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Essays

On a Road to Nowhere? Military Urbanism and the Architecture of Segregation

Tim Cunningham - 3 May 2024

Comparing the experiences of Belfast, Northern Ireland, with the United States, Tim Cunningham shows how physical...

From the Field

Fifteen-Minute Prisons? A Reflection on the Far-Right Backlash Against Sustainable Development in Britain

Garrett L. Grainger - 4 October 2023

In an era of increasing political polarization, right-wing activists are targeting sustainable planning...

From the Field

Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

Matthieu Gimat & Manon Le Bon-Vuylsteke & Bruno Marot & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 January 2023

Since 2018, the selling-off of social housing in France, as in other countries in Europe, has accelerated. What are...

From the Field

Inciting Hopes for the Future: Civic Activism in London, Mumbai, and Paris Amid the Covid‑19 Crisis

Öznur Yardımcı & Josué Gimel & Khushboo Srivastava & Jitendra Borday - 8 June 2021

Ethnographic research in London, Mumbai, and Paris during Covid‑19 lockdowns reveals how civic associations filled...

From the Field

Culture and the Nighttime Economy: A Conversation with London’s Night Czar and Culture-at-Risk Officer

Amin Ghaziani - 12 November 2019

Amin Ghaziani describes the high closure rate of LGBTQ nighttime venues in London, and the city’s recognition of...

Essays

Solidarity Economics and Rights to the Contested City in Belfast

Brendan Murtagh - 19 December 2018

Is Lefebvre’s right to the city capable of extending the abstract meaning of formal “rights” to practical...

From the Field

Inclusive Place-Based Leadership: Lesson-Drawing from Urban Governance Innovations in Bristol, UK

Robin Hambleton - 9 October 2018

Across the world, progressive city leaders are working to limit the damaging impact of decisions made by “placeless”...

Essays

Regeneration and the Legacy of Thatcherism

Juliet Carpenter - 15 October 2014

What was Margaret Thatcher’s legacy in terms of the way inner-city areas are regenerated in the UK? Juliet Carpenter...

Debates

The Localism Act in London: institutionalising urban divisions

Justinien Tribillon - 16 April 2014

By decentralising planning powers to local communities, the British Conservative government claims that they are...

Essays

The effects of Thatcherism in the urban North of England

Mark Bailoni & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 April 2014

The economic policies of Margaret Thatcher’s governments polarised not just opinion but also whole swathes of the...

Reviews

Ethnic discrimination in social housing

François Bonnet & translated by Oliver Waine - 12 March 2014

Valérie Sala Pala has investigated the extent to which ethnic criteria come into play in the allocation of social...

From the Field

Post-industrial cities: towards a new approach

Max Rousseau & translated by Oliver Waine - 25 September 2013

While anglophone urban studies have sought to critique the way capitalism has developed, the French social sciences...

Debates

Will local-government reform in London involve or abandon its citizens?

Martine Drozdz & translated by Oliver Waine - 3 July 2013

While the current financial crisis has compromised local authorities’ ability to deliver municipal services, the...

Debates

Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

Manuel Appert & translated by Oliver Waine - 14 December 2011

At a time when major cities are racing to build higher than ever, and when the construction of skyscrapers in...

On a Road to Nowhere? Military Urbanism and the Architecture of Segregation

Fifteen-Minute Prisons? A Reflection on the Far-Right Backlash Against Sustainable Development in Britain

Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

Inciting Hopes for the Future: Civic Activism in London, Mumbai, and Paris Amid the Covid‑19 Crisis

Culture and the Nighttime Economy: A Conversation with London’s Night Czar and Culture-at-Risk Officer

Solidarity Economics and Rights to the Contested City in Belfast

Inclusive Place-Based Leadership: Lesson-Drawing from Urban Governance Innovations in Bristol, UK

Regeneration and the Legacy of Thatcherism

The Localism Act in London: institutionalising urban divisions

The effects of Thatcherism in the urban North of England

Ethnic discrimination in social housing

Post-industrial cities: towards a new approach

Will local-government reform in London involve or abandon its citizens?

Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

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