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

Vanni, Ilaria / Crosby, Alexandra, Neighbourhood Ecologies: Creative Ethnographies of Urban Environments. 159 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-910>
ISBN 978-981-9625-70-3 hard ¥9,896.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This book foregrounds socioecological stewardship in urban spaces. It demonstrates how activities like gardening and participating in events that spark ecological learning foster a sense of place, social connections, and lively neighbourhoods. Offering case studies from Sydney, Australia, it presents an innovative, interdisciplinary, place-based design research methodology. This approach combines ethnography to examine people-place-environment relationships with design's potential for creating change through artefacts and initiatives like maps, curated walks, and workshops. The book contributes to methodological debates by showcasing how visual communication and socially engaged practices strengthen ethnographic understandings of society, culture, and the environment. The authors show that these practices connect everyday environmental actions to broader contexts, such as making cities liveable during climate change, aligning with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. Neighbourhood Ecologies offers key insights for scholars and students of urban sociology, human geography, anthropology, design studies, and social movement studies interested in how critical environmental issues become grounded in local contexts.

Astolfo, Giovanna / Boano, Camillo (eds.), Displacement Urbanism: Politics of Bodies and Spaces of Abandonment and Endurance. 256 pp. 2026:1 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-923>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4232-4 paper ¥8,097.- (税込) GB￡ 27.99

Available open access digitally under CC BY NC ND licence. At a time when the annihilation of places to live and to imagine a future is unfolding-through the violent return of war, aggressive capitalism, and biopolitical projects of territorial control-this timely book explores the layered and ongoing displacements that shape much of the world today. Bringing together case studies from both the Global North and South, the contributors examine the deeply entangled relationship between displacement and the production of urban space in our time. This perspective takes root in the everyday fragility of urban life, particularly in places marked by colonial legacies, racial capitalism, extractive economies and imperial infrastructures. It draws attention to the creative urban processes that arise in the aftermath of violence and the resourceful practices that continue to shape how cities are lived in, imagined and built.

いかに新参者が都市の政策形成を形作るか
Broadhead, Jacqueline, Welcoming Cities: How Newcomers Shape Urban Policy Making. 304 pp. 2025:9 (Policy Pr., UK) <754-924>
ISBN 978-1-4473-7842-6 hard ¥26,037.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-4473-7843-3 paper ¥8,675.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99

This book outlines a comprehensive framework for the inclusion of newcomers locally, drawing on learning and examples from 12 UK cities and international partners as well as innovative research findings.

ディズニーランドの政治－いかに中規模の都市と大企業が共存するか
Burns, Peter F. / Thomas, Matthew O. / Bieganski, Max R., Disneyland Politics: How a Medium-Size City and Corporate Giant Coexist. (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) 252 pp. 2025:12 (Temple U. Pr., US) <754-925>
ISBN 978-1-4399-2685-7 hard ¥23,458.- (税込) US$ 110.50
ISBN 978-1-4399-2686-4 paper ¥8,056.- (税込) US$ 37.95

Forthcoming Fall 2025

グローバルなコンテクストにおける都市の再開発と近隣のジェントリフィケーション
Camp Yeakey, Carol / Yin, Ming / Cheon, Byung-Hoon, Urban Redevelopment and Neighborhood Gentrification in Global Contexts: But Where Are the Poor to Live? (Neighborhoods, Communities, and Urban Marginality) 15 pp. 2025:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-926>
ISBN 978-981-9682-67-6 hard ¥42,071.- (税込) EUR 169.99

This book focuses on urban redevelopment and neighborhood gentrification in three global contexts: New York City (USA), London (UK) and Seoul (South Korea). It examines the processes and challenges that impact the various constituencies who live and work in these different global neighborhoods, in comparative contexts. In so doing, the authors explore the complexities wrought by our global economy through globalization and competition, and the rapid pace of urbanization, as they impact urban redevelopment and neighborhood gentrification in global cities. While all societies seek to advance, the volume's recurring question is cui bono, who benefits from modern day urban redevelopment and neighborhood gentrification, irrespective of geographical setting, and raises the question, 'but, where are the poor to live?'

Cheshmehzangi, Ali, Advanced City: For the Future of Cities and Opposing Smart Cities. (Urban Sustainability) 498 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-927>
ISBN 978-981-9500-77-2 hard ¥32,171.- (税込) EUR 129.99

"Evolution is by choice". This is not a passive truth, but a conscious commitment, one that lies at the heart of what I call the Advanced City. Coined and thoroughly introduced here in the book, this new concept is based on people-centric and data-informed processes to enhance our cities and communities for their future, and not for imagining future cities. This is not another model in the long line of urban prescriptions, nor a distant techno-utopia to be fantasized. It is a paradigm shift, an invitation to think, feel, and build differently. The 'Advanced City' is a lived revolution, a dynamic process grounded in values, purpose, and practice. Too often, we romanticize the future city: glass towers, flying cars, machines and robots everywhere, data-driven dreams. But these visions distract us from the urgency of the present. They bypass the real work of transformation by projecting change onto an abstract tomorrow. The Advanced City asks something deeper: What kind of cities are we actively creating, today, here, and now? It is not about waiting for innovation to arrive. It is about choosing a different path, rooted in responsibility, equity, and long-view thinking. This book is not about cities as machines, markets, or spectacles. It is about cities as ecosystems of meaning, struggle, creativity, and care. The Advanced City is a movement of re-engagement, for academics, for planners, for civic leaders, and for all who call the city home. It calls on us to be co-creators of our urban futures, not passive consumers of predesigned and predetermined solutions. We need radical honesty about the failures of current systems, and the intellectual courage to reimagine what's possible. The advanced city resists the illusion of "smartness" and returns us to human truths: interdependence, justice, and purpose. It is about making change, not waiting for it. So, this is not a new product for urban branding, it is rather a process for transformation, a paradigm shift, and an "urban revolution". A call to co-create cities that are not merely advanced in function, but advanced in wisdom. Here, I also call for the development of 'Brother Cities' and 'Advanced Development Goals (ADGs)'. If not now, when? If not us, who? Let the Advanced City be an urban revolution of now and the future to be lived; not later, but now - not for the future cities, but for the future of our cities and communities.

Epstein, Edward M., Race, Real Estate and Education: Inventing Gentrification in Philadelphia, 1960-2020. (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) 218 pp. 2025:9 (Temple U. Pr., US) <754-928>
ISBN 978-1-4399-2631-4 hard ¥22,184.- (税込) US$ 104.50
ISBN 978-1-4399-2632-1 paper ¥6,994.- (税込) US$ 32.95

Forthcoming Fall 2025

Green, Roger / Popple, Keith, Neoliberalism and Urban Regeneration: London's Communities Finding a Voice and Fighting Back. 224 pp. 2025:8 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-929>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4394-9 hard ¥23,144.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00
ISBN 978-1-5292-4395-6 paper ¥8,097.- (税込) GB￡ 27.99

London is a major global city which attracts a massive influx of capital while concentrating power and wealth in the hands of the few. Meanwhile, many communities suffer housing shortages, poverty and dispossession. How can its diverse communities fight back against exclusionary regeneration projects? This accessible book tells the story of the Voice4Deptford campaign in Southeast London, which has taken radical democratic and creative action to resist the destructive influence of neoliberalism at the community level. It shows how top-down change is challenged and, together with case studies from across London, offers powerful ways forward for other urban communities globally.

Lackowska, Marta / Nguyen Long, L. A. / Aksztejn, W. (eds.), Cities Against Democratic Backsliding: Evidence from Europe and Beyond. 240 pp. 2026:2 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-933>
ISBN 978-1-5292-5060-2 hard ¥24,590.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00
ISBN 978-1-5292-5061-9 paper ¥8,675.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99

As nationalist and populist movements gain traction worldwide, democracy faces growing threats. In many cases, large cities have emerged as strongholds of progressive and democratic values, pushing back against authoritarian pressures. This timely book explores the evolving power struggle between cities and central governments, particularly in countries led by populist regimes. It examines key issues such as decentralisation, financial autonomy and participatory governance, showing how cities are leading the fight against democratic backsliding. As local governments become "laboratories of democracy", this collection highlights their crucial role in protecting civil liberties and fostering political engagement in an era of rising extremism.

Mews, Gregor H., Flux Cities: Ontological Design for a Regenerative World. 151 pp. 2025:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <754-935>
ISBN 978-981-9691-23-4 hard ¥9,896.- (税込) EUR 39.99

As our larger life-giving systems that sustain livelihoods continue to erode at an unprecedented rate, and urban complexities continue to increase, this book presents a refreshingly unconventional, creative, and radical meditation on urbanism and city living. Greg Mews proposes the idea of 'Flux Cities' and offers provocative new ways to inquire into non-linear relations to the city, through questions such as: How can we design from the heart? How to approach the real city and produce for (co)existence? How to navigate the intangible city? How to improve well-being through Flux Cities? Full of agency, Mews presents deep and personal insights on informal settlements, public space, and the role of Do-It-Yourself Urbanism in enabling spatial justice and regenerative practices towards well-being. A compelling read for anyone willing to shake up the normative existential foundations of cities.

Peng, Zhenwei (ed.), Theories and Frontiers in Territorial Spatial Planning. (Urban Sustainability) 336 pp. 2025:9 (Springer, GW) <754-937>
ISBN 978-981-9698-24-0 hard ¥37,121.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book delves into theories and frontiers in territorial space planning, comprising 13 papers divided into two parts. The first part, consisting of six papers, explores the overarching direction and strategic thinking behind land spatial planning reform, the knowledge foundation of land spatial planning, construction logic, and theoretical systems. The second part, with seven papers, focuses on the compilation system of the land spatial planning system. This includes topics such as the elastic and transmission mechanism of overall land spatial planning at the city and county levels (Chapter 7-8), rural planning within the framework of detailed land and spatial planning (Chapter 9), and special planning in land spatial planning (Chapter 10-13). The latter covers areas like land ecological spatial planning, healthy urban planning, urban renewal, and urban design. Notably, this book addresses the gap in the planning and exploration of urban and rural built environments under the land space planning system. It emphasizes the need to consider the characteristics and sustainable well-being of "city being" within the overall land and space planning, striving to create better living environments for urban and rural areas. To achieve this, the papers in this book pay particular attention to urban renewal and urban design.

Werner, Franziska / Piechura, Philipp et al. (eds.), (Forced) Migration and Space: An Introduction to a Space-Sensitive Approach in (Forced) Migration Studies. 424 pp. 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-940>
ISBN 978-3-658-48861-1 paper ¥17,321.- (税込) EUR 69.99

The migration trajectories of over 122 million displaced people worldwide are increasingly shaping spatial developments and, at the same time, deeply shaped by spatial conditions. This introduction examines that mutual constitution of displacement and space as interrelated social structuring processes. Contributors from academia and practice present key concepts and findings of space-sensitive research on (forced) migration. Their multidisciplinary contributions address spatial formations, racism as a space-structuring factor, spaces of (non-)habitation, the diversity of actors involved in spatial productions, as well as the theoretical foundations and practical challenges of a space-sensitive approach to (forced) migration research. The volume is intended for academics, students and practitioners of urban and migration research, architecture, planning, social, cultural and health sciences as well as social work and public administration.

Kim, Kyung-Hwan / Phang, Sock-Yong (eds.), Greening the Housing Stock: Toward Net-Zero Cities in East Asia. 240 pp. 2025:8 (World Scientific, SI) <754-732>
ISBN 978-981-9812-49-3 hard ¥18,682.- (税込) US$ 88.00

Mondal, Lipon / Brunsma, David L. (eds.), Urban Regimes of Dispossession in the Global South: A New Debate. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 333) 275 pp. 2025:9 (Brill, NE) <754-735>
ISBN 978-90-04-52217-6 hard ¥35,640.- (税込) EUR 144.00

In Urban Regimes of Dispossession, the authors examine how urban elites organize dispossession and govern the urban dispossessed. They also explore the ways the urban dispossessed experience and resist dispossession. Additionally, they analyse the role of dispossession in re-producing capitalist systems or transforming urban societies in the global south.

Klaufus, Christien, Life and Death in Latin American Cities: The Necropolis at Stake. (Death and Culture) 224 pp. 2025:10 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-883>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4500-4 hard ¥23,144.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

The infrastructure of death is an undeniable part of urban life, yet it is often overlooked in the study of cities. This book explores the intricate dynamics between the living and the dead in six Latin American cities: Bogota, Medellin, Lima, Buenos Aires, Quetzaltenango and Cuenca. Drawing on more than a decade of ethnographic research, the author investigates how urban death infrastructures - such as cemeteries and spaces for the deceased - are shaped by rapid urbanization, legacies of violence, neoliberal policies and alternative spiritual practices. With a fresh Global South perspective, this unique contribution will challenge the boundaries of death studies, placing the infrastructure of death at the heart of urban life.

Horak, Martin / Lucas, Jack / Taylor, Zack (eds.), City Politics in Canada: Forty Years of Continuity and Change. 277 pp. 2025:12 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <754-654>
ISBN 978-1-4875-6933-4 hard ¥23,353.- (税込) US$ 110.00
ISBN 978-1-4875-6934-1 paper ¥9,117.- (税込) US$ 42.95

Canada's big cities are at the forefront of social and economic change. They account for most of Canada's population growth, they are magnets for immigrants from all parts of the world, and they have led Canada's shift from an industrial to a post-industrial economy. Today, perhaps more than ever, Canada's cities are the places where new policy problems, new political movements, and new demands for representation first emerge. In City Politics in Canada: Forty Years of Continuity and Change, co-editors Martin Horak, Jack Lucas, and Zack Taylor and their team of authors explore how these great transformations have reshaped the practice of politics in seven large Canadian cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Calgary. In doing so, they revisit and carry forward the ambition of City Politics in Canada, edited by Warren Magnusson and Andrew Sancton and published by UTP in 1983. That landmark volume was the first to offer an in-depth view of Canadian city politics. Forty years later, a new generation of scholars take up the same expansive, cross-country goal. The editors' introduction presents a holistic picture of urban change in Canada, complete with up-to-date social, economic, fiscal, and electoral data, and identifies important questions. The city chapters, written by local experts, illuminate the dynamics of political continuity and change over four transformative decades. In the closing chapter, the editors synthesize the findings to draw out new insights about the nature of Canadian urban politics.

Sloam, James, Turning Youth Voice into Sustainable Public Policy: The Promise of Urban Democracy. (Bristol Shorts Research) 176 pp. 2025:10 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <754-637>
ISBN 978-1-5292-4535-6 hard ¥13,018.- (税込) GB￡ 45.00

Challenging traditional narratives on youth engagement, this book examines how democracy can be reimagined as grassroots engagement with local policy makers between elections. The book explores a unique blend of under-researched themes including the everyday politics of young people, the interface between civic authorities and young citizens in policy making and the promise of urban democracy. Offering a rare policy-based and youth-centred approach to young people and democratic participation, this book recasts the existing democratic deficit as a failure in public policy and calls for researchers and policy makers to focus on how to amplify young people's voices in a more inclusive and meaningful way, to turn youth voice into sustainable public policy. The civic mentoring model developed with young Londoners offers practical steps for making this happen.

Li, Yuheng (ed.), Global Perspectives on Building Resilience for Sustainable Rural Development: Rural Governance and Transformation. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 2025:10 (Springer, GW) <754-247>
ISBN 978-981-9690-62-6 hard ¥39,596.- (税込) EUR 159.99

The book brings together rural scholars from the Global North and the Global South, who have contributed chapters based on their own contexts. The book aims to provide a general picture of how rural communities are responding to challenges in a global context. This general picture can be presented through three specific research questions, namely (1) What is the socio-economic status of rural development in the country? This research question tends to explore the socio-economic status of rural development in the contributor's country or in the country of study. It highlights the challenges to sustainable rural development in the country. (2) How are rural communities responding to these challenges? This research question focuses on analysing how rural communities are responding to challenges such as depopulation, spatial compression, economic marginalisation and climate change. (3) How can rural resilience to risks and future challenges be built? This research question aims to discuss possible approaches and actions to build rural resilience to current challenges and to seek transformation to better cope with and adapt to future challenges and unexpected risks. The target audience of this book is researchers, postgraduate students and government officials in the field of rural and agricultural development. Readers can expect to gain a basic knowledge of rural resilience, a deeper understanding of rural development around the world, and different approaches to building resilience to challenges and shocks.