International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 43, Issue 2

by Dikec, Mustafa; Gandy, Matthew; Roy, Ananya; Wu, Fulong

• ISBN13: 9781119563167
• ISBN10: 111956316X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-07-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Mustafa Dikeç: École d’urbanisme de Paris (EUP) and LATTS, France.

Matthew Gandy: University of Cambridge, UK.

Ananya Roy: UCLA, Luskin, USA.

Fulong Wu: University College London, UK.

Table of Contents

Symposium

Futures of Crisis, Futures of Urban Political Theory: Flooding in Asian Coastal Megacities (Gavin Shatkin)

Evicting Slums, ‘Building Back Better’: Resiliency Revanchism and Disaster Risk Management in Manila (Maria Khristine Alvarez, Kenneth Cardenas)

Urban Waterscapes: The Hydro‐Politics of Flooding in a Sinking City (Kian Goh)

Resilient Growth: Fantasy Plans and Unplanned Developments in India's Flood‐Prone Coastal Cities (Liza Weinstein, Andrew Rumbach, Saumitra Sinha) 

Articles

When Diverse Norms Meet Weak Plans: The Organizational Dynamics of Urban Rubble Clearance in Post‐Earthquake Haiti (Michael Hooper)

Silence and Voice in Nigeria's Hybrid Urban Water Markets: Implications for Local Governance of Public Goods (Charisma Shonté Acey)

Irregular Connections: Everyday Energy Politics in Catalonia (James Angel)

Recovering Sociology from the Trash Heap: Of Waste Politics and the Spatialization of Local Representation in Lagos (Côme Salvaire)

Problematizing Urban Shit(ting): Representing Human Waste as a Problem (Angela Oberg)

Book Reviews

Loretta Lees and Martin Phillips (eds.) 2018: Handbook of Gentrification Studies. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing (Aysegul Can)

Ugo Rossi 2017: Cities in Global Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press (Alan Walks)

Verónica Gago (ed.) 2017: Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics and Baroque Economies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press (María Cervantes, Nick Middeldorp)

Miguel A. Martinez Lopez (ed.) 2018: The Urban Politics of Squatters' Movements. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Basak Tanulku)

Maria Jose Alvarez‐Rivadulla 2017: Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Robert Gay)

Verónica Herrera 2017: Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (Felipe De Alba)

Richard Webber and Roger Burrows 2018: The Predictive Postcode: The Geodemographic Classification of British Society. London: Sage Publications Ltd (Benjamin N. Jacobsen)