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

Knowles, Caroline, Uneasy Streets: How Chinese Money Is Remaking Urban Britain. 264 pp. 2026:6 (Hurst, UK) <757-310>
ISBN 978-1-80526-562-7 hard ¥6,413.- (税込) GB￡ 22.00

Empty apartments, trainless railways, restless investors-a bottom-up look at China's erratic economic and social footprint in British cities. From Thames Water to Heathrow Airport, Pizza Express to private schools, Chinese investors have pumped billions into UK property and business. Foreign capital ready to regenerate Britain's crumbling infrastructure is an enticing prospect. But how much is reality and how much a dream? In Uneasy Streets, Caroline Knowles illuminates China's global influence from the bottom up. Focusing on London and Manchester, she explores Beijing's grand claims of urban renewal against the ramshackle physical evidence she finds at street level: a series of half-finished buildings and abandoned holes in the ground. This isn't just a British phenomenon: wherever they emerge, China's global cities are patchworks of incompleteness-the products of relentlessly profit-driven urbanism that disregards the people it claims to serve. All along the continent-spanning Belt and Road network lies a trail of broken promises: a phantom university, a non-existent smart city, ghost ports and neighbourhoods. China's soft-power city-making falls far short of the dreams displayed in glossy brochures; all those smiling mayors, investors and local businesspeople. Combining urban observation with sharp commentary, interviewing property developers, Chinese migrants and other city-dwellers, Knowles paints an intimate, nuanced portrait. This is the financial, material and human fabric of Chinese Britain.

L.Lazzeretti他編　創造的地域ハンドブック
Boix-Domenech, Rafael / Lazzeretti, Luciana (eds.), Handbook of Creative Regions. 466 pp. 2025:12 (E. Elgar, UK) <757-370>
ISBN 978-1-0353-1787-5 hard ¥59,757.- (税込) GB￡ 205.00

This pioneering Handbook brings together experts from a broad array of disciplines to explore creative regions worldwide. Pairing theoretical and practical insights, it presents an integrated and multidimensional account of the creative region, addressing major issues surrounding the concept and proposing a future research agenda.Through global analyses and case studies from both developing and developed regions, this Handbook studies the origins of the concept of creative regions in scientific literature and policymaking, shedding light on the global geographies of creativity from metropolitan regions to the rural-urban divide. It also examines the positive and adverse effects of creativity on the well-being and the economy of regions, as well as the technological and social dimensions of creative geographies, including the role of artificial intelligence.This Handbook is an essential resource for scholars of regional economics and regional studies, economic geography and cultural economics. It also provides insightful strategies for regional policymakers, urban planners, economic developers and cultural and creative managers.

グローバルな競争における中規模の都市と地域
Kresl, Peter Karl (ed.), Mid-sized Cities and Regions in Global Competition. 144 pp. 2026:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <757-372>
ISBN 978-1-0353-7246-1 hard ¥23,320.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

This informative book provides key insights into the successes of mid-sized cities across the globe, as well as the threats they face. It examines the strategies they employ to establish a unique position and compete effectively within the international urban hierarchy.Contributors explore various experiences, challenges and strategic approaches that define and distinguish mid-sized cities from their larger and smaller counterparts. They evaluate the distinct problems they face, including poor local leadership, out-migration and a lack of local interest, as well as broader issues such as climate change and historical sedimentation. Chapters outline the ways in which these cities can combat deterioration and enhance or regain their competitive advantage, namely by taking charge of their development following a crisis, or even by accepting their 'shrinking' status. Ultimately, this book highlights the struggle faced by mid-sized cities to retain their place at the core of the national economy.Mid-sized Cities and Regions in Global Competition is a valuable resource for scholars and students of urban and regional economics, particularly those interested in the distinctive and pressing issues faced by mid-sized cities.

Oladipo, Caleb O., Christians in the City of Lagos. (Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity) 224 pp. 2025:9 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <757-236>
ISBN 978-1-350-40126-6 hard ¥18,947.- (税込) GB￡ 65.00
ISBN 978-1-350-40127-3 paper ¥6,409.- (税込) GB￡ 21.99

Despite political persecution, economic stalemate and military intimidation, this book shows how churches of all denominations continue to grow under the stimulus of vibrant indigenous spirituality and cultural idioms.Incorporating interviews with Christians from six of the most influential churches in Lagos, this book gives readers a sense of daily life in Lagos for Christians. Through this original ethnographic research, Caleb O. Oladipo explores first-hand accounts of faith and practice in the city, offering a unique perspective to scholars of global Christianity.A collection of stories from Christians of diverse ethnographic backgrounds, this book shows that Christianity is an integral part of the rhythm of life in Lagos. Christians in Lagos, one of the most populous cities in the world, are dynamic with a confluence of traditions, beliefs, and community.

Beer, Stephan de, Christians in the Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria: Becoming in an African Megacity. (Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity) 344 pp. 2025:7 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <757-165>
ISBN 978-1-350-32989-8 hard ¥21,862.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00
ISBN 978-1-350-32990-4 paper ¥7,284.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99

Taking a glimpse into the impact of Christianity in one of Africa's largest and fastest-evolving megacities, located in the Gauteng City-Region, this book explores how faith shapes the city and its society.Addressing a scarcity of religious scholarship in the field of urban studies, the book focuses on the Johannesburg-Pretoria corridor and Christian faith expressions in this evolving megacity. Stephan de Beer highlights how city and faith are in conversation and explores various expressions of Christian faith in an ever-changing urban landscape.Connecting socio-spatial change in post-apartheid South African cities with the changing Christian landscape, the connections and disconnections between Christian faith expressions and urban change are interrogated. Chapters feature wide coverage across both cities, including places like Soweto and Sandton, Sunnyside and Soshanguve, and everything in between. Examining these contexts where global migration and Christian faith increasingly co-exist, the book provides valuable insights to students of religion, sociology and urban studies.

Mehan, Asma, Decolonizing Industrial Heritage: Adaptive Reuse, Community Engagement, and Climate Resilience. (Decolonizing Research) 208 pp. 2026:2 (E. Elgar, UK) <757-1428>
ISBN 978-1-0353-7098-6 hard ¥26,235.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This timely book explores the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage through the lenses of decolonization and climate resilience. Author Asma Mehan presents a critical framework for understanding and reinvigorating industrial remains as evolving infrastructures that foster ecological and social transformation.Chapters highlight the need for new models of reuse that advance circular economies, inclusive governance and spatial equality. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, from grain silos to oil towns, Mehan connects digital technologies like Geographic Information System and AI with community-driven approaches, proposing adaptive reuse as a core strategy for climate response and urban regeneration. The book provides a roadmap for revitalizing post-industrial spaces and entities with care, culture and accountability.Decolonizing Industrial Heritage is a key resource for students and scholars in heritage studies, planning, architecture and urban studies. It is also beneficial for heritage, development and indigenous rights practitioners, as well as professionals in international development agencies and NGOs.

Slaev, Aleksandar D. / Shahab, Sina, A Theory of Complex Property Rights: Institutions for Governing Natural and Built Environments. (Elgar Studies in Planning Theory, Policy and Practice) 206 pp. 2026:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <757-1445>
ISBN 978-1-0353-2831-4 hard ¥26,235.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This insightful book examines property rights as complex institutional rule-systems that enable cooperation and shape the governance of resources such as land, water, and housing. It challenges the conventional private-public binary by highlighting the prevalence of hybrid private-common property rights in contemporary governance.Aleksandar D. Slaev and Sina Shahab offer practical insights for improving resource management by recognising the institutional complexity of property rights and encouraging innovation in their design. They propose a threefold classification of entitlements, i.e., rights to use, rights to manage, and responsibilities for provision and maintenance, and develop a multi-layered framework for analysing how property rights operate and evolve across institutional levels. Bridging theory and practice with a focus on sustainability, the book demonstrates how property rights shape the governance of both natural and built environments.A Theory of Complex Property Rights is an essential resource for scholars and students in planning and urban studies, environmental policy and sustainability, human geography, and institutional economics, as well as for practitioners and specialists engaged in resource governance.

Drozdzewski, Danielle / Webster, Natasha A. et al., A Research Agenda for Emotional Geographies. (Elgar Research Agendas) 192 pp. 2026:2 (E. Elgar, UK) <757-1461>
ISBN 978-1-0353-1961-9 hard ¥24,777.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This forward-looking book examines emotional geographies as both a subdiscipline and a practice. Written collaboratively, the authors demonstrate the diverse ways in which emotions influence research, knowledge and everyday life, inviting readers to recognise emotions as a fundamental component of human understanding, actions and relationships.Chapters highlight how the study of emotional geography provides crucial insights into pillars of daily life, such as power, work, care and social change. Drawing on feminist and embodied traditions, the book combines conceptual reflection, methodological innovation and lived experience to outline the impact of emotional geography on key challenges such as political unrest, the climate crisis, migration and technological change. Tracing the evolution of the field, the authors emphasise its future potential in research and practical applications, as well as its capacity to foster a more empathetic world.A Research Agenda for Emotional Geographies is an illuminating read for scholars and students of human geography, the social sciences and humanities, and particularly those interested in working with emotions across contexts. Feminist, decolonial, migration and climate change researchers will also benefit from the book's interdisciplinary approach.

Fulkerson, Gregory M. / Thomas, Alexander R. / Kemmerer, K., Inequality at the Urban-Rural Nexus. (Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics) 240 pp. 2026:2 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <757-1462>
ISBN 978-1-6669-6386-1 hard ¥23,320.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

This book examines the systemic and structural nature of social inequalities, focusing on how the urban-rural divide intersects with race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality to shape identities and access to opportunities.It offers valuable insights for sociologists and scholars of inequality seeking to broaden the scope of current research. Ultimately, the authors argue that it will be impossible to build a more just and equitable society without addressing the urban-rural nexus.

Ghosh, Mainak / Nag, Sanjib / Roy, Satyaki, Visual Perception of Urban Place: A Methodological Approach for Analysis and Synthesis of Designed Forms. 198 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <757-1463>
ISBN 978-0-367-35055-0 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book critically examines the methodology of visual perception of urban places. Based on systematic study of different parameters derived from investigative research and on empirical analysis of Kolkata as a case, it discusses generic issues of urban design in relation with visual communication design. A framework has been evolved in the process which can be used methodically in various cities and urban environments across the world. Extending the idea, it also brings themes like architectural conjunction; issue of urban well-being; safety; policy standards, guidelines and procedures; involvement of community and stakeholders; cultural variability and urban regeneration. This book will be useful for practitioners and researchers of architecture, design, urban design, urban studies, sociology, environmental psychology, urban governance, development studies, urban sociology and cultural psychology.

Hiemer, Elisa-Maria / Seidel, Anna (eds.), Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities: Narrating Contested Urban Space. (Interdisciplinary Studies on Spatial Dynamics and Marginalization in Central and Eastern Europe) 256 pp. 2025:11 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <757-1464>
ISBN 978-1-6669-7130-9 hard ¥26,235.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This open access edited collection offers interdisciplinary perspectives on cities shaped by shifting borders and contested identities. Rooted in the study of spatial and social re-appropriation, this monograph invites readers to rethink the urban experience in Central and Eastern Europe, a region defined by political discontinuities and rich linguistic and ethnic diversity.Using the concept of the city as a relational construct that bears the potential to transcend spatial hegemonies, Historical and Contemporary Challenges for Central and Eastern European Cities explores attempts to homogenize, categorize, and eliminate differences in history and present day, while also examining artistic and spatial practices that challenge the former. The essays delve into the interplay between official discourses and marginalized voices that challenge established hierarchies, uncovering both the conflicts and synergies that emerge in multiethnic and multilingual environments. Featuring original research from scholars in history, architecture, cultural studies, and linguistics, this volume highlights the value of interdisciplinary approaches to understanding urban spaces. It offers fresh insights into how Central and Eastern European cities navigate their layered identities, fostering a deeper understanding of the region's dynamic and complex urban narratives.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.

Jeong, Hyesun, Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism. 260 pp. 2026:1 (Routledge, UK) <757-1465>
ISBN 978-1-032-48325-2 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-48326-9 paper ¥11,656.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

As cities grapple with climate change and social inequality, a growing movement recognizes walking as fundamental to urban sustainability. Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism explores how communities worldwide are rethinking the relationship between mobility, place, and belonging.Drawing from diverse cities across North America, Europe, and Asia, this book examines the shift from car-dominated planning toward human-centered design. It traces how walkable environments support environmental goals while fostering social connection and cultural vitality, demonstrating that sustainable cities are also more equitable and livable cities.The book investigates varied examples: cultural programming in transit stations, night festivals and murals, pedestrian-friendly street transformations, adaptive public spaces, and community-led initiatives. It considers how everyday elements-cafe culture, green infrastructure, neighborhood events-contribute to places that are both environmentally responsible and socially cohesive.Written for urban practitioners, community advocates, and engaged citizens, this work offers insights rather than prescriptions, recognizing that each place requires its own approach to pedestrian urbanism. By examining what works and what doesn't across different contexts and scales, Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism contributes to ongoing conversations about building cities that serve both people and planet. Sustainable urban futures, it suggests, may be closer than we walk.

Lissandrello, Enza / Badami, Alessandra, Urban Sustainability in the Making: Aalborg's Transformation Projects, Processes and Reflexive Practices. (Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City) 254 pp. 2025:12 (Routledge, UK) <757-1468>
ISBN 978-1-041-02025-7 hard ¥42,267.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book explores how urban sustainability is negotiated and enacted through planning practices, narratives, and institutional change. It does so through the case of Aalborg, to illustrate transitions that are shaped by urgency, legitimation and implementation. It offers a theoretically grounded and empirically nuanced account of how urban sustainability emerges through situated, negotiated, and contested processes of transition. The book provides critical insight into the governance arrangements, planning rationalities, and institutional innovations that shape sustainability in practice, with the city of Aalborg serving as a paradigmatic case. Drawing on four intersecting theoretical traditions - Urban Political Ecology, Just Sustainability, Phronetic Planning, and Urban Sustainability Governance - the book develops the Urban Sustainability Compass, an interpretive framework organised around the logics of urgency, legitimation, and implementation. Through longitudinal analysis, engagement with planning documents, and sustained collaboration with municipal practitioners, the book delivers conceptual depth and methodological guidance for scholars, planners, and policymakers aiming to understand and co-produce context-sensitive, just, and adaptive pathways toward sustainable urban futures. This book is intended for scholars, advanced graduate students, and critically engaged practitioners in the fields of urban planning, sustainability studies, human geography, and environmental governance. It will be of particular interest to those conducting research on urban transitions, planning theory, climate adaptation, and socio-ecological transformation. The volume is especially suited for postgraduate courses and seminars on sustainable urban development, strategic spatial planning, and critical approaches to environmental policy, governance, and justice.