A groundbreaking forum for intellectual debate, IJURR is at the forefront of urban and regional research. With a cutting edge approach to linking theoretical development and empirical research, and a consistent demand for quality, IJURR encompasses key material from an unparalleled range of critical, comparative and geographic perspectives. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach to the field, IJURR is essential reading for social scientists with a concern for the complex, changing roles and futures of cities and regions.
Contents :
Participation in Urban Contention and Deliberation - Hilary Silver, Alan Scott and Yuri Kazepov Conflict, Collaboration and Climate Change: Participatory Democracy and Urban Environmental Struggles in Durban, South Africa - Alex Aylett The Participant's Dilemma: Bringing Conflict and Representation Back In - Debbie Becher Social Inclusion through Participation: the Case of the Participatory Budget in São Paulo - Esther Hernandez-Medina Putting the ‘Community’ into Community Planning: Assessing Community Inclusion in Northern Ireland - Ruth McAlister Public Participation in Post-Fordist Urban Green Space Governance: The Case of Community Gardens in Berlin - Marit Rosol Transnationalism as a Force for Ethnic Minority Enterprise? The Case of Somalis in Leicester - Trevor Jones, Monder Ram and Nick Theodorakopoulos Does Urban Concentration/Dispersion Affect Immigrants' Professional Opportunities? The case of the Porto Metropolitan Area - Emilia Malcata Rebelo The Expatriate Real Estate Complex: Creative Destruction and the Production of Luxury in Post-Socialist Prague - Andrew Cook Stadium Architecture and Urban Development from the Perspective of Urban Economics - Gabriel Ahlfeldt and Wolfgang Maennig Real Estate, the City and Place: The Crisis Unfolds - Roger Keil Capital Culture Revisited: Sex, Testosterone and the City - Linda McDowell The Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers in China: ‘There is No Future as a Labourer; Returning to the Village has No Meaning’ - Kam Wing Chan ‘Not Relevant to the System’: The Crisis in the Backyards - Matthias Bernt and Dieter Rink How the State is Handling the Property Crisis in France: A Perspective on Recent Government Measures - Julie Pollard Crisis in the Resurgent City? The Rise of Copenhagen - Hans Thor Andersen and Lars Winther Amsterdam in Crisis: How the (Local) State Buffers and Suffers - Ewald Engelen and Sako Musterd Book reviews
