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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ‘ACCEPT’ URBAN SHRINKAGE? A Comparative Analysis of Discursive Pathways to Policy and Action on Shrinking Cities in the Netherlands and Finland

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Shrinking cities are increasingly drawing global attention, but urban shrinkage is seldom considered as an enduring structural condition necessitating a move beyond growth‐centric strategies. The focus often remains on mitigating symptoms rather than embracing the broader implications of long‐term decline. Understanding of what drives decision‐
Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius
wiley   +1 more source

THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
wiley   +1 more source

STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

FINANCIALIZED GREEN STATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND THE URBANIZATION OF MOUNTAINS: Chongli’s Consumption‐based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Report on Educational Policies for Inclusion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Carson, Marcus et al., Szalai, Julia
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