Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting-edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field.
- Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners
- Includes both stand-alone articles and critical dialogues
- Connects with critical debates in the policy-making and professional arenas
- Uses visual materials ranging from architectural sketches, film stills and photographs to various explanatory figures and tables
Table of Contents
Symposium
Cities, Creativities and Urban Creative Economies: Re‐descriptions and Make+Shifts from Sub‐Saharan Africa (Jenny Mbaye, Andy C. Pratt)
The Creative Night‐Time Leisure Economy of Informal Drinking Venues (Andrew Charman, Thiresh Govender)
Infrastructure Disruption in ‘Silicon Savannah’: Exploring the Idea of the Creative Class and their Relation to Quality of Place in Nairobi, Kenya (Lauren Rosenberg, Alan Brent)
Creative Cities, Graffiti and Culture‐Led Development in South Africa: Dlala Indima (‘Play Your Part’) (Rike Sitas)
Identity Building Through Mediation by African Tailors (Sofia Vilarinho, Henri Christiaans)
The (Re)Making of Polycentricity in China's Planning Discourse: The Case of Tianjin (Weikai Wang, Ya Ping Wang, Keith Kintrea)
A Missing Citizen? Issue Based Citizenship in City‐Regional Planning (Jouni Häkli, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio, Olli Ruokolainen)
From Territorial Cohesion to Regional Spatial Justice: The Well‐Being of Future Generations Act in Wales (Rhys Jones, Bryonny Goodwin‐Hawkins, Michael Woods)
Interventions
Debate on Margaret Kohn's The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth (Theresa Enright)
Locating the Commons in the Urban Commonwealth (Theresa Enright)
Kohn's Social Democratic Alternative: A Critical Comment (Mariana Valverde)
Gentrification and Urban Justice (Mark Kingwell)
The City Into Theory: Theory in Toronto (Roger Keil)
Author Response (Margaret Kohn)
Book Reviews
Rolnik, Raquel 2019: Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance. London: Verso Books (Desiree Fields)
Stehlin, John G. 2020: Cyclescapes of the Unequal City: Bicycle Infrastructure and Uneven Development. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press (Mimi Sheller)
Seim, Josh 2020: Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering. Oakland, CA: University of California Press (Daniela Krüger)
Alberto Veira‐Ramos, Tetiana Liubyva and Evgenii Golovakha (eds.) 2020: Ukraine in Transformation: From Soviet Republic to European Society. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer (Kostyantyn Mezentsev)
AMO / Rem Koolhaas (ed.) 2020: Countryside: A Report. Cologne: Taschen (Nitin Bathla)
