Urban communities / city life Books

Book SynopsisThis book investigates how the meanings and politics of urban sustainability are being radically rethought in response to the economic downturn and the credit crunch. In this ground-breaking contribution, prominent scholars provide up to date coverage of the impacts of recent changes on key areas of urban planning, including housing, transport, and the environment, and map out core areas for future research.Trade Review"Bringing together leading scholars to discuss some of the most pressing concerns about the future condition of our cities, this exciting volume offers a necessary rethink about the challenges confronting sustainable urban development following 'the crisis', and deserves a wide readership among students, academics and policy makers." Gordon MacLeod, Durham University"Ideas of creating more sustainable cities are not new, but the economic downturn and the need for ongoing austerity measures have placed sustainability at the heart of political debates globally and within nation states. This book offers a fresh debate into the relationship between economic growth and the wider needs of societies and new insights into how places manage and cope with global crises, and questions the dominance of neo-liberal thinking." Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Bartlett School of Planning, University College LondonTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction: The 'New' politics of sustainable urbanism; Introduction: Characterising the 'new' politics of sustainability: From managing growth to coping with crisis ~ Mike Raco and John Flint; The sustainable city: an obituary? On the future form and prospects of sustainable urbanism ~ Mark Whitehead; Sustainable communities and English spatial policy ~ Allan Cochrane; Constructions of the carbon city ~ Will Eadson; Section 2: Building the sustainable city: Policy fields, current issues and themes; The property industry and the construction of urban spaces: crisis or opportunity? ~ Tim Dixon; Emerging strategies of urban reproduction and the pursuit of low carbon cities ~ Harriet Bulkeley, Mike Hodson and Simon Marvin; Transport in a sustainable urban future ~ Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw; Understanding UK sustainable housing policy ~ Chris Pickvance; Section 3: Placing sustainability: Contexts and conflicts; Urban ecological accounting: A new calculus for planning urban parks in the era of sustainability ~ Sarah Dooling; Neighbourhood Sustainability: Residents' perceptions and perspectives ~ John Flint; Global city planning ~Peter Newman; Conclusions: Towards new politics of urban sustainability ~ John Flint and Mike Raco.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates how the meanings and politics of urban sustainability are being radically rethought in response to the economic downturn and the credit crunch. In this ground-breaking contribution, prominent scholars provide up to date coverage of the impacts of recent changes on key areas of urban planning, including housing, transport, and the environment, and map out core areas for future research.Trade Review"Bringing together leading scholars to discuss some of the most pressing concerns about the future condition of our cities, this exciting volume offers a necessary rethink about the challenges confronting sustainable urban development following 'the crisis', and deserves a wide readership among students, academics and policy makers." Gordon MacLeod, Durham University"Ideas of creating more sustainable cities are not new, but the economic downturn and the need for ongoing austerity measures have placed sustainability at the heart of political debates globally and within nation states. This book offers a fresh debate into the relationship between economic growth and the wider needs of societies and new insights into how places manage and cope with global crises, and questions the dominance of neo-liberal thinking." Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Bartlett School of Planning, University College LondonTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction: The 'New' politics of sustainable urbanism; Introduction: Characterising the 'new' politics of sustainability: From managing growth to coping with crisis ~ Mike Raco and John Flint; The sustainable city: an obituary? On the future form and prospects of sustainable urbanism ~ Mark Whitehead; Sustainable communities and English spatial policy ~ Allan Cochrane; Constructions of the carbon city ~ Will Eadson; Section 2: Building the sustainable city: Policy fields, current issues and themes; The property industry and the construction of urban spaces: crisis or opportunity? ~ Tim Dixon; Emerging strategies of urban reproduction and the pursuit of low carbon cities ~ Harriet Bulkeley, Mike Hodson and Simon Marvin; Transport in a sustainable urban future ~ Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw; Understanding UK sustainable housing policy ~ Chris Pickvance; Section 3: Placing sustainability: Contexts and conflicts; Urban ecological accounting: A new calculus for planning urban parks in the era of sustainability ~ Sarah Dooling; Neighbourhood Sustainability: Residents' perceptions and perspectives ~ John Flint; Global city planning ~Peter Newman; Conclusions: Towards new politics of urban sustainability ~ John Flint and Mike Raco.

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Book Synopsis'Weak market cities' across European and America, or 'core cities' as they were in their heyday, went from being 'industrial giants' dominating their national, and eventually the global, economy, to being 'devastation zones'. In a single generation three quarters of all manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving dislocated, impoverished communities, run down city centres and a massive population exodus. So how did Europeans react? And how different was their response from America's? This book looks closely at the recovery trajectories of seven European cities from very different regions of the EU. Their dramatic decline, intense recovery efforts and actual progress on the ground underline the significance of public underpinning in times of crisis. Innovative enterprises, new-style city leadership, special neighbourhood programmes and skills development are all explored. The American experience, where cities were largely left 'to their own devices', produced a slower, more uncertain recovery trajectory. This book will provide much that is original and promising to all those wanting to understand the ground-level realities of urban change and progress.Trade Review"...this work is a scholarly and accessible exploration of the rise and fall of industrial cities, and provides useful hints on the history and future of recovery." Neil McInroy in New Start Magazine"Post-industrial cities have much in common across Europe, in both old and new member states. For this reason I am struck by five key ideas in Phoenix Cities: The timescale needed for these cities to recover is long - a whole generation: many different interventions are needed - land use, environment, social inclusion, citizen participation and responsive projects all contribute to recovery: interventions must fit together, requiring a strategic perspective and decision-making structure that guarantee the continuity of delivery for the duration: new skills are vital to people returning to employment after the collapse of traditional jobs: finally, in the 'European model' of urban recovery, public investment plays a decisive role in the renewed take-off of these cities." Sylvie Harburger, Caisse de DepôtsTable of ContentsPart one: The tale of seven cities: Introduction: what are weak market cities?; Industrial giants: emerging on the back of history; A change in direction: political turmoil and a ferment of new ideas; Neighbourhood interventions: can small scale make a difference in big cities?; Part two: Learning from 50 years of boom and bust: seven European case studies: Introduction; Leipzig; Bremen; Sheffield; Belfast; Bilbao; Torino; Saint-Étienne; Part three: Are weak market cities recovering or struggling?: Towards a recovery framework; Part four: What can European cities learn from the American experience of urban industrial decline and post-industrial recovery initiatives?: How do American weak market cities compare with Europe?; Will American cities recover?; What are the lessons for Europe?; Part five: Conclusions: What do European cities teach us?; where does the future lie?

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Book SynopsisUrban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book offers a fresh incisive story of urban change, one that evokes both real and imagined perspectives of places and planning, and questions what role and purpose urban planning serves in the 21st century. It will interest urban and architectural historians, planners, geographers and all concerned with understanding urban planning and attitudes toward the contemporary city.Trade Review"Here's a new take on 'ciné' and 'cité' by a planning buff who appreciates the filmic potential of urban intentions and outcomes. He tracks the plot twists over the years in a drama that continues in real time - just watch it." Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Between recreated past and threatening future: The modern planning project: 'This new fangled planning doctrine'; 'The era of reconstruction begins' (photographic narrative); Image and representations of the modern world; Part two: A longing for the past: Narratives of uneasiness for modern cities and planning: Poetic realism: filmic planning in an era of transport modernization; 'Look at all those chimneys, that's money': urban space and social realism; 'It's like living in heaven up here!' (photographic narrative); 'The planners did their best': utilising irony and prose to protect the past; Taking a bird's-eye view: modern planning and the changing landscape; 'Planning turned out to be war by other means' (photographic narrative); Part three: In everything, accept the genius of the place: Towards a new respect for place: A multiplicity of meanings of space and place; 'A sense of beauty, culture and civic pride' (photographic narrative); Fearful symmetries: the spirit and purpose of modern planning.

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Book SynopsisUrban Reflections looks at how places change, the role of planners in bringing about urban change, and the public's attitudes to that change. Drawing on geographical, cinematic and photographic readings, the book offers a fresh incisive story of urban change, one that evokes both real and imagined perspectives of places and planning, and questions what role and purpose urban planning serves in the 21st century. It will interest urban and architectural historians, planners, geographers and all concerned with understanding urban planning and attitudes toward the contemporary city.Trade Review"Here's a new take on 'ciné' and 'cité' by a planning buff who appreciates the filmic potential of urban intentions and outcomes. He tracks the plot twists over the years in a drama that continues in real time - just watch it." Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Between recreated past and threatening future: The modern planning project: 'This new fangled planning doctrine'; 'The era of reconstruction begins' (photographic narrative); Image and representations of the modern world; Part two: A longing for the past: Narratives of uneasiness for modern cities and planning: Poetic realism: filmic planning in an era of transport modernization; 'Look at all those chimneys, that's money': urban space and social realism; 'It's like living in heaven up here!' (photographic narrative); 'The planners did their best': utilising irony and prose to protect the past; Taking a bird's-eye view: modern planning and the changing landscape; 'Planning turned out to be war by other means' (photographic narrative); Part three: In everything, accept the genius of the place: Towards a new respect for place: A multiplicity of meanings of space and place; 'A sense of beauty, culture and civic pride' (photographic narrative); Fearful symmetries: the spirit and purpose of modern planning.

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Book SynopsisFamily life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems is undermined by surrounding conditions. This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power and her team, is based on a unique longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It examines the initiatives introduced to help such families and the impacts on them, their future prospects and the implications for policy. Accessibly written and with clear data presentation, the book will have wide appeal to people who work with, live in and care about families, children and low-income areas.Trade Review"A very useful book providing a comprehensive account of everyday experiences of people living in difficult circumstances. .. one of the selling points of this book is its qualitative addition, adding vigour and nuance, to existing quantitative evidence. The book provides a beneficial starting point for those wishing to understand how neighbourhoods function, but more importantly how families interact with their surroundings" Housing StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Family roles in community matters; Schools in communities ; Young people, space, facilities and activities; Preventative policing, community safety and community confidence; Family health and neighbourhood conditions; Families move into work: skills, training and tax credits; Housing and regeneration; How the areas are changing.

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Book SynopsisFamily life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems is undermined by surrounding conditions. This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power and her team, is based on a unique longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually over the last decade. It examines the initiatives introduced to help such families and the impacts on them, their future prospects and the implications for policy. Accessibly written and with clear data presentation, the book will have wide appeal to people who work with, live in and care about families, children and low-income areas.Trade Review"A very useful book providing a comprehensive account of everyday experiences of people living in difficult circumstances. .. one of the selling points of this book is its qualitative addition, adding vigour and nuance, to existing quantitative evidence. The book provides a beneficial starting point for those wishing to understand how neighbourhoods function, but more importantly how families interact with their surroundings" Housing StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Family roles in community matters; Schools in communities ; Young people, space, facilities and activities; Preventative policing, community safety and community confidence; Family health and neighbourhood conditions; Families move into work: skills, training and tax credits; Housing and regeneration; How the areas are changing.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook offers an unrivaled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a global scale, it focuses on the 'stretching' of urban functions beyond specific place locations, without losing sight of the multiple divisions in contemporary world cities. The book firmly bases city networks in their historical context, critically discusses contemporary concepts and key empirical measures, and analyzes major issues relating to world city infrastructures, economies, governance and divisions. The variety of urban outcomes in contemporary globalization is explored through detailed case studies. Edited by leading scholars of the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network and written by over 60 experts in the field, the Handbook is a unique resource for students, researchers and academics in urban and globalization studies as well as for city professionals in planning and policy.Contributors: M. Acuto, A.S. Alderson, H. Ali, D. Bassens, H. Bathelt, J.V. Beaverstock, J. Beckfield, A. Boulton, S.D. Brunn, L.C.S. Budd, T. Bunnell, K. Datta, B. Derudder, A. De Vos, L. Devriendt, E. Engelen, Y. Evans, J. Faulconbridge, R. Grant, T.H. Grubesic, C. Grundy-Warr, S. Hall, C. Hamnett, J. Harrison, J. Herbert, M. Hoyler, P. Hubbard, R. Keil, A.D. King, R. Kloosterman, P. Knox, E. Korcelli-Olejniczak, K.P.Y. Lai, B. Lambregts, R.E. Lang, L. Lees, C. Lizieri, E.J. Malecki, T.C. Matisziw, J. May, C. McIlwaine, D. Murakami Wood, C. Nagel, P. Newman, C. Nicholas, J. Nijman, S. Oosterlynck, K. Pain, C. Parnreiter, A.C. Pratt, J. Rennie Short, J.D. Sidaway, D. Smith, R.G. Smith, M. Sparke, P.J. Taylor, A. Thornley, B. van der Knaap, H. van der Wusten, R. Wall, A. Watson, J. Wills, F. WitloxTrade Review’This book offers an extremely rich variety of (short) chapters on aspects of flows in network and knowledge societies, highlighting the evolutionary shift in focus from cities and states to places in urban networks and mosaics, in which urbanization and globalization themes are blended. The book is definitely a joyful read for all those researchers interested in urban networks and world cities.’ -- Martijn J. Burger and Frank G. van Oort, Journal of Regional Science’An academic work of greatest interest to students and scholars of urban studies, urban planning, urban anthropology, urban history, urban geography, and urban sociology.’ -- M.E. Pfeifer, Choice’As a Handbook, this volume expertly summarizes and reviews the current world cities research. Moreover, it does so in a way that is user-friendly, with short and accessible chapters organized in a coherent framework. Thus, students and researchers new to the area of world cities stand to benefit the most from this book. Supplemented with just a few classic articles, it provides a comprehensive introduction and lays the preliminary groundwork that would be necessary to undertake research on world cities. Likewise, established world cities researchers will find it a ready reference and convenient source for preparing literature reviews. Indeed, it sets an example for the organization and accessibility that future contributions in the world cities literature - both edited volumes and research articles - should aim for.’ -- Zachary Neal, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: A Relational Urban Studies Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Peter J. Taylor and Frank Witlox PART I: ANTECEDENTS I A Histories 2. Historical World City Networks Peter J. Taylor 3. Cities in the Making of World Hegemonies Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler and Dennis Smith 4. Imperialism and World Cities Anthony D. King 5. Political Global Cities Herman van der Wusten I B Contemporary Concepts 6. The Interlocking Network Model Peter J. Taylor 7. On City Cooperation and City Competition Peter J. Taylor 8. Global City/World City Ben Derudder, Anneleen De Vos and Frank Witlox 9. Spatial Transformations of Cities: Global City-region? Mega-city Region? Kathy Pain I C Relational Empirics 10. World Cities and Airline Networks Tony H. Grubesic and Timothy C. Matisziw 11. Internet Networks of World Cities: Agglomeration and Dispersion Edward J. Malecki 12. Corporate Networks of World Cities Arthur S. Alderson and Jason Beckfield 13. Advanced Producer Servicing Networks of World Cities Peter J. Taylor, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler and Frank Witlox PART II: WORLD CITY ANALYSES II A World City Infrastructures 14. Airports: From Flying Fields to Twenty-first Century Aerocities Lucy C.S. Budd 15. Global Cities, Office Markets and Capital Flows Colin Lizieri 16. International Trade Fairs and World Cities: Temporary vs. Permanent Clusters Harald Bathelt 17. Mega-events: Urban Spectaculars and Globalization John Rennie Short 18 Cyberinfrastructures and ‘Smart’ World Cities: Physical, Human and Soft Infrastructures Andrew Boulton, Stanley D. Brunn and Lomme Devriendt II B World City Economies 19 Centrality, Hierarchy and Heterarchy of Worldwide Corporate Networks Ronald Wall and Bert van der Knaap 20. Business Knowledges Within and Between the World City James Faulconbridge and Sarah Hall 21. Highly Skilled International Labour Migration and World Cities: Expatriates, Executives and Entrepreneurs Jonathan V. Beaverstock 22. Grasping the Spatial Paradoxes of Finance: Theoretical Lessons from the Case of Amsterdam Ewald Engelen 23. The Cultural Economy and the Global City Andy C. Pratt 24. Starchitects, Starchitecture and the Symbolic Capital of World Cities Paul Knox 25. How Global is the ‘Global Media’? Analysing the Networked Urban Geographies of Transnational Media Corporations Allan Watson 26. World Cities of Sex Phil Hubbard II C World City Governance 27. Global City-region Governance, Ten Years On John Harrison 28. Cities and Sustainability: Reflections on a Decade of World Development Kathy Pain 29. Planning for World Cities: Shifting Agendas and Differing Politics Peter Newman and Andy Thornley 30. Surveillance in the World City David Murakami Wood 31. Global Cities and Infectious Disease Harris Ali and Roger Keil II D World City Divisions 32. Urban Social Polarization Chris Hamnett 33. Gentrifying the World City Loretta Lees 34. The Privileged World City: Private Banking, Wealth Management and the Bespoke Servicing of the Global Super-rich Jonathan V. Beaverstock 35. Global Workers for Global Cities: Low Paid Migrant Labour in London Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Joanna Herbert, Yara Evans, Jon May and Jane Wills 36. Cultural Diasporas Caroline Nagel 37. Suburbanization and Global Cities Roger Keil PART III: WORLD CITY CASE STUDIES 38. NY-LON Richard G. Smith 39. Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Within a Financial Centre Network Karen P.Y. Lai 40. More than an Ordinary City: The Role of Mexico City in Global Commodity Chains Christof Parnreiter 41. Mumbai as a Global City: A Theoretical Essay Jan Nijman 42. Accra: A Globalizing City Richard Grant 43. Geographies of Power in the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle Tim Bunnell, Carl Grundy-Warr, James D. Sidaway and Matthew Sparke 44. Randstad Holland: Probing Hierarchies and Interdependencies in a Polycentric World City Region Bart Lambregts and Robert Kloosterman 45. From National Capital to Dismal Political World City: The Politics of Scalar Disarticulation in Brussels Stijn Oosterlynck 46. Las Vegas: More than a One-dimensional World City? Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas 47. South Florida: World City, Edgeless City Robert E. Lang and Christina Nicholas 48. Marked by Dynamics: Berlin and Warsaw in the Process of Functional Change Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak 49. ‘The World City Concept Travels East’: On Excessive Imagination and Limited Urban Sustainability in UAE World Cities David Bassens 50. Sydney: The Wicked Power-geometry of a Greening Global City Michele Acuto Index

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Book SynopsisWith the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the 'creative city' became the new hot topic among urban policy makers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist Ake E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this 'creative troika'. In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic visions of our shared creative and urban future. Being truly international in its scope, this major Handbook will be particularly useful for policy makers that are involved in urban development, academics in urban economics, economic geography, urban sociology, social psychology, and urban planning, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students across the social sciences and in business.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Analysing Creative Cities David Emanuel Andersson and Charlotta Mellander 2. Creative People Need Creative Cities Åke E. Andersson 3. The Creative Class Paradigm Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler 4. Big-C Creativity in the Big City Dean Keith Simonton 5. Clusters, Networks and Creativity Charlie Karlsson PART II: PEOPLE 6. The Open City Peter Jason Rentfrow 7. The Value of Creativity Todd M. Gabe 8. Understanding Canada’s Evolving Design Economy Tara Vinodrai 9. Technology, Talent and Tolerance and Inter-regional Migration in Canada Karen M. King 10. Higher Education and the Creative City Roberta Comunian and Alessandra Faggian PART III: NETWORKS 11. Research Nodes and Networks Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Annette Winkel Schwarz and Søren Find 12. Scenes, Innovation, and Urban Development Dan Silver, Terry Nichols Clark and Christopher Graziul 13. The Arts: Not Just Artists (and Vice Versa) Elizabeth Currid-Halkett and Kevin M. Stolarick 14. The Creative Potential of Network Cities David F. Batten 15. Why Being There Matters: Finnish Professionals in Silicon Valley Carol Marie Kiriakos PART IV: PLANNING 16. Creative Cities Need Less Government David Emanuel Andersson 17. Land-use Regulation for the Creative City Stefano Moroni 18. The Emergence of Vancouver as a Creative City Gus diZerega and David F. Hardwick PART V: MARKETS 19. Cultivating Creativity: Market Creation of Agglomeration Economies Randall G. Holcombe 20. The Sociability and Morality of Market Settlements Arielle John and Virgil Henry Storr 21. Creative Environments: The Case for Local Economic Diversity Pierre Desrochers and Samuli Leppälä 22. Does Density Matter? Peter Gordon and Sanford Ikeda 23. Creative Milieus in the Stockholm Region Börje Johansson and Johan Klaesson 24. The Creative City and its Distributional Consequences: The Case of Wellington Philip S. Morrison PART VI: VISIONS 25. Contract, Voice and Rent: Voluntary Urban Planning Fred E. Foldvary 26. A Roadmap for the Creative City Charles Landry Index

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Book SynopsisDo public goods and services, such as streets, parks and dams have to be provided by government? In Public Goods and Private Communities, Fred Foldvary's innovative application of public choice and spatial theory to questions of urban economics and governance shows how collective goods can be provided by agents in a market process.Rejecting the market-failure hypothesis, Dr Foldvary argues that an entrepreneur can provide collective goods by consensual community agreements. Instead of focusing particular services, as previous studies have done, this book concerns itself with entire private communities. A series of case studies demonstrates how real world communities, such as Walt Disney World, the Reston Association in Virginia and the private neighbourhoods of St Louis, are in fact financing their own public goods and services in accordance with this theory. For such communities to rise and prosper, the author contends, government must eliminate restrictions such as zoning as well as the taxation of private services. After considering the implications of his work for urban economies - at a time when many of America's cities are plagued by decay, violence and poverty - Dr Foldvary argues that prosperity can be restored to cities if private communities are allowed to develop. As an original response to an urgent, contemporary problem this well-written book will be welcomed by social scientists, policy makers and business leaders seeking solutions to problems of urban decay.Trade Review'Foldvary's book provides an interesting and exciting contribution to ongoing discussions on deregulation, privatization, and constitutions, taking place not only in the United States but in European countries and especially within the European Union as well. Readers interested in these topics will find the book of great interest.' -- Olivier Binet, Kyklos'. . . there is much of interest in this small volume. . . . Foldvary's contribution raises some provocative issues and offers some insights into how we provide shared goods and services in a variety of nontraditional settings.' -- Holley H. Ulbrich, American Journal of Agricultural Economics'Foldvary has written an admirably substantive work. It conveys much fresh and enthusiastic thinking, and it reports solid research on specific projects. His work stands in admirable contrast with several "Austrian" writings that paw away, abstractly and ineffectually, at the very concepts of public goods and market failure and even of externalities.' -- Leland B. Yeager, Auburn University, Alabama, US'The book contributes a significant argument to debates over the limits to government and the increasing privatization of society.' -- R.A. Beauregard, Social & Behavioral Sciences'Fred Foldvary has made a valuable contribution to the economic literature on public goods and public finance. If it is fully appreciated by the economics profession it could revolutionize and dramatically improve the study of urban economics specifically and public economics in general'. -- Roy E. Cardato, The Freeman'The author uses several case studies to lend an empirical foundation to this innovative thesis which, in turn , is cogently presented in this well written book.' -- Vani Borooah, Economic Journal'The most pleasing element of Foldvary's work is the wonderful streak of Utopianism which runs throughout. As Hayek noted some 30 years ago, advocates of the liberal order are often negative and defensive in their style. Here is a positive vision of how the future could be, of which all liberals can be proud.' -- Mark Pennington, Economic Affairs

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Book SynopsisThe Sociology of Urban Communities provides an authoritative collection of over 60 key articles by leading international contributors to urban sociology, together with an introductory article by the editor.The coverage is comprehensive, ranging from work on the role of cities in the transition from feudalism to capitalism and the nineteenth century origins of urban sociology, through the classic writings associated with the Chicago School and the Marxist new urban sociology of the 1960s and 1970s. The collection is completed by sections which focus on the urban consequences of contemporary economic restructuring and work which reflects recent developments in the sociology of gender, space and postmodernism.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Volume I: Part I: Cities and the Growth of Capitalism Part II: The Chicago School and its Legacy I: Urban Culture and Community Part III: The Chicago School and its Legacy II: The City as an Ecological System Name Index • Volume II: Acknowledgements Part I: The New Urban Sociology: Weberian and Marxist Formulations Part II: The New Urban Sociology: Surveys and Critiques Part III: Economic Restructuring and Urban Change I: New Regimes of Accumulation and Changing Localities Name Index • Volume III: Acknowledgements Part I: Economic Restructuring and Urban Change II: The Local State and the Politics of Growth Part II: Economic Restructuring and Urban Change III: Social Divisions and Survival Strategies Part III: New Theoretical Perspectives: Space, Culture, Gender and Post-moderism Index

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Book SynopsisThis major new reference work includes a selection of the most important articles and papers on urban economic theory published during the last twenty years.Analytical Urban Economics focuses on a branch of urban economic theory that attempts to analyze economic behaviour in cities by referring to geographical space rather than dealing with a spaceless world. The contributing authors to this volume are drawn from some of the most prominent urban economists in the world and from leading economic journals, especially those focusing on urban economics.This volume, with a new introduction written by the editors, is divided into ten sections including ‘The Distribution of Income and Utility over Space’, ‘Dynamics’ and ‘Alternatives to Monocentric Models’.This book will be an essential reference text for urban economists and will be important background reading for graduate courses on urban economics.Trade Review’This book will be an essential reference text for urban economists and will be important background reading for graduate courses on urban economics.’- Public Administration, Development, and EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: The Location Theory of the Firm Part II: Household Location and Land Use Part III: Spatial Competition and Central Places Theories Index • Volume II: Part I: General Equilibrium in Space Part V: The Spatial Organization of Public Services Part VI: Operational Miodels of Location Index

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on one of the major challenges facing countries in Eastern Europe, namely the creation and maintenance of jobs in the agricultural sector. It argues that future employment will critically depend upon the completion of the privatization process, as well as improved efficiency and market opportunity. Privatization in Rural Eastern Europe prescribes radical restructuring of the East European countryside and examines the future prospects for restitution and privatization from both national and regional perspectives. The economic and political history of rural Eastern Europe is examined in the context of the transition process. The discussion then develops with the extensive use of detailed country case studies which analyse the growth of private economic activity in Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in a clear and systematic way. The book offers careful consideration of the future of the rural economy and emphasizes the importance of rural diversification and the development of the service sector to create new employment opportunities in rural areas.This book will prove invaluable to academics with an interest in agricultural and transitional economics as well as to businessmen interested in East European agriculture, food processing and farm machinery.Trade Review'The present volume . . . should be warmly welcomed as an important addition to the limited literature on rural and agricultural transition. . . . the book provides authoritative country case studies and comprehensive lists of references. It can and should be used as an important source of relevant information on the behavior of the rural sector during transition in the nine countries of east central Europe. It faithfully captures and presents the main changes and trends faced by the rural population at large, without restricting the discussion exclusively to agriculture and farming. . . . The range of topics is such that the volume will be useful to scholars of a broad profile, including economists, sociologists, and political scientists. The level of presentation makes the book suitable both for advanced researchers and for graduate students. Researchers with empirical leanings will find much useful raw data in the country studies. Theoreticians will find descriptions of general trends and processes that may provide useful insights to begin developing a theory of rural transition. In summary, this work is an important addition to the empirical literature on agricultural and rural transition.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Albania 3. Bulgaria 4. Czech Republic 5. East Germany 6. Hungary 7. Poland 8. Romania 9. Slovakia 10. Slovenia 11. Aspects of Farm Diversification 12. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume contains the most significant and still timely articles on urban economics, metropolitan and regional planning, real-estate economics and housing written by the noted urban economist Anthony Downs over the past four decades. The book has a new autobiographical introduction outlining Downs's extensive experience as a real estate and urban affairs consultant and policy analyst for hundreds of private firms and government bodies since 1959.The articles in this book set forth fundamental policy analyses concerning all of the major elements of urban policy. Written in Downs's exceptionally clear and compelling style they focus on the space-related dimensions of urban affairs, ranging from traffic congestion to telecommunications, education, and housing, with additional analyses of key aspects of real estate finance. Together, these essays form a veritable handbook of how to conduct urban policy analysis in many fields. The analysis and conclusions are directly relevant to the urban problems which are intensifying throughout the world today.This important book will be an essential companion to scholars and students of housing, urban planning, transport, regional science and real estate, it will also be useful to policymakers and government officials.Trade Review'In short, a valuable book for those interested in the evolution of thinking about urban problems in the United States, and for those seeking a clearly written, logically thought out, compact statement of alternate practically feasible urban policies.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Law of Peak-Hour Expressway Congestion 2. Alternative Futures for the American Ghetto 3. Housing the Urban Poor 4. Competition and Community Schools 5. The Economics of New Towns 6. The Automotive Population Explosion 7. Living with Advanced Telecommunications 8. A Strategy for Designing a National Housing Policy for the Federal Government of the United States 9. The Fundamental Shift in Real Estate Finance 10. What Have We Learned from the 1980s Experience? 11. Key Trends in the External Environment of Commerical Real Properties 12. Contrasting Strategies for the Economic Development of Metropolitan Areas in the United States and Western Europe

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Book SynopsisFollowing publication of the government's White Paper on cities (2000), the question of what makes some cities more successful than others has become an increasingly important policy issue. This topical book tackles this question from differing perspectives. Although previous work has explored particular facets of competitiveness, this volume is the first to do so in a systematic way that combines theory, evidence and policy implications. Bringing together leading experts on urban economic performance, it provides a new look at the issue of urban competitiveness and offers new insights into the factors that shape competitiveness.Trade Review"... this volume will undoubtedly find its way into reading lists for specialist undergraduate and postgraduate courses and will be read with interest by academics and practitioners alike." Urban Studies"... a useful contribution to the literature on urban competitiveness in that it presents interesting and new empirical material that could spark similar research outside of the United Kingdom context ... read this book." Canadian Journal of Urban Research"Acceptance that urban competitiveness is a key issue for national as well as local communities has run well ahead of understanding of what such competitiveness actually involves, both conceptually and empirically. This collection of papers represents a substantial step forward on both counts and deserves a wide readership among policy-makers as well as students." Ian Gordon, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Iain Begg; The knowledge base and the competitive city ~ William F. Lever; Linking competitiveness and cohesion ~ Martin Boddy; Competitiveness and the social fabric: links and tensions in cities ~ Gareth Potts; The property sector and its role in shaping urban competitiveness: a selective review of literature and evidence ~ Kenneth Gibb, Daniel Mackay and Michael White; Long-run trends in the competitiveness of British cities ~ Iain Begg, Barry Moore and Yener Altunbas; Dimensions of city competitiveness: Edinburgh and Glasgow in a UK context ~ Nick Bailey, Iain Docherty and Ivan Turok; Innovation and clustering in the London Metropolitan region ~ James Summie, James Sennett and Peter Wood; Locating the competitive city in England ~ Iain Deas and Benito Giodano; The enhancement of urban economic competitiveness: the case of Montreal ~ Peter Kresl; Urban networks and the new economy: the impact of clusters on planning for growth ~ Philip Cooke, Clare Davies and Rob Wilson; Policies to uncover the competitive advantages of America's distressed cities ~ Edward W. Hill and Jeremy Nowak; Managing urban development: land-use planning and city competitiveness ~ Glen Bramley and Christine Lambert; Conclusions and policy implications ~ Iain Begg.

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Book SynopsisThis book documents and assesses the core of New Labour's approach to the revitalisation of cities, that is, the revival of citizenship, democratic renewal, and the participation of communities to spear head urban change. In doing so, the book explores the meaning, and relevance, of 'community' as a focus for urban renaissance. It interrogates the conceptual and ideological content of New Labour's conceptions of community and, through the use of case studies, evaluates how far, and with what effects, such conceptions are shaping contemporary urban policy and practice. The book is an important text for students and researchers in geography, urban studies, planning, sociology, and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to officers working in local and central government, voluntary organisations, community groups, and those with a stake in seeking to enhance democracy and community involvement in urban policy and practice.Trade Review"... a valuable contribution to the urban policy literature and a helpful teaching resource." Housing Studies "... a valuable book, significant in its in-depth analysis of New Labour's use of 'community' and its practical policy outcomes and effects ... all contributors offer insights to the possibilities, problems, contradictions and challenges facing urban renaissance." Housing, Theory and Society"There is a great deal in here that will keep the reader interested not only now but also, I suspect, in years to come... In a policy area where there are relatively few empirical and reflective pieces this is a welcome and worthwhile addition to the literature." Town Planning Review, Vol. 77 (2) "... this book is a welcome addition to my shelf ... the focus on 'community', the mix of theoretical perspectives and the range of empirical findings mean that Urban renaissance? highlights the continuing (and perhaps deepening) contradictions in state intervention in our cities." Progress in Human Geography "I enjoyed this book and recommend it to readers who are looking for a thorough overview of urban policies in th Uk from an empirical and politically sensitive perspective." Journal of Housing Builts Environs"... a valuable contribution to the urban policy literature and a helpful teaching resource." Housing StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Part One: New Labour and the turn to community regeneration: Community and the changing nature of urban policy ~ Rob Imrie and Mike Raco; Social capital, regeneration and urban policy ~ Ade Kearns; Visions of 'urban renaissance': the Urban Task Force report and the Urban White Paper ~ Loretta Lees; Part Two: Community involvement in urban policy: Strategic, multilevel neighbourhood regeneration: an outward-looking approach at last? ~ Annette Hastings; Addressing urban social exclusion through community involvement in urban regeneration ~ Rob Atkinson; Community at the heart? Community action and urban policy in the UK ~ Peter North; Cultural justice and addressing 'social exclusion': a case study of a Single Regeneration Budget project in Blackbird Leys, Oxford ~ Zoë Morrison; Disability and the discourses of the Single Regeneration Budget ~ Claire Edwards; Citizenship, community and participation in small towns: a case study of regeneration partnerships ~ Bill Edwards, Mark Goodwin and Michael Woods; Economy, equity or empowerment? New Labour, communities and urban policy evaluation ~ Stuart Wilks-Heeg; Part Three: The future of community in urban policy: The new urban policy: towards empowerment or incorporation? The practice of urban policy ~ Allan Cochrane; New Labour, community and the future of Britain's urban renaissance ~ Mike Raco.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides, in a single volume, a review of the findings of the largest ever programme of cities research in the UK, the Economic and Social Research Council's 'Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion programme'. Leading experts present the findings of this wide-ranging programme organised around themes of competitiveness, social cohesion and the role of policy and governance. The book develops our understanding of key processes, issues and concepts critical to cities and urban change and examines a large body of evidence on a wide range of policy issues at the heart of current debates about the performance of cities and the prospects for urban renaissance. City matters is essential reading for all policy makers, practitioners, analysts and academics with an interest or involvement in urban issues.Trade Review"... a storehouse of delights. There is something here to inform most observers of regeneration." Regeneration & Renewal"... illuminating and thought-provoking. There is much research presented here that warrants serious examination and assessment." Environment and Planning A"City matters presents the results of the most important study programme ever conducted to examine British cities. The authors are the leading authorities in their fields, and they place their findings within a broad theoretical and analytic framework. This is essential reading for anyone concerned about the condition of urban Britain and indeed about urban processes in general." Susan S. Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University, New York, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Michael Parkinson and Martin Boddy; Part One: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance: Sources of city prosperity and cohesion: the case of Glasgow and Edinburgh Ivan Turok, Nick Bailey, Rowland Atkinson, Glen Bramley, Iain Docherty, Ken Gibb, Robina Goodlad, Annette Hastings, Keith Kintrea, Karryn Kirk, Joe Leibovitz, Bill Lever, Jimmy Morgan and Ronan Paddison; Reinventing cities in a restructuring region? The rhetoric and reality of renaissance in Liverpool and Manchester Alan Harding, Iain Deas, Richard Evans and Stuart Wilks-Heeg; Competitiveness and cohesion in a prosperous city-region: the case of Bristol Martin Boddy, Keith Bassett, Shaun French, Ron Griffiths, Christine Lambert, Andrew Leyshon, Ian Smith, Murray Stewart and Nigel Thrift; London: competitiveness, cohesion and the policy environment Ian Gordon, Belinda Brown, Nick Buck, Peter Hall, Michael Harloe, Mark Kleinman, Karen O'Reilly, Gareth Potts, Laura Smethurst and Jo Sparkes; Part Two: Competitiveness and urban change: Urban growth and competitiveness in Britain: a long-run perspective Barry Moore and Iain Begg; Migration, residential preferences and the changing environment of cities Tony Champion and Tania Fisher; Cities are not isolated states Paul Cheshire, Stefano Magrini, Francesca Medda and Vassilis Monastirotis; Part Three: Competitiveness, innovation and the knowledge economy: Competitiveness as cohesion: social capital and the knowledge economy Philip Cooke; Innovation clusters and competitive cities in the UK and Europe James Simmie; Part Four: Housing, property and economic performance: The role of housing in city economic performance Geoffrey Meen and Mark Andrew; Economic structures, urban responses: framing and negotiating urban property development Simon Guy and John Henneberry; Part Five: Space, place and social cohesion: Does spatial concentration of disadvantage contribute to social exclusion? Nick Buck and Ian Gordon; The 'good' suburb as an urban asset in enhancing a city's competitiveness Peter Halfpenny, Nadia Joanne Britton, Fiona Devine and Rosemary Mellor; The middle class and the future of London Tim Butler; Part Six: Ethnicity, enterprise and social cohesion: Whose hidden assets? Inner-city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness Jo Foord and Norman Ginsburg; Ethnic enterprise in an inner-city context: the case of the independent restaurant sector in Birmingham Trevor Jones, Tahir Abbas and Monder Ram; Youth employment, racialised gendering and school-work transitions Sophie Bowlby, Sally Lloyd Evans and Clare Roche; Part Seven: Leadership, governance and social capital: Leadership and partnership in urban governance: evidence from London, Bristol and Glasgow David Sweeting, Robin Hambleton, Chris Huxham, Murray Stewart and Siv Vangen; 'Pathways to integration': tackling social exclusion on Merseyside Richard Meegan; Voluntary organisations and the generation of social capital in city politics Gerry Stoker, Graham Smith, William Maloney and Stephen Young; Conclusions: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance Martin Boddy and Michael Parkinson.

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Book SynopsisThis report charts a supportive project which linked four diverse regeneration programmes in different parts of the UK. By working closely together at all levels, the groups involved in the project improved their strategic understanding and operational approaches. The report highlights the key practical themes of successful regeneration - what works and where - and effective ways of learning from the experiences of others. Best practice in regeneration presents practical options for achieving: · diverse and flexible patterns of housing ownership, standards and tenure to retain stable communities; · residents who are committed to the area as a whole, not just to their own home; · community and economic development to build and sustain local capacity; · partnership working between and within organisations.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Scope; Process; Interventions: Part 1- The Joseph Rowntree Foundation menu; Interventions: Part 2 - Participants' issues; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAll over Europe post-Second World War large-scale housing estates face physical, economic, social and cultural problems. This book presents the key findings of a major EU-funded research programme into the restructuring of twenty-nine large-scale housing estates in Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Policy and practice between and within the ten countries studied - UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, and France - is compared. While existing literature focuses on the negative aspects of large-scale housing estates, this book starts from the premise that the estates can be transformed into attractive places to live and focuses on the possibilities of sustainability and renewal through social, physical and policy actions. Specifically, the book explains the origins and nature of contemporary problems on the estates; examines which policy objectives, measures and processes have had the greatest impact; assesses and compares a wide range of local, regional and national initiatives; discusses current ideas and philosophies, such as 'place making' and 'collaborative planning' that are likely to influence future policy and practice and provides good practice guidance for neighbourhood sustainability and renewal. Written by a multi-national team of experts and drawing on original fieldwork, the book provides unique comparative insights into the present and future position of large-scale housing estates in Europe. Restructuring large-scale housing estates in Europe is an invaluable resource for a wide audience of academics, researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of housing, urban studies, community studies, regeneration, planning and social policy.Trade Review"I am convinced that this will be a well used book, and deservedly so. The issues that are explored here, not to mention the richness of the empirical material that is provided, will be of interest to policy makers, community activists and students at undergraduate and postgraduate level across a range of social and public policy, urban sociology and built environment courses and elsewhere." Social PolicyTable of ContentsRestructuring large housing estates in European cities: an introduction ~ Karien Dekker, Stephen Hall, Ronald van Kempen and Iván Tosics; Large housing estates in Europe: a contemporary overview ~ Karien Dekker and Ronald van Kempen; Place making and large estates: theory and practice ~ Stephen Hall and Rob Rowlands; Large housing estates in their historical context ~ Stephen Hall, Alan Murie and Thomas Knorr-Siedow; Privitisation and after ~ Alan Murie, Iván Tosics, Manuel Aalbers, Richard Sendi and Barbara Cernic Mali; Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates ~ Karien Dekker and Rob Rowlands; Social mix and social perspectives in post-war housing estates ~ Roger Andersson and Sako Musterd; On physical determinism and displacement effects ~ Sako Musterd and Wim Ostendorf; Who leaves Sweden's large housing estates? ~ Asa Brama and Roger Andersson; Demolition of large housing estates: an overview ~ Fatiha Belmessous, Franck Chignier-Riboulon, Nicole Commercon and Marcus Zepf; Building partnerships in Spanish and Italian regeneration processes ~ Silvia Mugnano, Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Teresa Tapada-Berteli ~ Local participation in Spain and the Netherlands ~ Ellen van Beckhoven, Brechtje van Boxmeer and Lidia Garcia Ferrando; Fighting unemployment on large housing estates: an example from Sweden ~ Lars Pettersson and Eva Oresjo; Feelings of insecurity and young people in housing estates ~ Manuel Aalbers, Agnieszka Bielewska, Franck Chignier-Riboulon and Anna Guszcza; Restructuring large housing estates: does gender matter? ~ Christiane Droste, Irene Molina and Francesca Zajczyk; Knowledge management and enhanced policy application ~ Thomas Knorr-Siedow and Iván Tosics; Conclusions ~ Stephen Hall, Ronald van Kempen, Iván Tosics and Karien Dekker.

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Book SynopsisThis collection adds weight to an emerging argument that suggests that policies in place to make cities better places are inextricably linked to an attempt to civilize, pacify and regulate crime and disorder in urban areas, contributing to a vision of an urban renaissance which is perhaps as much about control as it is about the broader physical and social renewal of our towns and cities. The book has three key themes: the theories, strategies and assumptions underpinning the securing of 'Urban Renaissance'; the agendas of current urban policy in the field of crime control; and, thirdly, the role of communities within these agendas. The book provides focused discussions and engagement with these issues from a range of scholars who examine policy connections that can be traced between social, urban and crime policy and the wider processes of regeneration in British towns and cities. The book also seeks to develop our understanding of policies, theories and practices surrounding contemporary British urban policy where a move from concerns with 'urban renaissance' to those of sustainable communities clearly intersect with issues of community security, policing and disorder. Providing a rare disciplinary crossover between urban studies, criminology and community studies, "Securing an Urban Renaissance" will be essential reading for academics and students in criminology, social policy and human geography concerned with the future of British cities and the political debates shaping the regulation of conduct, crime and disorder in these spaces.Trade Review"This wide-ranging collection of essays provides a far-sighted analysis of salient themes currently unfurling around British struggles to promote urban safety, orderly communities and place regeneration. Offering a successful blend of theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded chapters, this is a timely and genuinely interdisciplinary book that deserves a wide-readership among academics and policy makers whose interests overlap in the broad fields of criminal justice, social, urban and public policy." Stuart Lister, University of LeedsTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Rowland Atkinson and Gesa Helms; Part I: Theories and concepts: Framing the governance of urban space ~ Kevin Stenson; The planning, design, and governance of sustainable communities in the UK ~ Mike Raco; Is urban regeneration criminogenic? ~ Lynn Hancock; Part II: Policies and agendas: New Labour's 'broken' neighbourhoods: liveability, disorder, and discipline? ~ Craig Johnstone and Gordon MacLeod; Lockdown! Resilience, resurgence, and the stage-set city ~ David Murakami Wood and Jon Coafee; Tackling anti-social behaviour and regenerating neighbourhoods ~ Andrew Millie; 'Problem' people, 'problem' spaces?: New Labour and council estates ~ Charlie Johnston and Gerry Mooney; Part III: Communities in control of (dis)order: Community-police relations: support officers in low-income neighbourhoods ~ Caroline Paskell; New governance of youth disorder: a study of local initiatives ~ John Flint and Hannah Smithson; The night-time economy: exploring tensions between agents of control ~ Gavin JD Smith; Prostitution, gentrification, and the limits of neighbourhood space ~ Phil Hubbard, Rosie Campbell, Maggie O'Neill, Jane Pitcher and Jane Scoular; Urban renaissance and the contested legality of begging in Scotland ~ Joe Hermer and David MacGregor; Conclusion: British urbanism at a crossroads ~ Gesa Helms and Rowland Atkinson.

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Book Synopsis"Disadvantaged by where you live?" distils lessons from work on neighbourhoods carried out within the Cities Research Centre of the University of the West of England over the past seven years. It offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997. The book explores how 'the neighbourhood' has been used in policy in the UK; what the 'appropriate contribution' of neighbourhood governance is and how this relates to concepts of multi-level governance; the tensions that are visible at the neighbourhood level and what this tells us about wider governance issues. The book explores and reflects on the notion of neighbourhood governance from a variety of perspectives that reflect the unique depth and breadth of the Centre's research programme. Neighbourhood governance is examined in relation to: multi-level governance and city-regions; local government; mainstreaming; cross-national differences in neighbourhood policy; community and civil society; diversity; different conceptions of democracy; and, evaluation and learning. In doing so, the book identifies useful conceptual tools for analysing the present and future contribution of policy to neighbourhoods.Trade Review"This timely book, written by a strong expert team and combining theoretical insights with experience from practice, will tell you all you've ever wanted to know about neighbourhood governance." Mike Geddes, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction; of neighbourhoods and governance ~ Eileen Lepine, Ian Smith and Marilyn Taylor; Theories of 'neighbourhood' in urban policy ~ Helen Sullivan and Marylyn Taylor; Neighbourhood as a new focus for action in the urban policies of West European states ~ Rob Atkinson and Laurence Carmichael; Under construction - the city-region and the neighbourhood: new actors in a system of multi-level governance? ~ Rob Atkinson; More local than local government: the relationship between local government and the neighbourhood agenda ~ Eileen Lepine and Helen Sullivan; Neighbourhoods, democracy and citizenship ~ Joanna Howard and David Sweeting; Community leadership cycles and neighbourhood governance ~ Derrick Purdue; Neighbourhood governance and diversity: the diverse neighbourhood ~ Yasminah Beebeejaun and Lucy Grimshaw; Mainstreaming and neighbourhood governance: the importance of process, power and partnership ~ Ian Smith, Joanna Howard and Laura Evans; Evaluation, knowledge and learning in neighbourhood governance: the case of the New Deal for Communities ~ Lucy Grimshaw and Ian Smith; The future of neighbourhoods in urban policy ~ Eileen Lepine, Ian Smith and Marilyn Taylor.

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Book Synopsis"Disadvantaged by where you live?" distils lessons from work on neighbourhoods carried out within the Cities Research Centre of the University of the West of England over the past seven years. It offers a major contribution to academic debates on the neighbourhood both as a sphere of governance and as a point of public service delivery under New Labour since 1997. The book explores how 'the neighbourhood' has been used in policy in the UK; what the 'appropriate contribution' of neighbourhood governance is and how this relates to concepts of multi-level governance; the tensions that are visible at the neighbourhood level and what this tells us about wider governance issues. The book explores and reflects on the notion of neighbourhood governance from a variety of perspectives that reflect the unique depth and breadth of the Centre's research programme. Neighbourhood governance is examined in relation to: multi-level governance and city-regions; local government; mainstreaming; cross-national differences in neighbourhood policy; community and civil society; diversity; different conceptions of democracy; and, evaluation and learning. In doing so, the book identifies useful conceptual tools for analysing the present and future contribution of policy to neighbourhoods.Trade Review"This timely book, written by a strong expert team and combining theoretical insights with experience from practice, will tell you all you've ever wanted to know about neighbourhood governance." Mike Geddes, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction; of neighbourhoods and governance ~ Eileen Lepine, Ian Smith and Marilyn Taylor; Theories of 'neighbourhood' in urban policy ~ Helen Sullivan and Marylyn Taylor; Neighbourhood as a new focus for action in the urban policies of West European states ~ Rob Atkinson and Laurence Carmichael; Under construction - the city-region and the neighbourhood: new actors in a system of multi-level governance? ~ Rob Atkinson; More local than local government: the relationship between local government and the neighbourhood agenda ~ Eileen Lepine and Helen Sullivan; Neighbourhoods, democracy and citizenship ~ Joanna Howard and David Sweeting; Community leadership cycles and neighbourhood governance ~ Derrick Purdue; Neighbourhood governance and diversity: the diverse neighbourhood ~ Yasminah Beebeejaun and Lucy Grimshaw; Mainstreaming and neighbourhood governance: the importance of process, power and partnership ~ Ian Smith, Joanna Howard and Laura Evans; Evaluation, knowledge and learning in neighbourhood governance: the case of the New Deal for Communities ~ Lucy Grimshaw and Ian Smith; The future of neighbourhoods in urban policy ~ Eileen Lepine, Ian Smith and Marilyn Taylor.

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Book SynopsisRural policy has presented some of the most difficult and unexpected challenges to the New Labour government. From the Foot and Mouth crisis to the rise of the Countryside Alliance, from farm protests to concerns about rural crime, rural issues have frequently seized headlines and formed the basis of organized opposition to the government. Yet, the same government, elected with a record number of rural MPs, has also proactively sought to reform rural policy. This book critically reviews and analyses the development and implementation of New Labour's rural policies since 1997. It explores the factors shaping the evolution and form of New Labour's rural agenda, and assesses the impact of specific policies. Contributions examine discursive restructuring of the rural policy agenda, the institutional reforms and effects of devolution, the key political debates and challenges around hunting, agricultural reform, Foot and Mouth, housing development and the 'right to roam', and review policy developments with respect to crime, social exclusion and employment in the countryside, rural community governance and national parks. "New Labour's Countryside" will be of interest to students of contemporary British politics and of rural studies, and to anyone involved in the government and politics of the countryside.Trade Review"This is a timely volume from a distinguished group of scholars which focuses on an area of study that is often marginalised......The scope of the book is impressive.....It can be recommneded for the bookshelves of any scholar with an interest in this field and should also be of interest to students and a far wider community of people concerned with UK public policy issues". Political Studies Review"Highly readable, thought provoking and, at times, provocative. This is a key starting place for up-to-date, quality assessments of recent rural policy issues in the UK." Keith Hoggart, Professor of Geography, King's College LondonTable of ContentsPart one: Contexts and political strategies: New Labour's countryside ~ Michael Woods; Rethinking rural policy under New Labour ~ Neil Ward; Rural governance, devolution and policy delivery ~ Mark Goodwin; New Labour's countryside in international perspective ~ Mark Shucksmith; Part two: The key debates: The foot and mouth crisis ~ Michael Winter; Hunting: New Labour success or New Labour failure? ~ Michael Woods; Planning and development in the countryside ~ Nick Gallent; Countryside access and the 'right to roam' under New Labour: nothing to CRoW about? ~ Gavin Parker; Agricultural policy ~ Alan Greer; Part three: Policies for the rural economy, society and environment: Rural community development and governance ~ Graham Gardner; New Labour, poverty and welfare in rural England ~ Paul Milbourne; Policing policy and policy policing: directions in rural policing under New Labour ~ Richard Yarwood; Twenty-first century employment and training in the countryside? The rural 'New Deal' experience ~ Suzie Watkin and Martin Jones; National Parks and the governance of the rural environment ~ Nicola Thompson; Part four: Conclusion: Beyond New Labour's countryside ~ Michael Woods.

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Book SynopsisEkurhuleni - The Making of an Urban Region is the first academic work to provide an historical account and explanation of the development of this extended region to the east of Johannesburg since its origins at the end of the nineteenth century. From the time of the discovery of gold and coal until the turn of the twenty-first century, the region comprised a number of distinctive towns, all with their own histories. In 2000, these towns were amalgamated into a single metropolitan area, but, unlike its counterparts across the country, it does not cohere around a single identity. Drawing on a significant body of academic work as well as original research by the authors, the book traces and examines some of the salient historical strands that constituted what was formerly known as the East Rand and suggests that, notwithstanding important differences between towns and the racial fragmentation generated by apartheid, the region’s history contains significant common features. Arguably, its centrality as a major mining area and then as the country’s engineering heartland gave Ekurhuleni an overarching distinctive economic character.Table of ContentsOrigins and early days; Class struggle; Black Ekurhuleni, 1890-1927; Ekurhuleni's insubordinate women, 1918-1945; Social worlds and social strains in industrialising Ekurhuleni; Squatter camps and immigrant culture; Politics; Consolidating apartheid and the black response; Making of a modern economy; Reshaping the urban landscape; The student movement of 1976; Ekurhuleni and the struggle against apartheid; A time of insurrection; Politics of the stalemate; The politics of transition; City of fragments; Informal and contentious city.

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Book SynopsisAs the dynamo of South Africa’s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation’s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.This richly illustrated study offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city’s physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social and political processes shaping the wider Gauteng region.A mix of respected academics, practising urban planners and experienced policymakers offer compelling overviews of the rapid and complex spatial developments that have taken place in Johannesburg since the end of apartheid, along with tantalising glimpses into life on the streets and behind the high walls of this diverse city.The book has three sections. Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have infl uenced them. Section B explores the shaping of the city at district and suburban level, revealing the peculiarity of processes in different areas. This analysis elucidates thelarger trends, while identifying shifts that are not easily detected at the macro level. Section C is an assembly of chapters and short vignettes that focus on the interweaving of place and identity at a micro level.With empirical data supported by new data sets including the 2011 Census, the city’s Development Planning and Urban Management Department’s information system, and Gauteng City-Region Observatory’s substantial archive, the book is an essential reference for planning practitioners, urban geographers, sociologists, and social anthropologists, among others.Table of ContentsCartography Section A: The Macro Trends Chapter 1 Materialities, subjectivities and spatial transformation in Johannesburg - Philip Harrison, Graeme Gotz, Alison Todes and Chris Wray Chapter 2 The ‘thin oil of urbanisation’? Spatial change in Johannesburg and the Gauteng city-region - Graeme Gotz, Chris Wray and Brian Mubiwa Chapter 4 The impact of policy and strategic spatial planning - Alison Todes Chapter 9 Public housing in Johannesburg - Sarah Charlton Section B: Area based Transformations Chapter 14 The wrong side of the mining belt? Spatial transformations and identities in Johannesburg’s southern suburbs - Philip Harrison and Tanya Zack Chapter 16 Kliptown: Resilience and despair in the face of a hundred years of planning - Hilton Judin, Naomi Roux and Tanya Zack Section C: Spatial Identities Chapter 23 Footprints of Islam in Johannesburg - Yasmeen Dinath, Yusuf Patel and Rashid Seedat Chapter 26 The Central Methodist Church - Christa Kuljian Chapter 29 Phantoms of the past, spectres of the present: Chinese space in Johannesburg - Philip Harrison, Khangelani Moyo and Yan Yang Chapter 30 The notice - Caroline Wanjiku Kihato Chapter 32 Waste pickers/informal recyclers - Sarah Charlton Contributors Photographic credits Acronyms List of plates List of figures List of tables

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Book SynopsisThe impact of global capital and foreign investment on local communities is being felt in major cities across the world. Since the 2012 Olympics was awarded to the British capital, East London has been at the heart of the largest and most all-encompassing top-down urban regeneration strategy in civic history. At the centre of this has been the local government, Newham Council, and their daring proposal: an "Arc of Opportunity" for developers to transform 1,412 hectares of Newham. This proposal was outlined in a short film, London's Regeneration Supernova, and shown to foreign developers and businesses at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. While the sweeping changes to East London have been keenly felt by locals, the symbolism and practicalities of these changes - for the local area, and the world alike - are overdue serious investigation. Regeneration Songs is about how places are turned into simple stories for packaged investment opportunities, how people living in those places relate to those stories, and how music and art can render those stories in many different ways. The book will also include a download code to obtain the related musical project, Music for Masterplanning - in which musicians from East London soundtracked London's Regeneration Supernova - and a 32-page glossy insert detailing the artists involved.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how festivals and events affect urban places and public spaces, with a particular focus on their role in fostering inclusion.

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Book SynopsisFor many years, Canadian cinema was dominated by the documentarytradition of the National Film Board, which tended to promote what filmscholar Jim Leach has called the “nationalist-realistproject”—films that privileged Canada’s naturallandscape and sought to conjure a unified sense of Canadian identityfrom images of empty, untrammelled wilderness and bucolic farmlands.Over the past several decades, however, the hegemony of thisfundamentally colonial, Anglo-centric vision has been challenged byfrancophone and First Nations perspectives and by the growth of cities,where most Canadians now reside, as economic and technological centres.In opposition to the mythic “Canada” shaped through thelens of rural nostalgia, Canadian urban identity asserts itself aspolyphonic, diverse, constructed through multiple discourses andmediums, as an ongoing negotiation rather than a monolithicorientation. Taking the urban as setting and subject, filmmakers areideally poised to capture this multiplicity, creating their own,idiosyncratic portraits of the Canadian urban landscape and of thepeople who inhabit it. Examining fourteen Canadian films produced from the late 1980sonward, including Denys Arcand’s Jésus de Montréal(1989), Mina Shum’s Double Happiness (1994), and GuyMaddin’s My Winnipeg (2007), Film and the Cityis the first comprehensive study of Canadian film and“urbanity”—the totality of urban culture and life asrefracted through the filmmaker’s prism. Drawing on insights fromboth film and urban studies and building upon issues of identityformation long debated in Canadian studies, Melnyk considers howfilmmakers interpret and employ the spatiality, visuality, and oralityof urban space and how audiences read the films that result. In thisway, Film and the City argues that Canadian narrative film ofthe postmodern period has contributed to the articulation of a new,multifaceted understanding of national identity.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: The Urban Imaginary in Canadian Cinema The City of Faith: Navigating Piety in Arcand’s Jésusde Montréal (1989) The City of Dreams: The Sexual Self in Lauzon’s Léolo(1992) The Gendered City: Feminism in Rozema’s Desperanto(1991), Pool’s Rispondetemi (1991), andVilleneuve’s Maelstrom (2000) The City Made Flesh: The Embodied Other in Lepage’s LeConfessional (1995) and Egoyan’s Exotica (1994) The Diasporic City: Postcolonialism, Hybridity, and Transnationalityin Virgo’s Rude (1995) and Mehta’sBollywood/Hollywood (2001) The City of Transgressive Desires: Melodramatic Absurdity inMaddin’s The Saddest Music in the World (2003) andMy Winnipeg (2006) The City of Eternal Youth: Capitalism, Consumerism, and Generationin Burns’s waydowntown (2000) and Radiant City(2006) The City of Dysfunction: Race and Relations in Vancouver fromShum’s Double Happiness (1994) to Sweeney’sLast Wedding (2001) and McDonald’s The Love Crimesof Gillian Guess (2004) Conclusion: National Identity and the Urban Imagination Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOver half the world’s population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. However, disaster risk is also of great interest to corporations, financiers, and investors. Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. It is about how cities live and profit from the threat of sinkholes, garbage, and fire. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks. Notably, capitalist city-building results in the physical transformation of nature. This necessitates risk management strategies –such as insurance, environmental assessments, and technocratic mitigation plans. As such capitalists redistribute risk relying on short-term fixes to disaster risk rather than address long-term vulnerabilities. Trade Review"Fu offers a theoretically rich and empirically grounded analysis of how disaster capitalism and unsustainable urban development transforms environmental bads into economically valuable goods. These transformations have devastating consequences, further exacerbating social and environmental inequities in a highly urbanized and warming world. Risky Cities is essential reading for anyone with interests in urban political economy, environmental social science, and global studies." -- Andrew Jorgenson * Professor of Sociology, Boston College *"I see Risky Cities becoming the landmark work on how ‘everyday’ urban risks are produced and then commodified—and what we might do to arrest this process." -- Tim Haney * Board of Governors Research Chair in Resilience & Sustainability, Mount Royal University, Calgary *"Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. It is about how cities live and profit from the threat of sinkholes, garbage, and fire. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks. Notably, capitalist city-building results in the physical transformation of nature." * ASA Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Living with Disaster & Capitalism Chapter 2: Sinkholes and the Risky Foundations of Cities Chapter 3: The Logistical Nightmare of Trash & Urban Nature Chapter 4: Fire, the Wildland-Urban Interface, and Feedback Loops Chapter 5: Assessing and Managing Risk Conclusion: Regenerative Urbanism References Index

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Book SynopsisOver half the world’s population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. However, disaster risk is also of great interest to corporations, financiers, and investors. Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. It is about how cities live and profit from the threat of sinkholes, garbage, and fire. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks. Notably, capitalist city-building results in the physical transformation of nature. This necessitates risk management strategies –such as insurance, environmental assessments, and technocratic mitigation plans. As such capitalists redistribute risk relying on short-term fixes to disaster risk rather than address long-term vulnerabilities. Trade Review"Fu offers a theoretically rich and empirically grounded analysis of how disaster capitalism and unsustainable urban development transforms environmental bads into economically valuable goods. These transformations have devastating consequences, further exacerbating social and environmental inequities in a highly urbanized and warming world. Risky Cities is essential reading for anyone with interests in urban political economy, environmental social science, and global studies." -- Andrew Jorgenson * Professor of Sociology, Boston College *"I see Risky Cities becoming the landmark work on how ‘everyday’ urban risks are produced and then commodified—and what we might do to arrest this process." -- Tim Haney * Board of Governors Research Chair in Resilience & Sustainability, Mount Royal University, Calgary *"Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban development, capitalism, and its relationship with environmental hazards. It is about how cities live and profit from the threat of sinkholes, garbage, and fire. Risky Cities is not simply about post-catastrophe profiteering. This book focuses on the way in which disaster capitalism has figured out ways to commodify environmental bads and manage risks. Notably, capitalist city-building results in the physical transformation of nature." * ASA Environmental Sociology Section Newsletter *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Living with Disaster & Capitalism Chapter 2: Sinkholes and the Risky Foundations of Cities Chapter 3: The Logistical Nightmare of Trash & Urban Nature Chapter 4: Fire, the Wildland-Urban Interface, and Feedback Loops Chapter 5: Assessing and Managing Risk Conclusion: Regenerative Urbanism References Index

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Book SynopsisUrban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.Trade Review"Joos’ Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships undertakes a monumental task—analyzing the failures of international aid and post-disaster reconstruction through the lens of urban housing. Arguing for embodied forms of dwelling, Joos compellingly argues for Haitian models of urban housing built upon communal living, vernacular architecture, and sustainable habitation. Through his intimate, empathic ethnography, Joos powerfully asserts a 'right to the city' (and the country) through spatial citizenship, a correlate to what Mimi Sheller (Island Futures) defines as mobile justice." -- Jana Evans Braziel * author of Riding with Death: Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince *"Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships is a tour de force, arguing for the importance of place in belonging and citizenship. Exceptionally well-researched, weaving a rich and diverse set of first-hand accounts with scholars from Haiti and elsewhere, Joos brings a critique of foreign disaster capitalism to the highest level, pushing hard against sensationalist narratives." -- Mark Schuller * author of Humanity's Last Stand: Confronting Global Catastrophe *New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies interview with Vincent Joos * New Books Network - New Books in Caribbean Studies *"A Big Hole: Notes from Jovenel Moïse’s Hometown," by Vincent Joos * The Society for Cultural Anthropology *"Richly narrated ethnographies accompanied by well-documented urban projects convey Joos’ principal argument: that culturally anchored practices related to reciprocal networks, income-generation (ti komés), social organization, and vernacular dwelling typologies (structures that withstood the earthquake on most occasions), are socially, economically and ecologically sustainable forms of urbanism that may offer viable alternatives to conventional post-disaster rehabilitation trajectories and internationally sponsored urban planning that turn a blind eye to ‘what already is.’" * ERLACS *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1 Developing Disasters: Dispossession and Industrialization in Northern Haiti 2 Industrial Futures: Abstract and Disciplinarian Landscapes in Post-Earthquake Haiti 3 State Interventions: Infrastructure and Citizenship 4 Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010: Indigenous Urbanization, History, and Belonging 5 Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince 6 Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods Conclusion: Peyi a Lok Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn South Asian urban landscapes, men are everywhere. And yet we do not seem to know very much about precisely what men do in the city as men. How do men experience gender in city spaces? What are the interactional dynamics between different groups of men on city streets? How do men adjudicate between good and bad conduct in urban spaces? Through ethnographic descriptions of copresence on public transport in Kolkata, India, this book brings into sight the gendered logics of cooperation and everyday morality through which masculinities take up space in cities. It follows the labor geographies of auto-rickshaw and taxi operators and their interactions with traffic police and commuters to argue that the gendered fabric of urban life needs to be understood as a product of situational forms of cooperation between different social groups. Such an orientation sheds light on the part played by everyday morality and provisional support in upholding male privilege in the city.Trade Review"Romit Chowdhury's City of Men examines the ways men occupy public space in Kolkata in this important new study. Chowdhury analyzes the relationship between masculinity, heterosexuality, and mobility in Kolkata with rich accounts, painting a picture of the gendered nature of trust and mobility in public space in visceral detail."— Tristan Bridges, coauthor of Exploring Masculinities: Identity, Inequality, Continuity and Change “City Of Men offers a dazzling view of the social life of public transport in Kolkata. Combining conceptual flair with ethnographic luminosity, Chowdhury plunges us headlong into the city’s streets to explain how masculine subjectivities are made and unmade through the warp and weft of everyday encounters.” — David Bissell, author of Transit Life: How Commuting is Transforming Our Cities "Given the extent to which it is men that steer circulations through dense urban fabrics, how little we understand about what is on their minds, nor how their practices gender the city. Chowdhury brilliantly explores how male transport workers curate specific atmospheres of movement, responding to changing urban conditions and creating an often confounding politics of navigation."— AbdouMaliq Simone, author of The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond CaptureTable of ContentsIntroduction: City of Men 1. The Urban Landscape of Public Transport 2. Sociable Infrastructures: Autorickshaws 3. Unaccustomed Streets: Taxis 4. Homosocial Trust: Traffic Police 5. City Characters: Morality Conclusion: Urbanizing Masculinity Studies Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisIn South Asian urban landscapes, men are everywhere. And yet we do not seem to know very much about precisely what men do in the city as men. How do men experience gender in city spaces? What are the interactional dynamics between different groups of men on city streets? How do men adjudicate between good and bad conduct in urban spaces? Through ethnographic descriptions of copresence on public transport in Kolkata, India, this book brings into sight the gendered logics of cooperation and everyday morality through which masculinities take up space in cities. It follows the labor geographies of auto-rickshaw and taxi operators and their interactions with traffic police and commuters to argue that the gendered fabric of urban life needs to be understood as a product of situational forms of cooperation between different social groups. Such an orientation sheds light on the part played by everyday morality and provisional support in upholding male privilege in the city.Trade Review“City Of Men offers a dazzling view of the social life of public transport in Kolkata. Combining conceptual flair with ethnographic luminosity, Chowdhury plunges us headlong into the city’s streets to explain how masculine subjectivities are made and unmade through the warp and weft of everyday encounters.” -- David Bissell * author of Transit Life: How Commuting is Transforming Our Cities *"Romit Chowdhury's City of Men examines the ways men occupy public space in Kolkata in this important new study. Chowdhury analyzes the relationship between masculinity, heterosexuality, and mobility in Kolkata with rich accounts, painting a picture of the gendered nature of trust and mobility in public space in visceral detail." -- Tristan Bridges * coauthor of Exploring Masculinities: Identity, Inequality, Continuity and Change *"Given the extent to which it is men that steer circulations through dense urban fabrics, how little we understand about what is on their minds, nor how their practices gender the city. Chowdhury brilliantly explores how male transport workers curate specific atmospheres of movement, responding to changing urban conditions and creating an often confounding politics of navigation." -- AbdouMaliq Simone * author of The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture *Table of ContentsIntroduction: City of Men 1. The Urban Landscape of Public Transport 2. Sociable Infrastructures: Autorickshaws 3. Unaccustomed Streets: Taxis 4. Homosocial Trust: Traffic Police 5. City Characters: Morality Conclusion: Urbanizing Masculinity Studies Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisWriting the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization theorizes the city as a generative, “semicircular” social space, where the changes of globalization are most profoundly experienced. The fictive accounts analyzed here configure cities as spaces where movement is simultaneously restrictive and liberating, and where life prospects are at once promising and daunting. In their depictions of the urban experiences of peoples of African descent, writers and other creative artists offer a complex set of renditions of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Black urban citizens’ experience in European or Euro-dominated cities such as Boston, London, New York, and Toronto, as well as Global South cities such as Accra, Kingston, and Lagos—that emerged out of colonial domination, and which have emerged as hubs of current globalization. Writing the Black Diasporic City draws on critical tools of classical postcolonial studies as well as those of globalization studies to read works by Ama Ata Aidoo, Amma Darko, Marlon James, Cecil Foster, Zadie Smith, Michael Thomas, Chika Unigwe, and other contemporary writers. The book also engages the television series Call the Midwife, the Canada carnival celebration Caribana, and the film series Small Axe to show how cities are characterized as open, complicated spaces that are constantly shifting. Cities collapse boundaries, allowing for both haunting and healing, and they can sever the connection from kin and community, or create new connections.Trade Review"Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a defining book for our times. Carol Bailey offers a fresh analysis of the ways the racist underpinnings of globalized capitalism work to systemize the erasure of black lives dispersed, corralled, and active within urban geographies. The book’s meticulous attention to particularity and difference in different locales and texts—a wide sweep from Kingston to Antwerp, Lagos to New York, London to Toronto—is what makes its argument most compelling. Writing the Back Diasporic City is a salutary antidote to prevailing activist discourses of black victimhood." -- Curdella Forbes * author of From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gender *"Carol Bailey’s Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a powerful, nuanced, and ground-breaking interrogation of the gendered experiences—challenges and triumphs—of people of African descent in global cities. It is a brilliant and indispensable addition to the literature of the Black diaspora. Bailey seamlessly merges history, theory, and close textual reading in an accessible way.""Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a defining book for our times. Carol Bailey offers a fresh analysis of the ways the racist underpinnings of globalized capitalism work to systemize the erasure of black lives dispersed, corralled, and active within urban geographies. The book’s meticulous attention to particularity and difference in different locales and texts—a wide sweep from Kingston to Antwerp, Lagos to New York, London to Toronto—is what makes its argument most compelling. Writing the Back Diasporic City is a salutary antidote to prevailing activist discourses of black victimhood." -- Curdella Forbes * author of From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gen *"Carol Bailey’s Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a powerful, nuanced, and ground-breaking interrogation of the gendered experiences—challenges and triumphs—of people of African descent in global cities. It is a brilliant and indispensable addition to the literature of the Black diaspora. Bailey seamlessly merges history, theory, and close textual reading in an accessible way." -- Katwiwa Mule * author of Women's Spaces, Women's Visions: Politics, Poetics, and Resistance in African Women's Dram *Table of Contents Introduction 1 “Natty Dread Rise Again”: The Haunting City and the Promise of Diaspora in Man Gone Down 2 “Putting the Best Outside”: A Genealogy of Self-Fashioning in Call the Midwife and NW 3 The Transnational Semicircle and the “Mobile” Female Subjectin Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon and Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters Street 4 “Writing the Sprawling City”: The Transatlantic Drug Trade in A Brief History of Seven Killings 5 A Door Ajar: Reading and Writing Toronto in Cecil Foster’s Sleep On, Beloved Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisWriting the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization theorizes the city as a generative, “semicircular” social space, where the changes of globalization are most profoundly experienced. The fictive accounts analyzed here configure cities as spaces where movement is simultaneously restrictive and liberating, and where life prospects are at once promising and daunting. In their depictions of the urban experiences of peoples of African descent, writers and other creative artists offer a complex set of renditions of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Black urban citizens’ experience in European or Euro-dominated cities such as Boston, London, New York, and Toronto, as well as Global South cities such as Accra, Kingston, and Lagos—that emerged out of colonial domination, and which have emerged as hubs of current globalization. Writing the Black Diasporic City draws on critical tools of classical postcolonial studies as well as those of globalization studies to read works by Ama Ata Aidoo, Amma Darko, Marlon James, Cecil Foster, Zadie Smith, Michael Thomas, Chika Unigwe, and other contemporary writers. The book also engages the television series Call the Midwife, the Canada carnival celebration Caribana, and the film series Small Axe to show how cities are characterized as open, complicated spaces that are constantly shifting. Cities collapse boundaries, allowing for both haunting and healing, and they can sever the connection from kin and community, or create new connections.Trade Review"Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a defining book for our times. Carol Bailey offers a fresh analysis of the ways the racist underpinnings of globalized capitalism work to systemize the erasure of black lives dispersed, corralled, and active within urban geographies. The book’s meticulous attention to particularity and difference in different locales and texts—a wide sweep from Kingston to Antwerp, Lagos to New York, London to Toronto—is what makes its argument most compelling. Writing the Back Diasporic City is a salutary antidote to prevailing activist discourses of black victimhood." -- Curdella Forbes * author of From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gender *"Carol Bailey’s Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a powerful, nuanced, and ground-breaking interrogation of the gendered experiences—challenges and triumphs—of people of African descent in global cities. It is a brilliant and indispensable addition to the literature of the Black diaspora. Bailey seamlessly merges history, theory, and close textual reading in an accessible way.""Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a defining book for our times. Carol Bailey offers a fresh analysis of the ways the racist underpinnings of globalized capitalism work to systemize the erasure of black lives dispersed, corralled, and active within urban geographies. The book’s meticulous attention to particularity and difference in different locales and texts—a wide sweep from Kingston to Antwerp, Lagos to New York, London to Toronto—is what makes its argument most compelling. Writing the Back Diasporic City is a salutary antidote to prevailing activist discourses of black victimhood." -- Curdella Forbes * author of From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon, George Lamming and the Cultural Performance of Gen *"Carol Bailey’s Writing the Black Diasporic City in the Age of Globalization is a powerful, nuanced, and ground-breaking interrogation of the gendered experiences—challenges and triumphs—of people of African descent in global cities. It is a brilliant and indispensable addition to the literature of the Black diaspora. Bailey seamlessly merges history, theory, and close textual reading in an accessible way." -- Katwiwa Mule * author of Women's Spaces, Women's Visions: Politics, Poetics, and Resistance in African Women's Dram *Table of Contents Introduction 1 “Natty Dread Rise Again”: The Haunting City and the Promise of Diaspora in Man Gone Down 2 “Putting the Best Outside”: A Genealogy of Self-Fashioning in Call the Midwife and NW 3 The Transnational Semicircle and the “Mobile” Female Subjectin Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon and Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters Street 4 “Writing the Sprawling City”: The Transatlantic Drug Trade in A Brief History of Seven Killings 5 A Door Ajar: Reading and Writing Toronto in Cecil Foster’s Sleep On, Beloved Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of urban studies research and interpretation crosses the country from Quebec to B.C., comparing trends and perspectives over the past decade and across and beyond disciplines. Core questions of research, policy and practice facing Montreal and Vancouver—those featuring housing and transportation, in particular—are featured in terms of new and innovative directions. Emerging questions—about urban indigeneity, food systems, climate action—are broached in challenging ways. The twenty authors whose original work is compiled here demonstrate the scope for continued, critical, comparative conversation across francophone and anglophone divides. The book offers a significant resource for understanding the intersecting field and practice of urban studies in Quebec and in B.C. and for spurring its further evolution. A French version of this book is also available.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses urban planning and regional development practices in the twentieth century, and ways in which they are currently being transformed. It addresses questions such as: What are the factors affecting planning dynamics at local, regional, national and global scales? With the push to adopt a market paradigm in land development and infrastructure, the relationship between resource management, sustainable development and the role of governance has been transformed. Centralized planning is giving way to privatization, not only in the traditional regions but also in newly emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Further, attempts are being made to bring planning related decision-making closer to the people who are most affected by it. Presenting a collection of studies from scholars around the world and highlighting recent advances in the field, the book is a valuable reference guide for those engaged in urban transformations, whether as graduate students, researchers, practitioners or policymakers. Trade Review“The book will certainly be of great value to students, researchers, and policymakers, as claimed by its blurb. Herein, students will get conversant with the latest in the field of urban and regional planning as impacting on development, researchers will be enthused to pursue projects on all-inclusive transformation of cities and regions, and policymakers will be sensitised to finding answers to the dilemmas over what to do or not to do.” (Gopal Krishan, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 56 (28), July, 2021)“The editors have accomplished a great job and have done the discipline a great service by bringing together such a powerful collection of writings and by organizing them so meaningfully. The book certainly adds to the existing body of literatures in the subject of urban and regional planning and development. It will benefit students, scholars, and professionals.” (Srikumar Chattopadhyay, Transactions, Vol. 42 (2), 2020)Table of ContentsUrban and Regional Planning and Development: Introduction and Overview.- Frank J. Costa: Professional Career and Contributions.- Regional Development and Planning.- Forty Years of Urban and Regional Development and Planning in China.- Urban and Regional Development and Planning in India’s Five Year Plans: Patterns and Emerging Policy Issues.- South African Urban Planning in the 20th and 21st Centuries – Continuities between the Apartheid and Democratic eras?.- A Reappraisal of Spatial Planning in Botswana.- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday?.- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India.- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting.- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador.- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space.- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston.- Ecological Regional Planning: An Approach of the Protected Areas and the Environmental Services in Costa Rica.- Remaking ‘Urban’ in 21st Century Neoliberal India.- Confronting Styles and Scales: Normative vs. Participative Planning in a Twentieth-Century Colonial Setting.- Structural Gaps within a Country: The Socio-Economic Development of Cities in Ecuador.- Exploring Urban Dynamics in the Network Space.- Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shooting-Arrest Interaction in Houston.- What and Where are We Tweeting about Black Friday?.- Geographies of Indian Women’s Everyday Public Safety.- Land Use Change Outside Dhaka Metropolitan Area: An Analysis of Factors from Physical, Socio-Economic and Institutional Perspectives.- Consequences of Unplanned Growth: A Case Study of Metropolitan Hyderabad.- Slum Upgradation and Improvement through Slums Vulnerability Assessment (SVA) in Delhi.- Remodelling Urban Villages in Delhi: The Overriding Role of Transportation Lines.- Regional Differentials in Transformation of Dalits in Northwestern India.- Land Use Planning Policies and Gentrification in U. 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Cities.- State-led Urbanity: Reexamining Modern Movement Servicescapes.- Urban Governance under Neoliberalism: Increasing Centralization vis-a-vis Participatory Decentralization.- Changing Trajectories of Urban Governance and Participatory Urban Development in India.- Politics and Ethics in the Process of Plan Preparation and Implementation.- Participatory Comprehensive Planning of Amphawa District, Thailand.- Infrastructure and Regional Development in India: Spatial Linkages and Policy Implications.- Tourism and Urban Development in Chennai, India: An Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis.- Knowledge and Skills for India's Urban Transformation-High Growth Period for Urban Planning.- Intermediary Cities of Refuge: From Istanbul to Kolkata.- Return Migrants as Force to Urban Transformation – A Case Study from Poznan, Poland.- Leveraging Brewing History: The Case of Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine Neighborhood.- Sustainable Cities in the Global South: Lessons from the African Continent.- Growing Sustainable Transportation in an Autocentric Community: Current Trends and Applications.- Sacred-Heritage City Development and Planning in India: A Study of Banaras and Ayodhya.- An Assessment of Preservation Planning Activities in Pennsylvania Municipalities Using the Historic District Act.

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Book SynopsisThis book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions to citizenship, urban social sustainability and urban health. It explains how some forms of appropriation can be subversive, existing in a grey area between legal and illegal activities in the city. The book explores the complex and the multi-scalar nature of temporary appropriation, and touches on its relationship to issues such as: sustainability and building re-use; culture; inclusivity, including socio-spatial inclusion; streetscape design; homelessness; and regulations controlling the use of public spaces. The book focuses on temporary appropriation as a necessity of adapting human needs in a city, highlighting the flexibility that is needed within urban planning and the further research that should be undertaken in this area. The book utilises case studies of Auckland, Algiers and Mexico City, and other cities with diverse cultural and historical backgrounds, to explore how planning, design and development can occur whilst maintaining community diversity and resilience. Since urban populations are certain to grow further, this is a key topic for understanding urban dynamics, and this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.Table of ContentsChapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2 Understanding the Temporary Appropriation in Relationship to Social Sustainability Chapter 3 Between Assemblages and Temporary Appropriation: The Case of Mexico City Chapter 4 Temporary Appropriation and Informality Chapter 5 Ongoing Appropriation: Invisible Seattle and Red May Chapter 6 Temporary Appropriation and Public Space: Assessing the CPTED Principle of Activity Support Chapter 7 Temporary Appropriation of Public Spaces: The Influence of Outdoor Comfort Chapter 8 Origins of Informality: Examining the Historical and Spatial Roots of Informal Day-Labor Hiring Sites Chapter 9 Unsheltered Homelessness and the Right to Metabolism: An Urban Political Ecology of Health and Sustainability Chapter 10 Temporary Appropriation in Shanghai and Hong Kong: Two Study Cases Assessing the Resilience of Women Faced With the Lack of Affordable Housing Chapter 11 (Temporary) Appropriation (Of Space), Makassar, and Urban Kampung Chapter 12 Extending Temporary Appropriation Through Architecture: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Shaping New Zealand’s Built Environment Chapter 13 Using the Street in Mexico City Centre: Temporary Appropriation of Public Space Vs Legislation Governing Street Use Chapter 14 Transforming Everyday Public Space: Human Appropriations in Search for Citizenship and Urban Well-Being Chapter 15 General Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate change is increasingly demonstrated in the literature, underscoring the unsustainable models on which urban life has been made to thrive. As these issues become increasingly apparent, there are global calls to adopt more sustainable and equitable models, however doing so will mean the disruption of economies that have historically relied upon pollution-generating industries. In order to address these issues the authors examine them from a cross-disciplinary perspective, bringing in regional, local and urban standpoints to subsequently propose an alternative short-term economic model that could accelerate the adoption of climate change mitigation infrastructures and urban sustainability in urban areas. This book will be of particular value to scholars and students alike in the field of urbanism, sustainability and resilience, as well as practitioners looking at avenues for economically incentivizing sustainable development in various geographical context. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Urban Resilience And Climate Change.- Chapter 2: Regional Decarbonisation And Urban Sustainability.- Chapter 3: Climate Change Mitigation And Urban Liveability.- Chapter 4: Economically Incentivising Urban Sustainability And Resilience.- Chapter 5: Achieving Resilience Within The Capitalist Movement

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an essential introduction to a new urban planning and design methodology called Data Augmented Design (DAD) and its evolution and progresses, highlighting data driven methods, urban planning and design applications and related theories. The authors draw on many kinds of data, including big, open, and conventional data, and discuss cutting-edge technologies that illustrate DAD as a future oriented design framework in terms of its focus on multi-data, multi-method, multi-stage and multi-scale sustainable urban planning. In four sections and ten chapters, the book presents case studies to address the core concepts of DAD, the first type of applications of DAD that emerged in redevelopment-oriented planning and design, the second type committed to the planning and design for urban expansion, and the future-oriented applications of DAD to advance sustainable technologies and the future structural form of the built environment. The book is geared towards a broad readership, ranging from researchers and students of urban planning, urban design, urban geography, urban economics, and urban sociology, to practitioners in the areas of urban planning and design.​ Table of ContentsChapter 1. Cities in Transition. - Chapter 2. Data Augmented Design (DAD): Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Applications. - Chapter 3. Human-scale Urban Form and its Application in DAD. - Chapter 4. Data Adaptive Urban Design: A Case Study of Shanghai Hengfu Historical District. - Chapter 5. Multidimensional Data-based City Images: Cultural Reactivation of Waterfront Industrial Heritage Design in Shanghai. - Chapter 6. Fine-Scale Recognition-based Design Guidelines for Dealing with Shrinking Cities: A Case Study of Hegang. - Chapter 7. Quantifying Urban Form as a Case Study in Expansion-oriented Design: Design Practices in the Tongzhou Subcenter. - Chapter 8. Defining the Density of the Xiong’an New Area based on Global Experience. - Chapter 9. The Next Form of Human Settlement: A Design for Future Yilong City. - Chapter 10. The Future of the Smart Island: A Design for a Natural and Technological Experience District on Huangguan Island.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents fundamental and applied research in developing geospatial modeling solutions to manage the challenges that urban areas are facing today. It aims to connect the academics, researchers, experts, town planners, investors and government officials to exchange ideas. The areas addressed include urban heat island analysis, urban flood vulnerability and risk mapping, green spaces, solar energy, infrastructure management, among others. The book suggests directions for smart city research and outlines practical propositions. As an emerging and critical area of research and development, much research is now being done with regard to cities. At the international level and in India alike, the “smart cities” concept is a vital topic for universities and research centers, and well as for civic bodies, town planners and policymakers. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for a broad readership.Table of ContentsAnalyzing the role of geospatial technology in smart city development .- Part II: Urban expansion and infrastructure.- The dark side of the earth: Benchmarking lighting access for all cities on Earth and the citynet dataset.- Object-oriented approach for urbanization growth by using remote sensing and Gis techniques: A case study in Hilla city, Babylon Governorate, Iraq.- Designing the streets for smart cities.- An automated approach to facilitate rooftop solar Pv installation in smart cities: Acomparative study between Bhopal, India and Trondheim, Norway.- Analyzing and predicting urban expansion and its effects on surface temperature for two Indian megacities: Bengaluru and Chennai.- Analyzing new frontiers in urban preference and perception research.- Land transformation and future projections of land consumption using high resolution remote sensing data for Allahabad, India.- The meta-analysis of studies on urban sprawl.- Four-dimensional slum urban simulation using hologram interferometry of Envisat satellite.- Geospatial technologies for public health management system.- Utilisation of geo spatial technology to study the variation in access of urban health care centres in Kamrup Metro, Assam.- Geo-spatial analysis of health care service centres for smart cities: A study of South East district, Delhi-India.- Usage of transport apps by Indian commuters: An empirical investigation.- Parking maximums and work place levies: Time to adopt new paradigms in India, the case of Kochi.- Assessing to append homeless people to plan smart regions to be more inclusive.- Part II: Urban ecology and disaster management.- Fire and flood vulnerability, and implications for evacuation.- An information and communication technology (ICT) driven disaster management system: A case of fire-fighting in Mumbai.- Selection of suitable site for biomedical waste disposal in Lucknow city, India using remote sensing data, GIS and AHP method.- How does tourism affect urban ecological standards? A geospatial analysis of wetland transformations in the coastal resort town of Digha, West Bengal, India.- Urban housing in Itanagar: Mountain geomorphology, hazard vulnerability vis-à-vis smart city framework.- Hydrogeological studies of urban-rural interface in the northwest part of Pune Metropolis, India.- Ground water analytics for measuring quality and quantity.- Status of ground water quality in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan: A geospatial approach.- Green infrastructure as a tool for improving livability of area based development projects under smart city mission.- Evaluating decadal change in green cover of Dehradun city.- Summary and way forward.

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Book SynopsisThe ideas presented in this book are a conceptual leverage to correct the rigidity of top-down practices and bring the real city, or the city of everyday life, closer to the city of conventional planning. Considering self-organization as the starting point at the base of complex systems, this book tries to understand how specific qualities emerge and evolve from this behavior. For this, the book discusses new ways of looking at and understanding cities by applying holistic methods and approaches based on the conceptual grounds of quantum, fractal, and complexity theories. The book highlights the fact that the information on how to transform and build a city is contained within the city itself. In this regard, some methodological steps to unpack complexities and translate the essential qualities of space into potential generators for city design and planning are provided. The book urges courageous experimentation and proposes a methodology where the computational nature of urban phenomena goes along with historic anthropological ideas, thus emphasizing the characteristics of a specific reality in a model. They do not exclude each other; in fact, they are part of the unbroken web of wholeness. Importantly, the proposed methodology supports gradual and natural coevolution process in the city through combining planned and unplanned actions and the involving multiplicity of actors, impacting on Urban Planning and Design Practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The natural city.- Additional theoretical lenses to understand the city.- Historical notes on Tirana.- Tirana patterns at a glance.- Holistic approach to Tirana pattern analysis.- Methodology for holistic understanding of the urban patterns.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThe authors collected here address youth street cultures in different cities from the Ibero-American world, bringing together contributions on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Spain, and beyond. This overseas approach bridging the European and American contexts is justified by the range of (complex) social, cultural and economic relationships that have shaped this transnational geographical space since the beginning of the colonial period. The chapters collected here focus on three key concepts—creativity, resistance and transgression—that form a threefold dispositive to locally and globally confront, contest and even fight against the hegemonic, punitive and oppressive powers (re)produced by (white, male) dominant classes of the city. The book ensures a high diversity of geographical and social/cultural research contexts by focusing on one, two or multiple spatial contexts (the public space, the street, the city) and, at the same time, by emphasizing the different economic, social, cultural, symbolic specificities of youth cultures (including gender, sexuality and race) in their particular urban contexts.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Ibero-American Youth Street Cultures in the 21st century: an introductionPART I – CITIZENSHIP AND ACTIVISMChapter 2. The urban youth actions for the peace in a connected worldChapter 3. Global Marijuana March: youth, justice and inequality in the city of São PauloChapter 4. LGBTQIA+ youth, families and street protests in Brazil: facing and fighting Chapter 5. When the zombies go marching in. Performances in public space, forms of youth organization and mimetic pleasures in Córdoba (Argentina)Chapter 6. The street as a youth recognition place to adult-centric expulsionsPART II – LIMINALITIES AND TRANSGRESSIONSChapter 7. Transnational gangs and their rituals of passage: inhabiting another worldChapter 8. Violence, urban art, and youth in the periphery of MedellínChapter 9. Making-city through corporalities: youth agencies and resistances in São PauloPART III – CONSUMPTION, SOCIABILITY AND LUDIC SPACESChapter 10. HEM 26: Youth representations and cultural productions against stigmatizationChapter 11. Between the street to the gallery. Trajectories of “pixadores” and graffiti writers in Lisbon and São PauloChapter 12. From El barrio to La Condesa and back again. Mexico City’s Bar staff as youth cultureChapter 13. Adolescents in Barcelona: exploring places, exploring nightlifePART IV – CREATIVITY AND CULTURAL PRODUCTIONChapter 14. ‘Not Just Holidays in the Sun’. Mapping, measuring and analysing DIY culture’s impact across cities in the Global South, by Paula Guerra & Carles FeixaChapter 15. K-Popping urban space. Or the uses of the public urban spaces in Santiago de Chile as a way of colonising, exploring and transgressing the cityChapter 16. Peripheral Urban Cultures in the City of Rio de Janeiro: Survival ArtsChapter 17. DJs from the Ghetto, Lisbon's “Batida Negra”: Music, Trajectories and Resistances Chapter 18. Epilogue

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