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
Articles
From Camp Town to International City: Us Military Base Expansion and Local Development in Pyeongtaek, South Korea (Bridget Martin)
Asĺ No (Not Like This): Resisting Postpolitics on Mexico City's Avenida Chapultepec (Ben A. Gerlofs)
The Spatial‐Political Outcome of Urban Development Conflicts: Emancipatory Dynamics of Protests against Gentrification in Peñalolén, Santiago de Chile (Corinna Hölzl)
‘Problem Spaces’ and Struggles Over the Right to the City: Challenges of Living Differentially in a Gentrifying Istanbul Neighborhood (Özlem Öz, Mine Eder)
Hopeful City: Meritocracy and Affect in Global Cairo (Harry Pettit)
Village Redevelopment and Desegregation as a Strategy for Metropolitan Development: Some Lessons from Guangzhou City (Siu Wai Wong, Bo‐Sin Tang, Jinlong Liu)
The Quest for Water, Rights and Freedoms: Informal Urban Settlements in India (Francesco M. Gimelli, Briony C. Rogers, Joannette J. Bos)
The Jewel in the Crown: Co‐optive Capacity and Participation During Austerity in Cardiff and San Sebastián‐Donostia (Valeria Guarneros‐Meza, Imanol Tellería, Asier Blas, Madeleine Pill)
Interventions
Beyond the Enclave of Urban Theory (Austin Zeiderman)
Knowledge of Metropolitan Governance in the South (Richard Tomlinson, Philip Harrison)
Three Metals and the ‘Post‐Socialist City’: Reclaiming the Peripheries of Urban Knowledge (Michael Gentile)
Book Reviews
Derek Hyra 2017: Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (Loretta Lees)
Stavros Stavrides 2016: Common Space: The City as Commons. London: Zed Books (Francesco Zuddas)
John J. Betancur and Janet L. Smith 2016: Claiming Neighborhood: New Ways of Understanding Urban Change. Urbana: University of Illinois Press (Sebastian Juhnke)
Justin B. Hollander 2018: A Research Agenda for Shrinking Cities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing (Daniel Florentin)
Alan Mayne 2017: Slums: The History of a Global Injustice. London: Reaktion Books Ltd (Eugénie L. Birch)
Gavin Shatkin 2017: Cities for Profit: The Real Estate Turn in Asia's Urban Politics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (Michael R. Glass)
Luna Khirfan (ed.) 2017: Order and Disorder: Urban Governance and the Making of Middle Eastern Cities. Montreal: McGill‐Queen's University Press (Rayya El Zein)
Scott McQuire 2017: Geomedia: Networked Cities and the Future of Public Space. Cambridge: Polity (Claudio Coletta)
