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Here is a refreshing look at how American cities are leading the way toward greener, cleaner, and more sustainable forms of economic development. In this book the author shows how in the absence of a comprehensive national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San Fra…
A powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994.
City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Martin J. Murray describes how a loose alliance of city builders--including real estate developers, large-scale property owners, municipal officials, and secu…
Many Europeans think that town twinning has greatly contributed to integration in Europe after the Second World War. This book, based on observations and interviews with twinning practitioners in small towns, reveals the social and cultural processes that inform twinning as a tr…
"How China's expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life. Centered on the mountainous region of Chongqing, which serves as an experimental site for the country#x2019;s new urban development policies, The End of the Village analyzes the …
"Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories,…
This volume blends critical theoretical insight with a historically grounded comparative study to examine the form, trajectory, and contradictions of redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research in the two cities, Gotham an…
"Every urban crisis is also an opportunity, and in this penetrating study of post-disaster New York and New Orleans, Kevin Gotham and Miriam Greenberg show how and why the market-model of redevelopment does so little for the people and places that need it most. Crisis Cities is …
A short, accessible guide for planning students embarking on a dissertation, taking them from choosing a question right through to analysing results
The authors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the spaces of the city in urban poverty research and policy. While existing research interprets the urban as a static container or empty backdrop for urban poverty processes, the chapters in this book critically e…
Urban politics: critical approaches
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This critical, thought provoking discussion of contemporary urban politics places key issues in a geographical context. Divided into three sections: The urban as political setting, The urban as political medium, The urban as political community, The text provides a thorough theo…
Urban politics: critical approaches
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Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world; Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction.