urban policy

From the Field

Plague and Urban Policy in Bombay, 1896–1914

Vanessa Caru & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 November 2022

What consequences can an epidemic have on a city? Vanessa Caru describes the ways in which a plague epidemic in...

Essays

We Have Been Here Before: Crisis, Response, and the Stasis of Urban Policy

Robert W. Lake - 29 June 2021

The disruptions produced by the global pandemic have spawned predictions of sweeping change that are unlikely to...

Debates

Reclaim Value Capture for Equitable Urban Development

Laura Wolf-Powers - 28 May 2019

Land-value capture (LVC) mechanisms have become a popular tool for fiscally constrained municipal policymakers....

Essays

Urban Renewal in the USA: A Neoliberal Policy?

Thomas Kirszbaum & translated by Oliver Waine - 3 May 2019

By allowing demolitions and evictions in well-located working-class neighborhoods, urban renewal is sometimes...

From the Field

When Progressive Mayors Aren’t Enough: Homes for All and Trans-Local Social Movements

H. Jacob Carlson & Marnie Brady & Gianpaolo Baiocchi - 13 November 2018

Progressive governments are often pulled away from their campaign promises by local growth-coalition interests or for...

Essays

Local Leadership and Global Goals: How City Sustainability Networks are Changing Progressive Policymaking

Emma French & Supraja Sudharsan & Jennifer Clark - 18 September 2018

While national governments often struggle to address global climate change, cities are in a better position to...

Essays

The Limits of Progressive Policymaking in US Cities

Richard Schragger - 11 September 2018

While many US cities appear to enjoy extensive powers—as evidenced by the progressive policies enacted by certain...

Essays

Urban Shrinkage in France: An Invisible Issue?

Rémi Dormois & Sylvie Fol & translated by Oliver Waine - 13 September 2017

Although the phenomenon of urban shrinkage affects a significant number of French towns and cities, it is an issue...

Debates

On Clinton, Obama, Trump and the Failures of Liberal Urban Policy

James DeFilippis - 15 November 2016

Many progressives are still in shock at the outcome of the recent US presidential election. In this contribution to...

Reviews

“Grands Ensembles”: Retracing a History of Rejection

Stéphane Füzesséry & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 January 2016

From its very beginnings, the urban model of the “grand ensemble” – the large-scale high-rise housing estate – has...

Essays

The “Dozois Plan”: lessons learned from urban-renewal policies and the history of urban planning in Montreal

Frédéric Mercure-Jolette & translated by Oliver Waine - 23 October 2015

Urban-renewal policies justify their actions by decrying neighbourhoods earmarked for demolition. Frédéric...

Debates

Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?

Alexandra Biehler & Armelle Choplin & Marie Morelle & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 October 2015

While the question of housing for working-class populations remains a recurrent issue in sub‑Saharan African cities,...

From the Field

The burst bubble and the privatisation of planning in Tokyo

Raphaël Languillon-Aussel & translated by Oliver Waine - 5 February 2014

Since the early 1990s and the collapse of Japan’s asset price bubble, developments in Marunouchi – Tokyo’s main...

Reviews

Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 January 2014

Anne Clerval’s latest work on the gentrification of Paris, published in September 2013, caused quite a sensation in...

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...

From the Field

The School of Urban Renewal: A New Ideological Mishmash?

Claire Carriou & Yankel Fijalkow - 18 May 2011

The Borloo Act of 2003 is said to have marked a major turning-point in French policy concerning so-called “critical”...

Essays

“Ghetto,” “Banishment,” “Neighborhood Effects.” A Critique of the “Ghetto” Image of French Housing Projects

Pierre Gilbert & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 23 March 2011

Are residents of French housing projects really “banished” to their neighborhoods and kept in “confinement” there?...

Plague and Urban Policy in Bombay, 1896–1914

We Have Been Here Before: Crisis, Response, and the Stasis of Urban Policy

Reclaim Value Capture for Equitable Urban Development

Urban Renewal in the USA: A Neoliberal Policy?

When Progressive Mayors Aren’t Enough: Homes for All and Trans-Local Social Movements

Local Leadership and Global Goals: How City Sustainability Networks are Changing Progressive Policymaking

The Limits of Progressive Policymaking in US Cities

Urban Shrinkage in France: An Invisible Issue?

On Clinton, Obama, Trump and the Failures of Liberal Urban Policy

“Grands Ensembles”: Retracing a History of Rejection

The “Dozois Plan”: lessons learned from urban-renewal policies and the history of urban planning in Montreal

Social housing in Africa: a model to be (re)invented?

The burst bubble and the privatisation of planning in Tokyo

Gentrification in Paris: the elite versus the people?

Post-industrial cities: towards a new approach

The School of Urban Renewal: A New Ideological Mishmash?

“Ghetto,” “Banishment,” “Neighborhood Effects.” A Critique of the “Ghetto” Image of French Housing Projects

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