Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

R.セネット著　民主主義と都市の形態
Sennett, Richard, Democracy and Urban Form. (The Incidents) 200 pp. 2024:11 (Sternberg Pr., GW) <728-821>
ISBN 978-1-915609-47-2 paper ¥5,680.- (税込) US$ 24.95

〔英訳〕J.-L.ナンシー著　遠くの都市
Nancy, Jean-Luc, The City in the Distance. Tr. by C. Stockwell. 160 pp. 2024:10 (Fordham U. Pr., US) <728-84>
ISBN 978-1-5315-0896-8 hard ¥20,493.- (税込) US$ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-5315-0897-5 paper ¥5,692.- (税込) US$ 25.00

Exploring the ever-changing philosophy of city life with Jean-Luc Nancy In The City in the Distance, Jean-Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses. Far from an abstract account, Nancy attends in the most concrete way possible to the workings of a city not typically taken as paradigmatic, Los Angeles. As Jean-Christophe Bailly suggests in his foreword, Nancy joins Walter Benjamin in thinking the city not from an external vantage point, but on its own terms.

都市と憲法－カナダの地方政府に必要とする権力を与える
Flynn, Alexandra / Albert, Richard / Des Rosiers, N. (eds.), Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need. (McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance) 264 pp. 2024:10 (McGill-Queen's U. Pr., CN) <728-551>
ISBN 978-0-228-02207-7 paper ¥9,095.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Canada's largest cities have faced exponential growth, with the trajectory rising further still. Due to their high density, cities are the primary sites for opportunities in economic prosperity, green innovation, and cultural activity, and also for critical challenges in homelessness and extreme poverty, air pollution, Indigenous-municipal relationship-building, racial injustice, and transportation gridlock. While city governments are at the forefront of mitigating the challenges of urban life, they are given insufficient power to effectively attend to public needs.Cities and the Constitution confronts the misalignment between the importance of municipalities and their constitutional status. While our constitution is often considered a living document, Canada has one of the most complicated amending formulas in the world, making change very difficult. Cities are thus constitutionally vulnerable to unilateral provincial action and reliant on other levels of government for funding. Could municipal power be reimagined without disrupting the existing constitutional structure, or could the Constitution be reformed to designate cities a distinct tier of government? Among other novel proposals, this groundbreaking volume explores the idea of recognizing municipalities in provincial constitutions.The first volume of a complementary pair, authored by renowned Canadian legal and urban studies scholars, Cities and the Constitution suggests contemporary solutions to one of our most pressing policy dilemmas.

Coughlin, Joseph F. / Yoquinto, Luke (eds.), Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging. 376 pp. 2024:11 (MIT Pr., US) <728-348>
ISBN 978-0-262-04921-4 hard ¥6,818.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Lamb, Zachary B. / Vale, Lawrence J., The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis. 480 pp. 2024:10 (MIT Pr., US) <728-1163>
ISBN 978-0-262-54986-8 paper ¥10,246.- (税込) US$ 45.00

Bendiner-Viani, Gabrielle, The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places. 288 pp. 2024:8 (MIT Pr., US) <728-1188>
ISBN 978-0-262-04903-0 hard ¥9,095.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Brail, Shauna / Donald, Betsy (eds.), Urban Mobility: How the iPhone, COVID, and Climate Changed Everything. 320 pp. 2024:11 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) * paper 2024:10 <728-1189>
ISBN 978-1-4875-5059-2 hard ¥25,047.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-5185-8 paper ¥9,095.- (税込) US$ 39.95

Urban Mobility sheds light on mobility in twenty-first-century Canadian cities. The book explores the profound changes associated with technological innovation, pandemic-induced impacts on travel behaviour, and the urgent need for mobility to respond meaningfully to the climate crisis. Featuring contributions from leading Canadian and American scholars and researchers, this edited collection traverses disciplines including geography, engineering, management, policy studies, political science, and urban planning. Chapters illuminate novel research findings related to a variety of modes of mobility, including public transit, e-scooters, bike-sharing, ride-hailing, and autonomous vehicles. Contributors draw out the connections between urban challenges, technological change, societal need, and governance mechanisms. The collection demonstrates why the smart phone, COVID-19, and climate present a crucial lens through which we can understand the present and future of urban mobility. The way we move in cities has been disrupted and altered because of technological innovation, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and efforts to reduce transport-related emissions. Urban Mobility concludes that the path forward requires good public policy from all levels of government, working in partnership with the private sector and non-profits to direct and address the best urban mobility framework for Canadian cities.

Corkin, Stanley, Boston Mass-Mediated: Urban Space and Culture in the Digital Age. 280 pp. 2024:9 (U. Massachusetts Pr., US) <728-1191>
ISBN 978-1-62534-825-8 hard ¥22,542.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-1-62534-824-1 paper ¥7,502.- (税込) US$ 32.95

In the mid-nineteenth century, Boston fashioned itself as a global hub. By the early 1970s, it was barely a dot on the national picture. It had gained a reputation as a decaying city rife with crime and dysfunctional politics, as well as decidedly retrograde race relations, prominently exemplified by white resistance to school integration. Despite this historical ebb in its national and international presence, it still possessed the infrastructure-superb educational institutions such as Harvard and MIT, world-class sports teams like the Celtics and Red Sox, powerful media outlets like The Boston Globe, and extensive shipping capacity-required to eventually thrive in an age of global trade and mass communication. In Boston Mass-Mediated, Stanley Corkin explores the power of mass media to define a place. He examines the tensions between the emergent and prosperous city of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and its representation in a range of media genres such as news journalism, professional sports broadcasting, and popular films like Mystic River and The Departed. This mass media, with its ever-increasing digital reach, has emphasized a city restricted by tropes suggestive of an earlier Boston-racism, white ethnic crime, Catholicism, and a pre-modern insularity-even as it becomes increasingly international and multicultural. These tropes mediate our understanding and experience of the city. Using Boston as a case study, Corkin contends that our contemporary sense of place occurs through a media saturated world, a world created by the explosion of digital technology that is steeped in preconceptions.

Ellsworth, Lynn, Wonder City: How to Reclaim Human-Scale Urban Life. 384 pp. 2024:12 (Empire State Editions, US) <728-1193>
ISBN 978-1-5315-0818-0 hard ¥7,957.- (税込) US$ 34.95

Reimagining our cities for a sustainable and human-centric future In her groundbreaking book Wonder City, Lynn Ellsworth delves deep into the heart of modern urban life, casting a critical eye on the transformative changes sweeping through cities like New York. This compelling journey into the world of urban development goes beyond the usual narrative, serving as a passionate call to action that encourages readers to actively participate in shaping the future of their cities. Ellsworth expertly navigates through complex themes such as affordable housing, urban planning, historic preservation, and architecture. With a focus on major cities undergoing significant transformations, Wonder City offers an insightful examination of the challenges and opportunities that define contemporary urban life. At the core of this engaging narrative is a striking critique of the real estate industry's influence over urban landscapes. Ellsworth reveals how historic and culturally rich urban settings are increasingly being overshadowed by the rise of impersonal glass towers, a trend she argues is driven by the industry's grip on politicians and technocrats. This analysis is both eye-opening and unsettling, shedding light on the forces reshaping our urban environments. Wonder City is more than a critique, however. Ellsworth provides a pragmatic blueprint for revitalizing urban spaces. She champions the need for affordable housing, sustainable urban planning, and architecture that respects and enhances the human experience. Her arguments challenge the prevailing economic theories behind housing supply and question the architectural ideologies that often justify the demolition of historic urban assets. This book is an essential read for urban planners, policymakers, and anyone interested in the future of urban living. Ellsworth's clear, accessible insights into complex issues make Wonder City a vital contribution to the discourse on urban development, appealing to a broad audience that cares about the dynamics and future of city life.

カナダの都市の過去、現在、未来
Flynn, Alexandra / Albert, Richard / Des Rosiers, N. (eds.), The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities: Where the Law Went Wrong and How We Can Fix It. (McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance) 312 pp. 2024:10 (McGill-Queen's U. Pr., CN) <728-1195>
ISBN 978-0-228-02232-9 paper ¥9,095.- (税込) US$ 39.95

In 1861, just a few years before Confederation, 84 per cent of Canadians lived in rural areas; today, it's less than 20 per cent. Our municipal governments are asked to do more for their citizens than ever before, yet they must confront myriad challenges - from the public health pandemic to the housing crisis - without the tools they need. They have no constitutional protection from jurisdictional overstepping by provincial governments and no assurance that they will be able to complete any effort they undertake.The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and what the future holds for shifting legal and political powers. This volume examines how pre-Confederation cities came to have their current constitutional and legislative forms; how current local governments make decisions within existing legal parameters, highlighting Indigenous-municipal relationships and emergency management; and, finally, looks to the world to investigate future innovation in municipal governance.The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities makes the case that constitutional concepts must be repurposed to support the transition from nation-building to city-building in a global context.

Gilmartin, Mary / Hubbard, Phil / Kitchin, R. et al. (eds.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place. 3rd ed. 528 pp. 2024:5 (Sage, UK) <728-1196>
ISBN 978-1-5297-3256-6 hard ¥35,112.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-5297-3255-9 paper ¥11,700.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Space and place are at the heart of how geographers and sociologists think. This updated edition of the essential undergraduate text will introduce you to the most influential thinkers in the tradition of social theory, with a new focus on the past fifty years. This book is designed to engage with theoretical debates in human geography through the individuals who have made the most significant contributions to this field. This will show you how ideas are shaped by contexts, and how those ideas in turn effect change. This book shows how theoretical understandings evolve, shift and change. It also highlights the connections between different thinkers, whose ideas are developed in collaboration with or in reaction to others. Spatial thought is never developed in a vacuum, but is always constructed by individuals and groups of people located in particular institutional and social structures, with their own sets of personal and political beliefs. The biographical approach of this book reveals how individual thinkers draw on a rich legacy of ideas from past and contemporary generations. With increased coverage of international and female thinkers, as well as those who work against Eurocentric notions of space and place, this book reveals the exciting reorientation of Geography towards new ideas and methods in the last decade. Each entry contextualises its subject within on-going (inter)disciplinary debates and important political moments, as well as highlighting connections between different thinkers. Together the chapters uncover the rich and diverse evolution of social theory, equipping you with the foundational ideas of geographical thought. Each entry offers the following components: i) a short biography ii) an explanation of ideas iii) an exploration of how their ideas have been used and critiqued iv) a selective bibliography of key publications (and key publications which review or critique)

Good, Kristin R. / Nelles, Jen (eds.), Canadian Urban Governance in Comparative Perspective. 576 pp. 2024:10 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <728-1197>
ISBN 978-1-4426-3496-1 hard ¥40,986.- (税込) US$ 180.00
ISBN 978-1-4426-3495-4 paper ¥20,480.- (税込) US$ 89.95

What does a comparative approach add to our understanding of Canadian municipal government, city governance, and municipal policy-making? Canadian Urban Governance in Comparative Perspective brings together experts in the field to situate Canada within global debates about the place of municipalities in democratic constitutions and systems of (multi-level) governance. The contributors offer a comprehensive coverage of Canadian municipal government and governance. The book explores the conceptual and institutional foundations of Canadian municipal systems by placing them in comparative perspective; highlights seminal works by Canadian scholars to show how comparison adds to our understanding of municipal institutions and city governance; and conceptualizes the place of municipal governments in Canada's multi-level system. It analyzes comparisons of major elements of municipal systems and examines some of the most important urban and global policy challenges of our time, including the politics of growth and development, climate change, immigrant settlement, addressing racism, municipal-Indigenous relations, and tackling poverty and social polarization. Ultimately, the book invites readers to reflect upon and assess the extent to which Canada's current municipal systems are up to the task of contributing to effective and equitable responses to contemporary urban challenges and to enriching democratic life in Canada.

McDaniel, Paul N. / Rodriguez, Darlene Xiomara (eds.), Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States. 346 pp. 2024:8 (Lexington Books, US) <728-1199>
ISBN 978-1-66695-578-1 hard ¥29,601.- (税込) US$ 130.00

Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new and evolving experiences in these regions in recent years. Editors Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez and the contributors in Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States fill this gap through case studies of different types of immigrant gateway metro areas. They provide insight into how immigrant settlement, integration, and receptivity processes and practices within each metro area have continued to evolve beyond the nascent experiences documented in the early 2000s. This interdisciplinary volume examines ongoing processes in not only well-established immigrant gateways, but also in previously overlooked regions. This book is a resource for researchers, students, and practitioners to contextualize the ongoing changes in new destination metropolitan regions in the United States and to learn from the challenges, opportunities, and best practices emerging from different metropolitan regional contexts.

O'Brien, Daniel T., The Pointillistic City: How Microspatial Inequities Affect Well-Being in Our Communities, and What We Can Do about It. 342 pp. 2025:1 (MIT Pr., US) <728-1201>
ISBN 978-0-262-55080-2 paper ¥11,385.- (税込) US$ 50.00

Wang, Jamie, Reimagining the More-Than-Human City: Stories from Singapore. 272 pp. 2024:10 (MIT Pr., US) <728-1020>
ISBN 978-0-262-55093-2 paper ¥9,108.- (税込) US$ 40.00

Bunnell, Gene, Buffalo's Waterfront Renaissance: Citizen Activists, NGOs, and the Canalside Project. (Excelsior Editions) 316 pp. 2024:9 (Excelsior Editions / State U. New York Pr., US) <728-1145>
ISBN 978-1-4384-9908-6 hard ¥22,542.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-1-4384-9909-3 paper ¥7,502.- (税込) US$ 32.95

Cipriani, Laura (ed.), (Co)Designing Hope: Aqueous Landscapes in Transition. 304 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <727-950>
ISBN 978-1-03-241146-0 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-241147-7 paper ¥10,530.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Extreme weather events, droughts, floods, shifts in precipitation and temperature patterns, melting glaciers, sea-level rise, water salinization, and more generally, changes in the water cycle remind us that the climate crisis is mostly a water crisis. Perhaps even more serious is a crisis of imagination connected with thought and with creative, far-sighted action able to combine the visionary and the pragmatic. A response to these two crises can be provided by the disciplines of landscape architecture: these have always featured a plural, collective approach that comprises or originates from living systems and natural forces, on the involvement of human and nonhuman communities in the design process, and the inclusion of the time variable in future plans-without neglecting the necessary flexibility of creative and pragmatic thinking. How can landscape design and different forms of collaboration open new doors to face climate and water challenges? What hopes can spring from collective design in its broader meaning?This book sets out notions and ideas on water landscapes and (co)designed practices, identifying what hopeful routes might be taken for the three states of aqueous landscapes in transition-liquid, solid, and gas. The chapters show different scales and levels of design and collaborative practices: from large and governmental projects to small bottom-up interventions; from creative collaboration among designers to traditional community design; from participatory processes to nature as a co-designer for tackling the climate crisis. People, animals, plants, water, ice, fog, clouds, wind, sand, and rocks-all contribute to the cosmos' landscape symphony, and designing together can become a seed of hope to listen and embrace the Earth's climate changes.

Clifford, Ben / Gunn, Susannah / Inch, Andy et al., The Future for Planners: Commercialisation, Professionalism and the Public Interest in the UK. 224 pp. 2024:8 (Policy Pr., UK) <727-951>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6602-7 hard ¥23,408.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest. Nearly half of UK planners are now employed in the private sector, with complex inter-relations between the sectors including supplying outsourced services to local authorities struggling with centrally-imposed budget cuts. Drawing on new empirical data from a major research project, 'Working in the Public Interest', this book reveals what it's like to be a UK planner in the early 21st century, and how the profession can fulfil its potential for the benefit of society and the environment.

D'Acci, Luca S. (ed.), Urban Scaling: Allometry in Urban Studies and Spatial Science. (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy) 340 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <727-952>
ISBN 978-1-03-226440-0 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

Urban allometry empirically describes how "things", for example crime, GPD, emissions, energy use, area, street length, housing prices, etc. change in cities when their size, in terms of population, increases. Urban scaling is a relatively recent area of urban science, investigating how measurable characteristics of cities vary with their sizes.This book addresses this relatively novel but highly debated topic within urban studies and geography. It presents many results, techniques, methods, and reflections on urban scaling and allometry. The sections are organized into different sub-areas such as socio-economic, infrastructural or environmental outputs, so that there is a broad organization of the findings into recognizable sub-domains. The book is particularly timely as it is becoming increasingly urgent and necessary to understand the pro and cons of different city sizes and therefore to plan policies accordingly. The book is especially interesting from a theoretical perspective because it presents the latest developments and achievements in the field, which will help to highlight potential universal rules across cities and regions.This book will benefit researchers in urban science, and scholars entering the field from various disciplines, such as geography, sociology, economics, mathematics, physics, or urban and regional planning. It will also find an audience among practitioners and policymakers.

プレイスメイキング－人々、不動産、計画
Higgins, David / Larkham, Peter J. (eds.), Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning. 264 pp. 2024:11 (Emerald, UK) <727-955>
ISBN 978-1-83753-131-8 hard ¥25,047.- (税込) US$ 110.00

Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning, delivers a cross-disciplinary critique of "placemaking", an approach to the design and creation of new urban places, and the reshaping of old ones, that has become so pervasive that it forms the 'strapline' for the UK's Royal Town Planning Institute. Developing principally from planning and urban design, placemaking has swiftly become a new orthodoxy, a dominant paradigm. It seems to be all-encompassing, particularly at a time when towns and cities face new and large-scale challenges relating to climate change, sustainability, population movement and intensive capital regeneration. Higgins and Larkham alongside an expert team of contributors examine the experiences of placemaking, the quality of the places produced, and the experiences of those living and working in them? Placemaking: People, Properties, Planning contains a series of short, sharp chapters exploring a broad range of placemaking concepts and experiences. It is designed to be critical, but easily comprehensible to both university-level students in built environment academic disciplines and to practitioners in related professions.

Holland, Daniel, Communities of Resistance and Resilience in the Post-Industrial City: A Transnational Perspective from Lyon and Pittsburgh, 1980-2010. (Routledge Studies in Modern History) 236 pp. 2024:8 (Routledge, UK) <727-956>
ISBN 978-1-03-258950-3 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book is about the grassroots community revitalization movement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lyon, France, between 1980 and 2010, an extension of the post-WWII civil rights campaign that is rarely considered.It tells the story of residents' attempts to improve their communities through social capital or people power. In positive ways, citizens created vibrant, attractive neighborhoods. But their actions also generated unintended consequences, such as high real estate prices and minority displacement that threatened to unravel their hard work. Communities of Resistance and Resilience is an ethnographic survey that relies on oral histories, archival research, on-the-ground site surveys, and the author's personal experience as a neighborhood reinvestment practitioner for more than 30 years. It brings to life stories that would otherwise remain obscured, such as the lingering impact of the March for Equality and Against Racism, organized in Lyon in 1983, and the formation of the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group in Pittsburgh in 1988, both of which launched national movements.This is of great use to scholars of transatlantic history as well as a general audience interested in modern social movements in the United States and France.

Houbart, Claudine, The Evolution of Urban Heritage Conservation and the Role of Raymond Lemaire. (Planning, History and Environment Series) 312 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <727-957>
ISBN 978-1-03-258893-3 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

The 1960s and 1970s saw a marked change in the approach to built heritage conservation. From a focus on the preservation of individual buildings, attention turned to the conservation, regeneration, and reuse of entire historic districts. A key player in this process was the Belgian art and architecture historian Raymond Lemaire (1921-1997), yet beyond those in conservation circles few people know of his work and influence or even recognize his name.In this book, Claudine Houbart traces how the change came about and the role played by Lemaire. She describes his work and influence and in so doing provides a history of urban conservation over the last four decades of the twentieth century and beyond. The first chapter summarizes Lemaire's background from his training during the Second World War and his work as a Monuments Man immediately after the war, to his role in the drafting of the Venice Charter and his appointment as Secretary General of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites). The next chapter describes the rehabilitation of Great Beguinage in Louvain. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the project was directed by Lemaire and is a perfect example of the restoration of an entire district. The following chapter provides case studies of his work in Brussels, demonstrating his methodology in action. The final chapter discusses the transposition of the model of the historic city to urban projects and summarizes Lemaire's influence on heritage conservation today, particularly integrated conservation. His participation in drafting key conservation documents sponsored by the Council of Europe, UNESCO and ICOMOS, and his desire to revise the Venice Charter are discussed. The book's conclusion reflects on what has gone before, ending aptly with Lemaire's own words 'the past, properly understood, is one of the references for judging the value of today and tomorrow'.

Johns, Barry, Effective Urban Densification: A Guide for Professionals and the Housing Industry. 300 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <727-958>
ISBN 978-1-03-254025-2 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-254026-9 paper ¥9,359.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99

The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities. Advancing a novel formula labelled BAAKFIL, this book introduces a new way of thinking about affordability and revitalization of mature neighborhoods and communities. Beginning with an exploration of the monoculture of homogenous, average quality suburban housing stock in North America, subsequent chapters explore the serious issue of land cost; infill, zoning and Nimbyism in the context of the mass housing industry. Then, bridging the gap between theory and practice, the author introduces a theoretical design approach (BAAKFIL) as a practical formula for adding affordable residential units in established single family neighborhoods while respecting their defining features. The final chapters evaluate the efficacy of BAAKFIL as a conceptual model by exploring various 'test bed' sites where the framework is applied. This book will be a valuable resource for practicing architects in the housing domain, as well as for planners working in municipalities. It will also appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of urban design and architecture.

都市地理学　第4版
Kaplan, David / Holloway, Steven, Urban Geography. 4th ed. 560 pp. 2024:10 (Wiley, US) <727-959>
ISBN 978-1-119-93027-3 paper ¥12,739.- (税込) US$ 55.95

This new edition of the leading textbook on Urban Geography offers new and revised content throughout Urban Geography provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of urban geography, exploring the origins, historical development, and current challenges of cities and metropolitan areas. Incorporating the most current research in urban studies, this acclaimed textbook introduces key elements of urban theory and methodology while addressing the urban experience in a global context. Student-friendly chapters cover central topics such as urbanization processes, discrimination in the housing market, gentrification, metropolitan governance, urban planning, and issues of immigration, ethnicity, and urbanism. The fourth edition of Urban Geography is extensively revised and updated, with two entirely new chapters focused on urban transportation and the relationship between cities and nature, including climate change. Expanded material addressing the impact of COVID-19 and other health aspects of cities is accompanied by new information, new figures, new themes, and new pedagogical features. Capturing the excitement, richness, and dynamics of the field, Urban Geography: Introduces theories and issues associated with urban systems, including urban hierarchy, metropolitan dominance, urban-economic restructuring, and industrial urbanizationDiscusses contemporary debates on the structure and functioning of cities, the role of government in urban housing, urban sprawl, and geographical and political fragmentationPresents traditional models of urban social space and new factors that organize intra-urban space, such as globalization and postmodernismAnalyzes issues of immigration, ethnicity, and urbanism, with special emphasis on the geographic patterns of Latino and Asian immigrationExamines cities both in the developed world and in less developed non-industrial areas Urban Geography, Fourth Edition, is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in Urban Geography, as well as related courses in Urban Studies, Sociology, and Political Science programs.

Ribas-Mateos, Natalia, A Message to You: A Cartography of Mobilities - Sexual Border Violence, Solidarities and Global Cities. 280 pp. 2024:10 (Ibidem Pr., GW) <727-961>
ISBN 978-3-8382-1938-7 paper ¥7,969.- (税込) US$ 35.00

Santos, Joao Rafael / Silva, Maria Matos et al. (eds.), Towards a Metropolitan Public Space Network: Lessons, Projects and Prospects from Lisbon. (Project Thinking on Design) 304 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <727-963>
ISBN 978-1-03-252830-4 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book explores the hypothesis that public space - if conceptualized, imagined, and shaped at the metropolitan scale, through innovative territorial design approaches - offers the possibility to interconnect and integrate various systems in search for synergic responses to emerging societal challenges that impact large, urbanised landscapes.The book offers a multidimensional and multi-geographic framework to discuss the role of public space on contemporary metropolitan territories, as part of MetroPublicNet - Building the foundations of a Metropolitan Public Space Network to support the robust, low-carbon and cohesive city: Projects, lessons, and prospects in Lisbon research project. The reader will find a critical and overarching perspective on the conceptual, methodological, and empirical lenses that unfolded throughout the research process, namely a systematised decoding of the public space projects, policies, and rationales that shaped the recent transformation of Lisbon Metropolitan Area. With a diverse range of authors actively engaged in academic research and professorship, in design practice, and in policy-oriented roles, the book concludes with the outlining of forward-looking guidelines, policy recommendations, and design experimentations. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, urbanism, landscape architecture and geography.

Sharma, Utpal / Kothary, Swati / Gajjar, Vibha (eds.), Future is Urban II: Urban Resilience, Capacity Building, Nature Based Solution. 583 pp. 2024:6 (Routledge, UK) <727-964>
ISBN 978-1-03-278443-4 paper ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

Global concerns and local problems are increasing not only in urban areas but also in regions where the human impact is minimal. The global consequences of exploiting and irreversibly utilising natural resources are becoming evident. Climate change, characterised by erratic weather patterns and global warming, has become prevalent around the world. This has resulted in the increased occurrence of many calamities, such as floods, droughts, heat waves, and other related disasters. The efficacy of decision-making processes determines the alternative methods for discovering solutions and ensuring readiness for future advancements. These kinds of difficulties require profound contemplation and reflection on concepts from multiple viewpoints and necessitate engaging discussions. By implementing nature-based solutions (NBS) and blue and green infrastructure (BGI), it is possible to mitigate their occurrences and address concerns.

都市外交－入門
Karvounis, Antonios M., City Diplomacy: An Introduction. 122 pp. 2024:6 (Routledge, UK) <727-733>
ISBN 978-1-03-271633-6 hard ¥14,626.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99 *

This book examines the theoretical, historical, and practical dimensions of how a city operates internationally. It explores the various approaches of the contentious term "city diplomacy", its impact and follows examples throughout history, the origins of city diplomacy, and its evolution through traditional town-twinning, city networks, and smart cities. Cities have become important actors on the world stage, they have developed diplomatic apparatus and play an important role in securing sustainable futures across a range of key global issues, including climate change, inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication, housing, infrastructure, basic services, productive employment, food security, and public health. Practitioners along with scholars and students of political science, spatial planning, economic geography, international relations, and local government will find this an insightful, invaluable view of the subject.

Yadollahi, Solmaz, Urban Heritage Planning in Tehran and Beyond: Sequences of Disrupted Spatial-Discursive Assemblages. (Cultural Heritage Studies 9) 268 S. 2024:6 (Transcript, GW) <727-863>
ISBN 978-3-8376-7162-9 paper ¥9,812.- (税込) EUR 40.00

Despite the impact of ideological rigidity, the primary challenge of heritage planning in Tehran and beyond lies not in the dominance of an inflexible Authorized Heritage Discourse, but rather in the absence of stable spatial-discursive and administrative structures. Solmaz Yadollahi maps the historical trajectory of conservation and urban heritage planning in Iran, depicting a discursive-spatial assemblage that tends to knock down its accumulated resources. This is in line with Katouzian's portrayal of Iran as a pick-axe society. Residing within this society, the studied assemblage strives to deconstruct the prevailing structures and usher in a fresh one, paradoxically perpetuating the very cycle it seeks to escape.

Gastrow, Claudia, The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism and City Building in Oil-Boom Luanda. 256 pp. 2024:10 (U. North Carolina Pr., US) <727-869>
ISBN 978-1-4696-8218-1 paper ¥6,818.- (税込) US$ 29.95

After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola's three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos rolled out a national reconstruction program that sought to transform Angola's capital into what he considered to be a modern, world-class metropolis. Until funds dried up in 2014, the program-in conjunction with sweeping private investments in real estate-involved mass demolitions of vernacular architecture to make way for high-rise buildings, large-scale housing projects, and commercial centers. The program thus underestimated the values enshrined in the materials and designs of Luanda's existing ""informally"" constructed neighborhoods, or musseques.The Aesthetics of Belonging explores the political significance of aesthetics in the remaking of the city. Claudia Gastrow's archival and ethnographic work, which includes interviews with city planners, architects, nonprofit leaders, and urban dwellers, shows how government infrastructure projects and foreign-inspired designs came to embody displacement and exclusion for many. This, Gastrow argues, catalyzed a countermovement, an aesthetic dissent rooted in critically reframing informal urbanism as Indigenous-a move that enabled the possibility of recognizing the political potential of informal settlements as spaces that produce belonging.

Albert, Sylvie / Millard, Jeremy / Pandey, Manish (eds.), Implementing Sustainable Cities. (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development) 274 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <727-914>
ISBN 978-1-03-258770-7 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-03-258768-4 paper ¥10,822.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

This edited volume brings together international authors to explore how cities around the world are implementing their commitment towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.To achieve sustainability, cities choose their own goals and develop the necessary governance and resourcing mechanisms to achieve their objectives. This book highlights the innovative ways cities can plan their implementation by drawing on comprehensive research and literature reviews. Case studies from around the world, including North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, describe examples of various cities' governance mechanisms, resourcing strategies and implementation strategies. By showcasing these case studies, cities worldwide can emulate, transform, and execute their own vision drawing on the examples and pathways laid out by their peers. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UN SDG implementation, contrasting the approaches and enabling communities worldwide to learn from one another and choose strategies that meet their local needs.This book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals of urban sustainability, planning, smart cities, and sustainable communities. It will also be useful for city and government stakeholders including policy makers, economic development corporations and NGOs.

Richards, Michael A., Regreening the Built Environment: Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability. 2nd ed. 320 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <727-935>
ISBN 978-1-03-266865-9 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-03-266859-8 paper ¥10,822.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

Now in its second volume, Regreening the Built Environment provides an overview of physical and social environmental challenges that the planet is facing and presents solutions that restore ecological processes, reclaim open space, foster social equity, and facilitate a green economy.Healing the planet requires a combination of strategies networked across multiple scales of development, including buildings, sites, communities, and regions. Case studies from a range of locations in the USA, Denmark, Vietnam, Germany, South Korea, Switzerland, France, and the UK, among others, demonstrate how existing gray infrastructure can be retrofitted with green infrastructure and low impact development techniques. From this, the author shows how a building can be designed that creates greenspace or generates energy; likewise, a roadway can be a parkway, an alley can be a wildlife corridor, and a parking surface can be a garden. This new edition also includes case studies that have successfully reconnected communities that were fragmented by unjust planning practices and irresponsible patterns of development, resilient design solutions in response to natural disasters, passive design strategies that can make interior spaces more efficient and healthier, and expanded discussions on capture carbon, renewable energy, agriculture, waste, public transit, and adaptive reuse, including innovative ideas on how to reimagine the shopping mall in the era of e-commerce.The strategies presented in this book will stimulate discussions within the design profession and will be of great interest to students and practitioners of environmental studies, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design.

Chapman, David / Nilsson, Kristina L. / Sjoeholm, Jennie, Planning and Urban Design for Attractive Arctic Cities. 262 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <727-949>
ISBN 978-1-03-237270-9 hard ¥39,501.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00
ISBN 978-1-03-237271-6 paper ¥10,822.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

This book takes a deep dive into the design and planning, and unique challenges of settlements in the European Arctic. Attractive Arctic Cities require job opportunities, good societal and commercial services, and importantly, high-quality built environments in order to thrive. The cities of the European Arctic are generally small and sit in sparsely populated regions, with large travel times between places, making them uniquely challenging from a planning and design perspective. The chapters detail the planning process and place-shaping in Arctic. Emphasis is placed on the importance of urban design, micro-climate, cultural heritage and movement & transport. The objective is to provide an overarching book for students and practitioners of architecture, urban design and town planning on the design and planning of Arctic settlements in the European Arctic (Finland, Norway, Sweden) as well as in North America, Canada, Russia, Iceland, Greenland, and China.

Hammelman, Colleen / Levkoe, C. Z. / Reynolds, K. (eds.), Radical Food Geographies: Power, Knowledge and Resistance. (Food and Society) 320 pp. 2024:8 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <727-230>
ISBN 978-1-5292-3341-4 hard ¥24,871.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

This collection presents critical and action-oriented approaches to addressing food systems challenges across places, spaces, and scales. With case studies from around the globe, Radical Food Geographies explores interconnections between power structures and the social and ecological dynamics that bring food from the land and water to our plates. Through themes of scale, spatial imaginaries, and human and more-than-human relationships, the authors explore ongoing efforts to co-construct more equitable and sustainable food systems for all. Advancing a radical food geographies praxis, the book reveals multiple forms of resistance and resurgence, and offers examples of co-creating food systems transformation through scholarship, action, and geography.

大都市化に直面するフランスの主要な都市
Bourdin, Alain (ed.), Major French Cities facing Metropolization. 232 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1047>
ISBN 978-3-031-59313-0 hard ¥34,338.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book characterizes a type of city, i.e. the metropolis, by using characteristics which have very little to do with its size. It distinguishes between metropolises and megacities and defines these different characteristics by bringing together elements related to facilities, accessibility and economic power on one hand and other elements which relate more to the capacity for innovation and, more generally, to the knowledge society and economy. All of which demonstrate the process of metropolization, as well as elements of daily life and, more generally, elements which relate to the urban experience. To live in a metropolis is not only to benefit from more urban amenities, but also to live in a different way, in particular, in a world which is much more diverse in every respect. Based on a series of metropolization criteria constructed and discussed, this book goes beyond ordinary statistical approaches to integrate the interterritorial scale of metropolitan systems as well as their qualitative dimension. Following in Simmel's footsteps, it shows that a city is also an atmosphere, a mentality, a spirit, all of which are poorly captured by statistical data. As such, the book focuses on five major themes: networks, economic development, social issues, urban form and the ecological and digital transition. The books makes an interesting read for urban planners, sociologists, planners and architects, and all specialists working in this field.

Brunn, Stanley D. (ed.), Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks. Volume 1: Mapping Time Journey Experiences. 283 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1048>
ISBN 978-3-031-58020-8 hard ¥39,244.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book describes the journey concept relating to cultural and social history of Western and non-Western worlds. By including time journeys negotiated by women, racial minorities, artists, and scholars from the humanities and social, natural and physical scientists, the book explores time/space journeys in personal, professional, and cultural life and place experiences. The sixteen chapters in this book offer new insights into time/place worlds in different contexts including history, culture, astronomy, and science fiction. The concept is one where science and art worlds intersect in the emerging worlds of the unknown. With contributors from different disciplines and countries expanding our understanding of this concept, this volume provides a valuable source for disciplinary and interdisciplinary classes and seminars exploring these scholarly frontiers.

Brunn, Stanley D. (ed.), Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks. Volume 2: Mapping Heritage Journeys and Sameness. 346 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1049>
ISBN 978-3-031-58028-4 hard ¥39,244.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book explores journeys in a time context with a focus on places, place meanings, and landscapes. Whether the journey relates to ancient or modern trails, roads, or railroads, or a historical or contemporary pilgrimage or a tourist venture in social contexts, the book addresses the importance of places and environmental settings, whereby time itself is described and defined in multiple contexts. The chapters discuss among others archaeological and pre-history settings, tourism settings, and heritage events, as well as regional and transnational migration routes and those used by historical nomadic cultures and postmodern nomads. Some time and place journeys are fluid and dynamic and re-interpreted while for others there is much "sameness" in the visible landscapes. Retaining the past and reconstructing the past are both journeys. That sameness concept is also applied to cultural and political worlds where there is little progress or reform to address social welfare and empowerment. This book opens the door for exploring shallow and deep journeys by those in the humanities and social sciences at local, national, and regional scales.

Brunn, Stanley D. (ed.), Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks. Volume 3: Mapping Time Journeys in Music, Art and Spirituality. 280 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1050>
ISBN 978-3-031-58032-1 hard ¥39,244.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This volume discusses the intersections of multiple human journeys and the importance of places and place settings, such as battlefield re-enactments, heritage fairs, pilgrimage sites and faith journeys. The chapters in this book describe among others racial history tourism, music festivals which are frequent time-journeys attracting local and regional audiences, as well as art journeys, displayed in museums, whereby place plays an important role in how journeys of the soul, culture, and state are intersected, displayed, and remembered. The book also provides insight into how the worlds of art, narratives, and images are evident in how youth draw and depict climate change, re-inventing the past for commercial tourism income and re-interpreting history for contemporary cultures. It shows how global warming is also a journey that is both intellectual and environmental and how politics is an important part of any constructed and reconstructed journey.

Brunn, Stanley D. (ed.), Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks. Volume 4: Mapping Time Transport Journeys. 223 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1051>
ISBN 978-3-031-58036-9 hard ¥39,244.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book provides insight into the importance of place and place settings in personal journeys. It explores the worlds of time journeys in different contexts: daily work, community livelihoods, rural-urban migration, disease outbreaks and controls, cruise ship tours, and isolated frontier settings. Besides this, the book also addresses the networks connecting rural and urban places, transcontinental highways and railroads, rural-urban migration and other innovative journeys such as gas station road maps and body maps. The chapters also discuss how eradicating diseases are time/place journeys as is moving from a distant isolated frontier to a metropolis. As such, this book is a must read for those interested in exploring the intersections in and between the humanities and social/policy sciences.

Brunn, Stanley D. (ed.), Geography of Time, Place, Movement and Networks. Volume 5: Mapping Women and Family Journeys. 244 pp. 2024:5 (Springer, GW) <726-1052>
ISBN 978-3-031-58040-6 hard ¥36,791.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book investigates both early as well as recent accounts of journeys by women and families in African, Asian, East European, North and Latin American contexts. It discusses how places, place settings and transport routes, whether by land, sea, or air, were and remain important in the impacts these newcomers have on states and regions. The contributions to this book provide insight in laws and regulations related to women's and refugees' rights. They highlight the importance of place and location in defining rights and implementing reforms, such as the importance of the politics and the state in identifying rights in global contexts of refugee resettlement, cross-border employment, security and reshaping human institutions as well as the changing legal landscape related to for instance women participating in the Olympic Games and in national sports. The book also touches on the worlds of family landscapes, mapping family trees, family cemeteries and redefining immigrant city mixes. As such, the book offers readers to explore past, present, and future issues faced by women and families, regardless of place or country.

Demirsu, Ipek, The Hostile City of Love and Antibodies of Hate: Urban Contestations of Identity and Belonging. (Global Populisms 5) 314 pp. 2024:7 (Brill, NE) <726-1053>
ISBN 978-90-04-69289-3 hard ¥31,643.- (税込) EUR 129.00

Demirsu offers an engaging comparative analysis of antagonistic social actors co-existing in Verona, a mid-sized city in northeast Italy renowned as the fortress of the far-right. This rich multidimensional analysis explores the intersection of space, identity, and social movements, by delving into the evolution of competing actors and their contending positions on identity and belonging as manifested through urban spaces. While the city and its touristic heritage are promoted for a transnational identitarian network, the protracted struggles of grassroots actors demonstrate democratic potentials for the bottom-up realization of inclusive and pluralist possibilities in hostile settings. The book traces the ways in which collective identity and collective action of social actors are shaped by their relationship to the space in which they operate, with ramifications for places beyond.

Iyer-Raniga, Usha, Circular Practices in Buildings and Construction to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. (Progressing the Sustainable Development Goals) 144 pp. 2024:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <726-1054>
ISBN 978-1-03-533886-3 hard ¥23,408.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

This insightful book is a timely response to three of the most significant planetary crises facing humanity: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. Usha Iyer-Raniga explores how the One Planet Network's Sustainable Buildings and Construction (SBC) programme has provided a clear and actionable pathway to address these critical issues.Launched in 2015, the SBC programme has vastly improved understanding of sustainable construction and has supported and promoted mainstream sustainable building solutions. This unique book outlines the history of the SBC programme, its major successes, its global application and the challenges it faces. Iyer-Raniga highlights advancements in current practice, in particular the mapping of circular built environment indicators against relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Looking ahead, the book proposes opportunities to further develop the insights gained from this programme, and considers the future impact of pursuing circular practices in the building and construction sector.Informative and accessible, this book is a vital read for built environment professionals working in planning, architecture, engineering, procurement, building and construction. Its consideration of the relationship between circular construction and the SDGs is also of importance to policymakers and stakeh olders working in sustainability, as well as students and academics specialising in the built environment.

Oliveira, Vitor (ed.), ISUF, Urban Morphology and Human Settlements: Advances and Prospects. (The Urban Book Series) 274 pp. 2024:7 (Springer, GW) <726-1055>
ISBN 978-3-031-58135-9 hard ¥31,885.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book offers insight into the most important scientific society on urban morphology worldwide: the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). After addressing the three-decade history of ISUF, the book analyses the present and future of this scientific society, of urban morphology, and of human settlements. This timely and fundamental reflection gathers contributions from present and past leadership of ISUF since its inception in 1994. Over the last three decades, the urban world has undergone major changes: the urban population is now higher than the rural population; more than half of the world's population lives on a single continent-Asia, home to almost three billion people in China and India alone-so geographical imbalance is considerable; and while half of the urban population still lives in small cities of fewer than 300,000 inhabitants, the number of megacities has increased significantly. How does the physical form of cities in different parts of the world respond to these dynamics? Can cities preserve fundamental elements of humankind's urban heritage while accommodating changes driven by the main socioeconomic and environmental needs of today? The field of urban morphology has been continuously adjusting to the essential dynamics of its object of study. While developing and strengthening its most robust theories, concepts, and methods designed after the mid-twentieth century, urban morphology has been able to integrate innovative approaches for describing and explaining the emerging dynamics and patterns of urban form-often incorporating groundbreaking technologies for data collection, analysis, modelling, and simulation. But what is the role of urban morphology in science and society today? How effective is it in communicating a rigorous understanding of the urban landscape both to academics and researchers in other fields and to citizens in general? How successful is it in providing practitioners with relevant and useful knowledge that informs their action on cities' form and structure through spatial planning, urban design, and architecture? This book addresses these fundamental questions, offering academics, researchers, and practitioners comprehensive knowledge on human settlements, the field of urban morphology, and the role of ISUF in promoting groundbreaking morphological thought.

ジェンダーと都市ハンドブック
Peake, Linda / Datta, A. / Adeniyi-Ogunyankin, G. (eds.), Handbook on Gender and Cities. (International Handbooks on Gender) 496 pp. 2024:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <726-1056>
ISBN 978-1-78643-612-2 hard ¥65,835.- (税込) GB￡ 225.00

This Handbook is a state-of-the-art exploration of the multidisciplinary field of gender and cities scholarship, providing in-depth assessments of the latest research within key areas of feminist urban academia. Editors Linda Peake, Anindita Datta and Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin have brought together over 60 feminist scholars to present cutting-edge insights into this important field of study.The Handbook on Gender and Cities presents a cross-section of contemporary feminist work, spanning a range of theories and practices associated with urban space. Contributing authors explore key issues including urban policy, planning and politics; the urban economic arena; the urban environment; the urban everyday; feminist imaginaries of urban spaces and places; and feminist and decolonial urban knowledge production. The editors trace numerous crucial themes across the Handbook's chapters, namely patriarchy, social reproduction, gendered violence, and women's agency and the arena of the everyday. Whilst the Handbook celebrates the continually developing field of feminist urban studies, it acknowledges the volume of work still to be done and encourages future research to better accept and understand its complex and multiplicitous nature.This forward-thinking Handbook is a vital resource for students, scholars and researchers in the fields of urban studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, women's and gender studies and development studies. Its discussion of contemporary issues in urban settings will also appeal to professionals and practitioners working in public policy, urban design and planning.

Sivaramakrishnan, Lakshmi / Bandyopadhyay, Sumana (eds.), Sustainable Urban Forms and Communities: Urban Geographies of Eastern India: Urban Geographies of Eastern India. 300 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <725-703>
ISBN 978-1-03-226648-0 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This volume discusses the patterns and trends of urbanization in West Bengal - one of the most urbanized states of India in the early part of the 20th Century. It focuses on the emerging urban landscapes of the state and neighbouring areas on building sustainable urban units and sustainable communities. The book explores the changing urban geographies of the emerging towns of the state and discusses how proper governance can help them to change into sustainable urban units. It presents the historical context of urbanization of West Bengal and traces the factors responsible for the urban primacy of the state. It discusses topics such as the development of the spatial patterns and urbanization, spatial trends of urban growth using remote sensing and GIS techniques, well-being and resilience in the urban society, impact of urbanization on the health status of its citizens, and decentralized governance for inclusive and sustainable development of cities. It also focuses on urban growth, land-use change and its impact on the urban environment. Based on empirical research, this book will be useful for students, teachers and researchers of geography, urban geography, urban studies, urban development and planning, regional planning urban sociology, politics, and urban economics. It will also be of interest to geographers, urban planners, community of geographers, professionals engaged in the discipline, and those interested in the urban geography of West Bengal and eastern India.

Appelhans, Nadine / Rawhani, Carmel et al. (eds.), Everyday Urban Practices in Africa: Disrupting Global Norms. (Routledge Studies in African Development) 292 pp. 2024:7 (Routledge, UK) <725-735>
ISBN 978-1-03-246698-9 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *

This book disrupts the dominant underlying international norms informing urban development strategies across African cities. International policy frameworks have created a new universal agenda for developing cities. However, these frameworks have also imposed global paradigms and discourses that are often in conflict with local urbanisms. As we approach the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, there is need for reflection and deliberation on a post-2030 agenda.The authors identify powerful assumptions, norms, and positionalities that obfuscate the efforts to achieve sustainable development in African cities, as well as along the North-South divide. They argue that a disruptive critique of these normative concepts, grounded in the lived African urban everyday, opens up opportunities to dismantle their assumed neutrality. Through disruption, the authors critically re-interpret the meanings of policy and the praxis of local urbanism, ultimately challenging the logic of universalising concepts underpinning implementation in the current international policy system, and asserting the need for contextualised urban policies.The book will be of interest to scholars and students of urban studies, development planning, urban governance, human settlements, development studies, urban geography and African studies. It will also be useful for practitioners including town and regional/urban planners, urban policy consultants, and international development cooperation agencies.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Bradlow, Benjamin H., Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in Sao Paulo and Johannesburg. (Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology) 224 pp. 2024:10 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <725-736>
ISBN 978-0-691-23711-4 hard ¥22,757.- (税込) US$ 99.95
ISBN 978-0-691-23712-1 paper ¥6,818.- (税込) US$ 29.95

Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environmentFor the first time in history, most people live in cities. One in seven are living in slums, the most excluded parts of cities, in which the basics of urban life-including adequate housing, accessible sanitation, and reliable transportation-are largely unavailable. Why are some cities more successful than others in reducing inequalities in the built environment? In Urban Power, Benjamin Bradlow explores this question, examining the effectiveness of urban governance in two "megacities" in young democracies: Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Both cities came out of periods of authoritarian rule with similarly high inequalities and similar policy priorities to lower them. And yet Sao Paulo has been far more successful than Johannesburg in improving access to basic urban goods.Bradlow examines the relationships between local government bureaucracies and urban social movements that have shaped these outcomes. Drawing on sixteen months of fieldwork in both cities, including interviews with informants from government agencies, political leadership, social movements, private developers, bus companies, and water and sanitation companies, Bradlow details the political and professional conflicts between and within movements, governments, private corporations, and political parties. He proposes a bold theoretical approach for a new global urban sociology that focuses on variations in the coordination of local governing power, arguing that the concepts of "embeddedness" and "cohesion" explain processes of change that bridge external social mobilization and the internal coordinating capacity of local government to implement policy changes.

Mercer, Claire, The Suburban Frontier: Middle-Class Construction in Dar es Salaam. 220 pp. 2024:9 (U. California Pr., US) <725-745>
ISBN 978-0-520-40238-6 paper ¥7,957.- (税込) US$ 34.95

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. African cities are under construction. Beyond the urban redevelopment schemes and large-scale infrastructure projects reconfiguring central city skylines, urban residents are putting their resources into finding land and building homes on city edges. The Suburban Frontier examines how self-built housing on the urban periphery has become central to middle-class formation and urban transformation in contemporary Tanzania. Drawing on original research in the city of Dar es Salaam, Claire Mercer details how the "suburban frontier" has become the place where Africa's middle classes are shaped. As the first book-length analysis of Africa's suburban middle class, The Suburban Frontier offers significant contributions to the study of urban social change in Africa and urbanization in the Global South.

Black, Philip / Martin, Michael / Phillips, Robert et al., Applied Urban Design: A Contextually Responsive Approach. 335 pp. 2024:9 (Routledge, UK) <725-838>
ISBN 978-0-367-90398-5 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-0-367-89754-3 paper ¥10,237.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Applied Urban Design combines why we design and who we design for, with how we design, by providing the reader with a comprehensive and accessible bespoke framework for both understanding and practicing urban design in a contextually responsive manner from appraisal to design delivery. The framework is presented across four distinct steps, covering analysis at strategic and local scales; the urban design program; design development; and technical design. The authors unpack the functional blueprints, liveable qualities, contextual dynamics, and technical components of quality urban design, identifying the role of urban designers in shaping spaces and places across differing local contexts through a responsive and multiscalar approach. International best practice examples and two original 'live' case studies in Aalborg, Denmark and Manchester, UK demonstrate the application of the framework across differing scales and contexts - each supported by authors own images and graphics that illustrate the broad range of urban design visualisation techniques and methods.Visually compelling and insightful, Applied Urban Design is for all who seek to understand, demand, and create people-centred, high-quality, contextually responsive places and spaces.

Borrup, Tom / Zitcer, Andrew (eds.), Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life. (Community Development Research and Practice Series) 272 pp. 2024:8 (Routledge, UK) <725-839>
ISBN 978-1-03-275873-2 hard ¥38,038.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-275872-5 paper ¥10,530.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities in a range of countries including the US, Australia, Portugal, Nepal, the UK, and Canada. The book demonstrates how creativity is integrated in place-based actions, aesthetic strategies, learning environments, and civic processes. As long-time champions and observers of community-based creative and cultural practices, editors Tom Borrup and Andrew Zitcer elucidate work that not only responds to socio-political conditions but advances practice. They call on artists, funders, cultural organizations, community groups, educational institutions, government, and others to engage in and support this work that fosters a culture of democracy. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences, activists, funders, and artists who seek to understand and effect change on local and global scales to preserve, extend, and improve practices of democracy.