http://www.ijurr.org SUSC Book RSS http://www.ijurr.org/details//4613121/Contesting-the-Indian-City-Global-Visions-and-the-Politics-of-the-Local.html Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India. Features studies that serve to deepen our theoretical understandings of the changes that Indian cities are experiencing Examines how urban redevelopment policy and planning, and reforms of urban politics and real estate markets, are shaping urban spatial change in India The first volume to bring themes of urban... 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//4613151/Contesting-the-Indian-City-Global-Visions-and-the-Politics-of-the-Local.html Contesting the Indian City features a collection of cutting-edge empirical studies that offer insights into issues of politics, equity, and space relating to urban development in modern India. Features studies that serve to deepen our theoretical understandings of the changes that Indian cities are experiencing Examines how urban redevelopment policy and planning, and reforms of urban politics and real estate markets, are shaping urban spatial change in India The first volume to bring themes of urban... 2013-10-11T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//4616991/The-Creative-Capital-of-Cities-Interactive-Knowledge-Creation-and-the-Urbanizati.html This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the creative class Presents an alternative approach based on analyses of empirical research data concerning the German urban system and the case study regions, Hanover and Berlin Underscores that the culture industry takes a leading role in conforming with neoliberal conceptions of labor markets 2012-05-03T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//2060207/Iron-Curtains-Gates-Suburbs-and-Privatization-of-Space-in-the-Post-socialist-Cit.html Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in... 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//2060201/Iron-Curtains-Gates-Suburbs-and-Privatization-of-Space-in-the-Post-socialist-Cit.html Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in... 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//2060203/Subprime-Cities-The-Political-Economy-of-Mortgage-Markets.html Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information Offers a... 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//2060197/Subprime-Cities-The-Political-Economy-of-Mortgage-Markets.html Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information Offers a... 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//4616951/Iron-Curtains-Gates-Suburbs-and-Privatization-of-Space-in-the-Post-socialist-Cit.html Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern Europe Represents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in... 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//4616961/Subprime-Cities-The-Political-Economy-of-Mortgage-Markets.html Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Provides an even-handed and detailed analysis of mortgage markets and the recent housing crisis Features contributions from various social scientists with expertise in critical social theories who have assembled and analyzed detailed empirical information Offers a... 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z http://www.ijurr.org/details//4616971/Locating-Neoliberalism-in-East-Asia-Neoliberalizing-Spaces-in-Developmental-Stat.html Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations. Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes in East Asia, one of the most important topics in social science research over the past two decades Considers the Asian perspective by focusing on readings from Asian experts Pays special attention to the ‘spatial' dimension of the... 2012-01-04T00:00:00Z