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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
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PLACE‐FRAMING URBANITY: The Case of Kalasatama, Helsinki
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Narratives, visuality and symbolic representations are increasingly important in contemporary urban planning and development. This article seeks to understand how urbanity, one of the key goals of Helsinki's recent planning, has been constructed in the Kalasatama regeneration area. The construction of urban image and identity is viewed as soft
Tuomas Ilmavirta
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Scholars have widely discussed integrating local administrations into climate governance networks, focusing on networks such as the Global Covenant of Mayors or C40, whose members are mostly in the European Union or countries of the global North and premium cities managed by engaged administrations. Relatively little is known about urban‐scale
Alejandra Irigoyen Rios, Rosa Lehmann
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris +2 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent +2 more
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Commodification and De-Commodification of Knowledge
Science & Technology Studies, 2001 openaire +3 more sources