Walk and Be Moved: How Walking Builds Social Movements 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

Recent scholarship recognizes the city’s role as "civitas"—a "space of active democratic citizenship" and "full human realization" based on open and free encounter and exchange with difference. The cu...

Not All Suburbs Are the Same: The Role of Character in Shaping Growth and Development in Three Chicago Suburbs 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

Although American suburbs are commonly understood as the result of growth machine efforts or are grouped in categories like edge cities or inner-ring suburbs, these approaches obscure the unique chara...

Pillar Talk: Local Sustainability Initiatives and Policies in the United States--Finding Evidence of the "Three E's": Economic Development, Environmen... 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

This article examines local sustainability initiatives in the United States through the lens of the "three pillars" of sustainability: economic development, environmental protection, and social equity...

The Nuances of NIMBY: Context and Perceptions of Affordable Rental Housing Development 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

This research investigates the nuances of local not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) attitudes and actions, asking why some communities support publicly assisted affordable rental housing development, while oth...

Ethnic Segregation and Radical Right-Wing Voting in Dutch Cities 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

Previous studies have linked anti-immigrant voting and other indications of ethnic animosities to ethnic segregation, yielding different results. In this study, we focus on the locally strongly diverg...

Book Review: Events and Urban Regeneration: The Strategic Use of Events to Revitalise Cities, by Andrew Smith 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

Book Review: Street Kids: Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New York's Streets, by Kristina E. Gibson 31 Jul 2013 | 03:55 pm

Book Review: Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City, by George Galster 7 Jun 2013 | 03:03 pm

An Expression of Appreciation 7 Jun 2013 | 03:03 pm

Restructuring Japan's Rustbelt: The Case of Muroran, Hokkaido, 1985-2010 7 Jun 2013 | 03:03 pm

The crisis of Japan’s political economy raises the question of how it has dealt with the restructuring of its peripheral industrial regions, and the degree to which it has embraced neoliberal policies...