Publications
150. Advancing the struggle for urban justice to the assertion of substantive citizenship: Challenging ethnocracy in Tel Aviv-Jaffa
30 April 2013
Photo by ©Dena Qaddumi
South Korea's Saemaul (New Village) movement
04 April 2013
Jung Won Sonn & Dong-Wan Gimm (2013): South Korea's Saemaul (New Village) movement: an organisational technology for the production of developmentalist subjects, Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 34:1
CASA Working Paper 190
Visualising Spatial and Social Media
In this chapter, we
begin by surveying the development of computer graphics as it has influenced
the development of the spatial representation of social and economic data,
charting ...
CASA Working Paper 189
The growth of London's street network in its dual representation
We study the growth of London’s street-network in its dual representation, as the city has evolved over the last 224 years ...
149. Revisiting the links between education equality and inclusive citizenship: Proposals for educational reform in Pakistan
Photo by Flickr member ©Hashoo Foundation USA - Houston, TX
Design Coding, Diffusion of Practice in England
Design Coding, Diffusion of Practice in England is a new report published by the Urban Design Group that revisits the use of design codes in England six years after the completion of a ...
148. Relations between economic inequality and political dynamics in contemporary China
Photo by ©peter biarlobrzeski
We shall deal here with humble things
Essay by Dr Barbara Penner, published online at Places.
Postcolonial History of Architecture and Urbanism
An innovative new book has just been written by Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan, based on his PhD thesis at the Bartlett School of Architecture.
Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Ridwan's Postcolonial ...
Concrete and Culture
Professor Adrian Forty’s new book Concrete and Culture: a Material History has been published by Reaktion Books.
Fiscal arrangements and planning decisions in Italy, the UK and the Netherlands
Several European countries are implementing fiscal and welfare reforms in the form of increased devolution of taxing and spending powers and responsibilities to sub-national government. In the last three years these trends have ...
147. ‘Domestic Work is Real Work’ - Repoliticizing the Discourse on Gender, Citizenship, and Global Injustices
'Sweep It Under The Carpet'. Work by graffiti artist Banksy
146. Exploring 'difference' in place-making The case of bad buildings and residential regeneration in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa
photo by ©Lerato Maduna, in Benit-Gbaffou, Doerman, Matsipa, 2010
CASA Working Paper 188
Smart Cities of the Future
In this paper
we sketch the rudiments of
what constitutes a smart city which we define as a city in which ICT is merged
with traditional infrastructures, coordinated ...
Urban energy initiatives: the implications of new urban energy pathways for the UK
This article arises out of the CLUES research project which aimed to have an impact beyond the academic sphere into the worlds of stakeholders and decision-makers that are developing urban energy initiatives through ...
Planning for Change in Urban Energy Systems
This article arises out of the CLUES research project which aimed to have
an impact beyond the academic sphere into the worlds of stakeholders and
decision-makers that are developing
urban energy initiatives through ...
Local Experiences of urban sustainability: Researching Housing Market Renewal interventions in three English neighbourhoods
Ideas and thinking about sustainability and sustainable development have permeated over the last decades into most disciplines and sectors. The area of urban studies is no exception and has generated an impressive body ...
Business Improvement Districts and the recession: Implications for public realm governance and management in England
BIDs were introduced in the UK in 2003/2004 and their widespread adoption is linked to their ability to raise funds to invest in the locality, through a mandatory supplementary levy on business ...
Transport Futures: Thinking the Unthinkable
It is becoming increasingly important to think about longer term possibilities and directions that are trend breaking and can help anticipate the unexpected. The future is perhaps becoming less certain, or at least ...
Thinking Strategically: Pathways Towards Low Carbon Transport
This chapter examines the CO2 baseline within Oxfordshire and elsewhere in the United Kingdom, assessing the high and low emitters in terms of relative transport CO2 emissions. A target for the county is ...
Planning in an Age of Consumers: British local authority practitioners, identity and reactions to public sector reform
The rise of the ‘customer’ concept within public services has been a hallmark of ‘New Public Management’ style reforms seen widely since the 1990s. As local authority employees, planners in Great Britain have ...
The Growth Machine Stops? Urban Politics and the Making and Re-making of an Edge City
Critical reflections on growth machine and urban regime theory have pointed to the value of integrating these theories of urban politics with the likes of regulation theory. This article attempts such a synthesis ...
Planning for Growth? The Implications of Localism for 'Science Vale' Oxfordshire
This article provides a preliminary examination of the emerging implications of UK Coalition Government planning policy as a key part of its growth agenda. Attention is directed in particular to the adoption of ...
Capital Spaces: The Multiple Complex Public Spaces of a Global City
In recent years it has become common-place to hear claims that public space in cities across the globe has become the exclusive preserve of the wealthy and privileged, at the expense of the ...
145. Special Economic Zones & Development: Geography and Linkages in the Indian EOU Scheme
Author: Andrew Cheesman