werna analyses this issue with particular attention to the increasing diversity of supply due to economic liberalization. The analysis reveals the existence of varied types of interaction between the government and suppliers of urban services, with significant implications for addressing inequalities. The book argues that local authorities play a crucial role in managing such diversity, and need considerably more support than the present status-quo allows. Using evidence from three cities (Nairobi, Chittagong and Sao Paulo) Combating Urban Inequalities will be of interest to scholars within development, urban, public administration, public health and government studies. The book will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers, as it contains policy analysis and recommendations.Trade Review'. . . this book will provide readers with a useful conceptual framework and an interesting set of case studies that help understand the shifts in governance that can so crucially affect the lives of many urban citizens in the developing world.' -- Julio D. Davila, Third World Planning Review'The book provides a useful review of the evolving ideas of urban management from the 1960s (modernisation and "Fordism") to the 1990s (process and institution-building).' -- Nick Devas, Urban StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Urban Management and the Pluralistic Supply of Services 3. Intra-Urban Differentials and the Urban Management Nexus 4. Nairobi 5. Chittagong 6. São Paulo 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of migration and economic development throughout the world, in both developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most experienced researchers in this field look at how population redistribution patterns have impacted on urban development in a wide selection of advanced and developing countries in all the major regions of the world over the past half century. The study results show that, despite local differences there are signs of remarkable similarities in the underlying forces that drive the migration process and urban development across the development spectrum.The International Handbook of Urban Systems is a must for social and economic geographers, urban and regional planners, regional scientists, urban, regional and development economists and sociologists.Trade Review'The volume makes a timely contribution to the international study of urban systems. It is a useful source of theoretical and empirical information on migration urbanization in both developed and developing societies. And it should be consulted by all scholars and students of urban studies, especially those who are interested in comparative, multidisciplinary research on cities and regional economic development.' -- Robert L. Boyd, Journal of Regional Science'This is an extremely useful collection of up-to-date cas studies focusing on the links between population redistribution, migration and urbanisation.' -- Geography'It is difficult to underestimate the potential contribution of this corpus to the understanding of urban systems in spaces that have often been out of bounds to Anglo-American readers, owing to linguistic, cultural and physical barriers. Possibly the greatest strength of the book is its genuinely global character, drawing from a rich body of locally situated knowledge that has hitherto been marginalized in the mainstream geography literature.' -- Stefan Buzar, Progress in Human Geography'This book might be considered a benchmark of demography and urban geography at the beginning of the 21st century, a snapshot of this rapidly changing situation . . . Essential.' -- M.I. Glassner, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Theoretical Fundamentals 1. The Fundamentals of Urban Space 2. An Exploration in Migration Theory 3. On Urban Systems Evolution 4. The Urban Future Part II: Empirical Findings A. Western European Countries 5. Population Change and Migration in the British Urban System 6. The French Urban System 7. Urbanization in Germany Before and After Unification 8. Urban Development in the Netherlands: New Perspectives 9. Counter Urbanization in Italy B. Nordic and Central European Countries 10. Past, Present and Future of Urbanization in Finland 11. The Maturing of the Polish Urban System 12. The Maturing of the Romanian Urban System 13. The Demographic Transition and Urban Development in Turkey C. American Countries 14. A History of Recent Urban Development in the United States 15. The Dynamics of the Canadian Urban System 16. Evolution and Maturing of the Mexican Urban System 17. Urbanization and the Redistribution Population in Brazil: Recent Changes and Trends D. Asian Countries 18. Migration and the Development of the Japanese Urban System, 1950–2000 19. Migration and the Urban Systems of South Korea 20. Urbanization and Migration in India: A Different Scene E. African Countries 21. Current Perspectives on Urban Change in South Africa Index

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Book SynopsisAn illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations. Following in his tradition, the contributors apply microeconomics to real world problems facing urban areas and use statistical analysis to gain insight into practical solutions. The first four chapters of the book provide in-depth explorations of alternative methods of financing urban government such as: the relative merits of income and property taxation at the local level, the impact of sales and income taxation on property taxation, and the feasibility of adopting a land value tax. The next two chapters focus on government expenditures: the impact of subsidized housing investment on property values, and the theoretical and historical explanations for public ownership and direct provision of public services. The final two chapters of the book turn their attention to the non-profit sector, exploring subsidies to non-profit arts organizations and the role of the non-profit sector in providing K-12 education, specifically addressing the implications for segregation and equity. Comprehensive and engaging, professionals and scholars in the fields of public finance, urban economics and public administration will find this collection of great interest.Trade Review'The seven essays here have much to recommend them. The themes are important, the analysts are well known and well qualified, their analyses are carefully done and insightful, and the writing is concise but usually accessible to non experts. . . Dick Netzer's detailed, practical scholarship has inspired a generation of economists to study local governments and nonprofit artistic institutions in the hope of improving public policy. This book is a fine tribute, sure to stimulate further controversy, unlikely to settle many issues, but useful to policy makers and scholars alike.' -- David Merriman, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. What Should Local Governments Tax: Income or Property? 3. What a Tangled Web: Local Property, Income and Sales Taxes 4. Land Taxation in New York City: A General Equilibrium Analysis 5. The Role of Cities in Providing Housing Assistance: A New York Perspective 6. Public Ownership in the American City 7. The Nonprofit Sector in K-12 Education 8. The Partially Subsidized Muse: Estimating the Value and Incidence of Public Support Received by Nonprofit Arts Organizations Index

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Book SynopsisThree decades of accelerated trade and financial market liberalization have had significant and lasting impacts on the global economy and its component entities. In this volume, Peter Karl Kresl and Earl Fry examine the impacts of these profound changes on the economies of urban areas, and the responses to them. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the issues surrounding internationalization, such as urban transport, communication, and production. In addition, the authors explore the effects of internationalization on municipal foreign affairs, urban governance, inter-city relations and structures, and strategic planning.As nation states have diminished their intervention in local economies, cities have been forced to implement new forms of governance, cooperative inter-city relationships, and city diplomacy. These aspects of globalization have presented urban economies with challenges and threats to existing activities as well as potentially positive opportunities for development of higher value-added, higher-skilled activities. Forced to take a new look at their international competitiveness, many city leaders have launched strategic planning initiatives. Through these they hope to facilitate development of activities that will improve the economic lives of residents and enable their city to maintain or advance its competitiveness and its position in the urban hierarchy.This unique study will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of economics, urban studies, and public policy, as well as to those in city administrative and leadership positions.Trade Review'. . . provides a comprehensive treatment of the issues surrounding internationalization, and their impact on urban affairs in different parts of the world, targeted at both scholars and researchers of economics, urban studies and public policy, and at those in city administrative and leadership positions.' -- Environment and UrbanizationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Urban Regions and Economic Globalization: An Introduction 2. Urban Competitiveness 3. Municipal Foreign Affairs 4. New Technologies and the Urban Economy 5. Urban Governance in the Era of Globalization 6. Inter-city Relations and Structures 7. Strategic Planning for Competitiveness Enhancement 8. What Lies Ahead? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis new and original book by Zoltan Acs explores the relationship between industrial innovation and economic growth at the regional level, and reaches conclusions as to why some regions grow but others decline. While the analysis draws on industrial organization, labor economics, regional science, geography and entrepreneurship, the book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory.The author argues that industrial innovation is the driving force behind long-run regional growth, and explores the issues of how technology and entrepreneurship can foster and promote growth at the regional level.With its multidisciplinary approach, Innovation and the Growth of Cities will be warmly welcomed by academics and researchers alike in the areas of innovation and science, regional science and geography, entrepreneurship and evolutionary economics.Trade Review'An extremely valuable tool for the student of innovation and regional development. The structure of the book - a collection of previously published articles and book chapters - offers a final result that, although organized around a common theme, comprises chapters that are independent from another. This allows the reader to concentrate on specific subtopics of interest. The book also has the advantage of offering a very good description of the methodology used to arrive at the results.' -- Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, Journal of Regional Science'This book is both topical and of real-world interest. It brings some careful empirical analysis to the question of how localized knowledge is generated and diffuses within metropolitan areas.' -- Daniel Felsenstein, Journal of Economic Literature’. . . this is an impressive collection of work. The author's eclectic style is well managed and his evidence is persuasive. The book will improve the debate on regional growth issues including public policy. I would recommend this book to anyone studying regional economic or growth issues.' -- William H. Rogers, Journal of Economic Issues'Zoltan Acs has produced one of the major works of the past decade or two that helps to explain why cities grow. A central premise and one supported by empirical analysis throughout the book is that entrepreneurship is an important local activity that translates raw knowledge (that by the way is shown to be highly local) into ideas and start-ups that grow and underpin and sustain metropolitan growth. This is a must read for all students and scholars of urban and national economic growth and related policies.' -- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Richard Florida Preface 1. Technology and Entrepreneurship 2. Knowledge, Innovation and Firm Size 3. Local Geographic Spillovers 4. Sectoral Characteristics 5. Innovation of Entrepreneurial Firms 6. Capital Structure, Innovation and Firm Size 7. Employment Growth in Metropolitan Areas 8. Employment, Wages and R&D Spillovers 9. Heterogeneity versus Specialization 10. Regional Innovation Systems 11. Epilogue: Towards a ‘New Model of Regional Economic Development’? Appendices A. The Innovation Database B. Innovation, R&D Lab Employment and University Research by State C. Innovation, R&D Lab Employment and University Research by MSA D. Innovation, Private R&D Lab Employment and University Research by MSA and Industry Sector E. Industry Groupings F. List of Variables References Index

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Book SynopsisThe site of Recife's Brasília Teimosa favela emerged as a flash point of economic and political interests in the 1930s and the scene of subsequent strife into the 1980s. The name of this district is a contemptuous allusion to the new capital of Brazil, with its forward-thinking planning policies and urban design, in stark contrast to the favela. This concise account unearths events surfacing through periods of revolution, dictatorship, populism, Cuban Communism, the 1964 military coup d'etat and crackdown to the amplified reverberation of civil society voices and engagement decades later. Shifting ideologies and jolting transitions between regimes directly affected what occurred on this 110-acre parcel of urban land. Between 1934 and 1984 competing groups and individuals came to covet this space because of its strategic location and political consequence. Brasília Teimosa is about the politics of ouster and the power of resistance. What took place there still resonates in squatter settlements throughout Brazil; deplorable living conditions prevalent in favelas are the result of deprivation of access to market resources. This work examines the interactions between the state and neighbourhood associations regarding the allocation of public goods and services in the context of urban resources and their system of supply. In particular it focuses on the political struggles of shanty residents of Brasília Teimosa that are pertinent to the provision of and access to urban land tenure. Control and use of public lands have functioned as instruments of the state to pursue political projects in coalition with private real estate partners, to undermine the strength of opposing factions, or to seal populist pacts with the urban poor who, as illegal occupants of public land, are locked into a dependency relationship with the state. As will be shown, the residents of Brasília Teimosa discovered and exploited "space" for political manoeuvres in order to secure permanence on a centrally located, publicly-owned site.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that determine the growth and development progress as well as the livability of cities in the Occident.The volume focuses on three broad themes: nuances in urban policy formulation in Britain and the United States; the evolvement of urban systems regionally and globally; and the social and economic forces that determine urban livability and bring about change in the demographic landscape of cities in both Europe and the United States. In this Handbook some of the world's most experienced researchers express their views - often controversial - on topics as diverse as the role of the IT sector, population ageing, migration, global warming and social economics within urban development. This important Handbook has a strong demographic and developmental focus and covers urban policy issues that should be of interest to a wide readership - from urban planning, geography, regional science and economics to international business, population studies, history and political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE URBAN POLICY CONTEXT 1. Introduction: The Policy Context of Urbanization M. Pacione PART II: EVOLVING URBAN SYSTEMS 2. Differential Urbanization Trends in Europe: The European Case E. Heikkilä and H. Kaskinoro 3. Large Urban Economies: The Role of Knowledge and ICT Infrastructure P. van Hemert, M. van Geenhuizen and P. Nijkamp 4. World Cities: Organizational Networking and the Global Urban Hierarchy P.J. Taylor PART III: FORCES OF SPATIAL ECONOMIC CHANGE 5. The New Economic Geography: A Simple Exposition D. Urban 6. Land Markets and their Regulation: The Economic Impacts of Planning P. Cheshire and W. Vermeulen 7. The Continuing Urban Form Controversy: Towards Bridging the Divide H.S. Geyer 8. Spatial Planning and Institutional Design: What Can We Expect From Transaction Cost Economics? F. Moulaert and A. Mehmood 9. The Economy of the Large European City: The Social Nature of Articulated Rationality F. Moulaert and J. Nussbaumer 10. E-Government: Turning the Digital Divide into a Digital Dividend in Manchester (UK) D. Carter PART IV: THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE 11. International Labour Migration in the EU: Likely Social and Economic Implications T. El-Cherkeh 12. Immigration in the USA: Evolving Demographic Contexts, Geographies and Policy Debates D.A. Plane and L. Hoffman 13. Winds of Change: Controversies Underlying the Urban Policy Debate H.S. Geyer Index

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Book SynopsisThis book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research.Trade Review"Goodson and Phillimore have collated a comprehensive and timely volume into the nature of community research that highlights the benefits of working with and in communities." LSE Review of Books"A usefull and far reaching discussion drawing on a wide range of practice/research illustrations" Carol Packham, MMU"This text cleverly negotiates through community research dealing with theoretical, ethical and practical issues in an engageing manner" Stuart Agnew, University Campus Suffolk"It is invaluable when practitioners produce reflections on experiences of undertaking their craft, and this volume is no exception. With a series of illuminating chapters covering a range of topics, this will be of value to those engaged in the field of community research." Tim May, co-director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UKTable of ContentsPart One: Theoretical and methodological issues ~ Community research: opportunities and challenges ~ Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore; A critical communicative perspective on community research: Reflections on experiences working with Roma in Spain ~ Aitor Gómez and Terese Sordé Marti; Authenticity and validity in community research: Looking at age discrimination and urban social interactions in the UK ~ Andrew Clark, Caroline Holland and Richard Ward; Community research with Gypsies and Travellers in the UK: Highlighting and negotiating compromises to reliability and validity ~ Philip Brown, Lisa Scullion and Pat Niner;Involving community researchers in refugee research in the UK~ Gaby Atfield, Kavita Brahmbhatt, Hameed Hakimi and Therese O'Toole; Universities as agents in the empowerment of local communities in Germany, Finland and Russia ~ Patricia Bell, Melinda Madew, Tony Addy and Sakari Kainulainen; Data analysis and community research: Capturing reality on housing estates in Bradford, UK ~ Heather Blakey, EJ Milne and Louise Kilburn; Participation in community research: Experiences of community researchers in HIV/AIDS research in South Africa ~ Maretha Visser; Part Two: Ethics, power and emotion ~ Power and participation in community research: Community profilinh in Italy ~ Terri Mannarini; The pedagogy of community research: Moving out of the ivory tower and into community organisations in Canada ~ Karen Schwartz, Adje van de Sande and Ann Marie O'Brien; Engaging community researchers in evaluation: Looking at the experiences of community partners in school based projects in the US ~ Jenifer Cartland, Holly Ruch-Ross and Maryann Mason; Are we recovery orientated? An Australian encounter of learning from people with lived experience ~ Lisa Brophy, Melissa Petrakis, Liam Buckley, Matthew Scott, Jayne Lewis, Nadine Cocks, Michael Stylianou and Kieran Halloran; Ethics in community research: Reflections from ethnographic research with First Nations people in the US ~ Barbara Kawulich and Tamra Ogletree; Avoiding best being the enemy of good: using peer interviewer methods for community research in place-based settings in Australia ~ Deborah Warr, Rosey Mann and Richard Williams; Part Three: Managing the research process ~ Mental health service users and carers as researchers: reflections on a qualitative study of citizens' experiences of compulsory mental health laws in Northern Ireland ~ Damien Kavanagh, Gavin Davidson, Jim Campbell, Martin Daly and Moira Harper; Community organisation and community research: Women's struggle for food security in India ~ Janki Andharia; Community researchers in an adolescent risk reduction intervention in Botswana: Challenges and opportunities ~ Bagele Chilisa and Rapelang Chilisa; Recruitment and capacity building challenges in participatory research involving young people in Northern Ireland ~ Claire McCartan, Dirk Schubotz and Stephanie Burns; Translating lives: Cross language community research with Polish migrants in the UK ~ Bogusia Temple and Katarzyna Koterba; Mentoring refugee community researchers in the UK: An empowerment tool? ~ Patricia A. Jones and Ricky Joseph.

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Book SynopsisThis book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies. The international contributors consider a number of key epistemological, ontological and methodological questions. They explore what community peer research means in a range of settings, for a range of people, for the quality of data and subsequent findings, and for the production of rigorous social research. The collection will also stimulate thinking about how methodological advancement can be made in the field. It is the first book of its kind to combine practical and methodological reflections with clearly presented recommendations about how the approach can be used. Presenting the latest thinking in the field and providing summaries, case studies and review questions, 'Community research for participation' will be invaluable to students, researchers, academics and practitioners who aim to place community members at the centre of their research.Trade Review"Goodson and Phillimore have collated a comprehensive and timely volume into the nature of community research that highlights the benefits of working with and in communities." LSE Review of Books"A usefull and far reaching discussion drawing on a wide range of practice/research illustrations" Carol Packham, MMU"This text cleverly negotiates through community research dealing with theoretical, ethical and practical issues in an engageing manner" Stuart Agnew, University Campus Suffolk"It is invaluable when practitioners produce reflections on experiences of undertaking their craft, and this volume is no exception. With a series of illuminating chapters covering a range of topics, this will be of value to those engaged in the field of community research." Tim May, co-director, Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, University of Salford, UKTable of ContentsPart One: Theoretical and methodological issues ~ Community research: opportunities and challenges ~ Lisa Goodson and Jenny Phillimore; A critical communicative perspective on community research: Reflections on experiences working with Roma in Spain ~ Aitor Gómez and Terese Sordé Marti; Authenticity and validity in community research: Looking at age discrimination and urban social interactions in the UK ~ Andrew Clark, Caroline Holland and Richard Ward; Community research with Gypsies and Travellers in the UK: Highlighting and negotiating compromises to reliability and validity ~ Philip Brown, Lisa Scullion and Pat Niner;Involving community researchers in refugee research in the UK~ Gaby Atfield, Kavita Brahmbhatt, Hameed Hakimi and Therese O'Toole; Universities as agents in the empowerment of local communities in Germany, Finland and Russia ~ Patricia Bell, Melinda Madew, Tony Addy and Sakari Kainulainen; Data analysis and community research: Capturing reality on housing estates in Bradford, UK ~ Heather Blakey, EJ Milne and Louise Kilburn; Participation in community research: Experiences of community researchers in HIV/AIDS research in South Africa ~ Maretha Visser; Part Two: Ethics, power and emotion ~ Power and participation in community research: Community profilinh in Italy ~ Terri Mannarini; The pedagogy of community research: Moving out of the ivory tower and into community organisations in Canada ~ Karen Schwartz, Adje van de Sande and Ann Marie O'Brien; Engaging community researchers in evaluation: Looking at the experiences of community partners in school based projects in the US ~ Jenifer Cartland, Holly Ruch-Ross and Maryann Mason; Are we recovery orientated? An Australian encounter of learning from people with lived experience ~ Lisa Brophy, Melissa Petrakis, Liam Buckley, Matthew Scott, Jayne Lewis, Nadine Cocks, Michael Stylianou and Kieran Halloran; Ethics in community research: Reflections from ethnographic research with First Nations people in the US ~ Barbara Kawulich and Tamra Ogletree; Avoiding best being the enemy of good: using peer interviewer methods for community research in place-based settings in Australia ~ Deborah Warr, Rosey Mann and Richard Williams; Part Three: Managing the research process ~ Mental health service users and carers as researchers: reflections on a qualitative study of citizens' experiences of compulsory mental health laws in Northern Ireland ~ Damien Kavanagh, Gavin Davidson, Jim Campbell, Martin Daly and Moira Harper; Community organisation and community research: Women's struggle for food security in India ~ Janki Andharia; Community researchers in an adolescent risk reduction intervention in Botswana: Challenges and opportunities ~ Bagele Chilisa and Rapelang Chilisa; Recruitment and capacity building challenges in participatory research involving young people in Northern Ireland ~ Claire McCartan, Dirk Schubotz and Stephanie Burns; Translating lives: Cross language community research with Polish migrants in the UK ~ Bogusia Temple and Katarzyna Koterba; Mentoring refugee community researchers in the UK: An empowerment tool? ~ Patricia A. Jones and Ricky Joseph.

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Book SynopsisEncouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike.Trade Review"This volume is extremely useful for anyone hoping to get to grips with the complex and little-understood issues regarding social mix policy and gentrification." LSE Review of Books"This collection is the definitive analysis of today's urban policy paradox: a friendly language of community and inclusion used to justify policies that threaten exactly what they name - social mix and diversity." Elvin Wyly, Chair of Urban Studies Programme, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Gentrification and social mix ~ Loretta Lees, Tim Butler and Gary Bridge; Part one: Reflections on social mix policy: Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: A quantitative appraisal ~ Paul Cheshire; Social mix and urban policy ~ Patrick Le Galès; Mixed communities and urban policy: Reflections from the UK ~ Rebecca Tunstall; Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia ~ Wendy Shaw; Part two: Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times: Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification ~ David Ley; HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany: Social mix as a 21st century planning goal ~ Juergen Bruns-Berentelg; Part three: Social mix policies and gentrification: Mixed income schools and housing policy in Chicago: A critical examination of the gentrification/education/'racial' exclusion nexus ~ Pauline Lipman; Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: The example of the Goutte d'Or district in Paris ~ Marie-Hélène Bacqué and Yankel Fijalkow; Beware the Trojan horse: Contructions of social mix in Melbourne ~ Kate Shaw; Part four: The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies: Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: Evidence based policy or urban myth? ~ David Manley, Maarten van Ham and Joe Doherty; Meanings, politics and realities of social mix and gentrification - A view from Brussels ~ Mathieu Van Criekingen; 'Regeneration' in interesting times: A story of privatisation and gentrification in a peripheral Scottish city ~ Sarah Glynn; HOPE VI: Calling for modesty in its claims ~ James Fraser, James DeFilippis and Joshua Bazuin; Part five: Experiencing social mix: The impossibility of gentrification and social mixing ~ Mark Davidson; Not the only power in town? Challenging binaries and bringing the working class into gentrification research ~ Kirsteen Patton; From social mix to political marginalisation? The redevelopment of Toronto's public housing and the dilution of tenant organizational power ~ Martine August and Alan Walks; Mixture without mating: Partial gentrification in the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands ~ Talja Blokland and Gwen van Eijk; Afterword ~ Gary Bridge, Tim Butler and Loretta Lees.

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Book SynopsisEncouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike.Trade Review"This volume is extremely useful for anyone hoping to get to grips with the complex and little-understood issues regarding social mix policy and gentrification." LSE Review of Books"This collection is the definitive analysis of today's urban policy paradox: a friendly language of community and inclusion used to justify policies that threaten exactly what they name - social mix and diversity." Elvin Wyly, Chair of Urban Studies Programme, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Gentrification and social mix ~ Loretta Lees, Tim Butler and Gary Bridge; Part one: Reflections on social mix policy: Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: A quantitative appraisal ~ Paul Cheshire; Social mix and urban policy ~ Patrick Le Galès; Mixed communities and urban policy: Reflections from the UK ~ Rebecca Tunstall; Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia ~ Wendy Shaw; Part two: Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times: Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification ~ David Ley; HafenCity, Hamburg, Germany: Social mix as a 21st century planning goal ~ Juergen Bruns-Berentelg; Part three: Social mix policies and gentrification: Mixed income schools and housing policy in Chicago: A critical examination of the gentrification/education/'racial' exclusion nexus ~ Pauline Lipman; Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: The example of the Goutte d'Or district in Paris ~ Marie-Hélène Bacqué and Yankel Fijalkow; Beware the Trojan horse: Contructions of social mix in Melbourne ~ Kate Shaw; Part four: The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies: Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: Evidence based policy or urban myth? ~ David Manley, Maarten van Ham and Joe Doherty; Meanings, politics and realities of social mix and gentrification - A view from Brussels ~ Mathieu Van Criekingen; 'Regeneration' in interesting times: A story of privatisation and gentrification in a peripheral Scottish city ~ Sarah Glynn; HOPE VI: Calling for modesty in its claims ~ James Fraser, James DeFilippis and Joshua Bazuin; Part five: Experiencing social mix: The impossibility of gentrification and social mixing ~ Mark Davidson; Not the only power in town? Challenging binaries and bringing the working class into gentrification research ~ Kirsteen Patton; From social mix to political marginalisation? The redevelopment of Toronto's public housing and the dilution of tenant organizational power ~ Martine August and Alan Walks; Mixture without mating: Partial gentrification in the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands ~ Talja Blokland and Gwen van Eijk; Afterword ~ Gary Bridge, Tim Butler and Loretta Lees.

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