International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 43, Issue 4

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

• ISBN13: 9781119563297
• ISBN10: 1119563291
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-09-23
• 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

Articles

Recombinant Urbanization: Agrarian–urban Landed Property and Uneven Development in India (Sai Balakrishnan)

Accumulation without Dispossession? Land Commodification and Rent Extraction in Peri‐urban China (Karita Kan)

Legal Technologies of Primitive Accumulation: Judicial Robbery and Dispossession‐by‐Restitution in Warsaw (Joanna Kusiak)

How Subordinate Financialization Shapes Urban Development: The Rise and Fall of Warsaw's Służewiec Business District (Mirjam Büdenbender, Manuel B. Aalbers)

Financialization, Urban Governance and the Planning System: Utilizing ‘Development Viability’ as a Policy Narrative for the Liberalization of Ireland's Post‐Crash Planning System (Richard Waldron)

Lisbon After the Crisis: From Credit‐fuelled Suburbanization to Tourist‐driven Gentrification (Iago Lestegás)

New Geographies of Residential Capitalism: Financialization of the Turkish Housing Market Since the Early 2000s (Isil Erol)

Dismantled Spatial Fixes in the Aftermath of Recession: Capital Switching and Labour Underutilization in the Greek Capital Metropolitan Region (Konstantinos Gourzis, Stelios Gialis)

Forefronts of the Sharing Economy: Uber in Cape Town (Andrea Pollio)

Interventions

Why ‘Good Governance’ Fails: Lessons from Regional Economic Development in Colombia (Tobias Franz)

Beyond Circular Thinking: Geographies of Transit‐Oriented Development (Mattias Qviström, Nik Luka, Greet De Block)

Florida in the Global South: How Eurocentrism Obscures Global Urban Challenges—and What We Can Do about It (Seth Schindler, Jonathan Silver)

Book Reviews

Barry D. Solomon and Kirby E. Calvert (eds.) 2017: Handbook on the Geographies of Energy. Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar (Ludger Gailing)

Anke Schwarz 2017: Demanding Water: A Sociospatial Approach to Domestic Water Use in Mexico City. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag (Alejandro De Coss‐Corzo)

Chiara Tornaghi and Chiara Certomà (eds.) 2019: Urban Gardening as Politics. Abingdon and New York: Routledge (Lucilla Barchetta)

Gordon C.C. Douglas 2018: The Help‐yourself City: Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism. New York: Oxford University Press (Margaret Dewar)

Amanda Huron 2018: Carving out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington, DC. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (Miguel A. Martínez)