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
ArticlesRe‐Thinking Territorial Cohesion in the European Planning Context (Teresa Sá Marques, Miguel Saraiva, Gonçalo Santinha, Paula Guerra)
Engineering the Financialization of Urban Entrpreneurialism: The JESSICA Urban Development Initiative in the European Union (Dimitar Anguelov, Helga Leitner, Eric Sheppard)
State‐Led Financial Regulation and Representations of Spatial Fixity: The Example of the Spanish Real Estate Sector (Ismael Yrigoy)
Demolishing the Present to Sell off the Future? The Emergence of ‘Financialized Municipal Entrepreneurialism’ in London (Joe Beswick, Joe Penny)
The Neoliberalization of Municipal Land Policy in Sweden (Lina Olsson)
Old Wine in Private Equity Bottles? The Resurgence of Contract‐for‐Deed Home Sales in US Urban Neighborhoods (Dan Immergluck)
Urban Redevelopment Policies on the Move: Rethinking the Geographies of Comparison, Exchange and Learning (Kevin Ward)
A Small Entrepreneurial City in Action: Policy Mobility, Urban Entrepreneurialism, and Politics of Scale in Jiyuan, China (Shenjing He, Lingyue Li, Yong Zhang, Jun Wang)
Public–Private Partnerships and the Design Process: Consequences for Architects and City Building (Martijn van den Hurk, Matti Siemiatycki)
China's Urban Speed Machine: The Politics of Speed and Time in a Period of Rapid Urban Growth (Shiuh‐shen Chien, Max D. Woodworth)
Book Reviews
Talja Blokland 2017: Community as Urban Practice. Cambridge: Polity Press (Garry Robson)
Roger Keil 2018: Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In. Cambridge and Medford, MA: Polity Press (Diego García Mejuto)
Els de Graauw 2016: Making Immigrant Rights Real: Nonprofits and the Politics of Integration in San Francisco. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (Thomas Swerts)
Dimitris Dalakoglou 2017: The Road: An Ethnography of (Im)Mobility, Space, and Cross‐border Infrastructures in the Balkans. Manchester: Manchester University Press (Nataša Gregorič Bon)
Lucy Earle 2017: Transgressive Citizenship and the Struggle for Social Justice: The Right to the City in São Paulo. London: Palgrave Macmillan (Michael Cohen)
Hans‐Liudger Dienel, M. Reza Shirazi, Sabine Schröder and Jenny Schmithals (eds.) 2017: Citizens’ Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (Kian Tajbakhsh)
Serhat Unaldi 2016: Working Towards the Monarchy: The Politics of Space in Downtown Bangkok. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press (Keng‐Khoon Ng)
