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New Books in Urban Studies

Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books

Episodes

Total: 675

The secret insights of economics, translated for the rest of us. Should I buy or rent? Do I ask for

What does the history of Liverpool tell us about the future of Britain? In Liverpool and the Unmakin

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is a

Those who recognize Mayor George Moscone's name may think of him as the career politician who was as

As the fortification of Europe's borders and its hostile immigration terrain has taken shape, so too

Boaters of London is an ethnography that delves into the process of becoming a boater, adopting an a

From Kensington to the East End, under candlelight, gas lamp and then neon signs, London is both a b

The Port of Los Angeles is all around us. Objects we use on a daily basis pass through it: furniture

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning (Routledge, 2024) provides a manual for planning f

Economist Bryan Caplan has written—and artist Ady Branzei has illustrated—this new graphic novel abo

Canada is experiencing a housing shortage. Although house prices in major Canadian cities appeared t

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians exist on the edge. Renters fear eviction, homeowners feel trapped

Sideways Migration: Being French in London (Routledge, 2025) examines the relationship between migra

From deer and beavers to “free range” pigs and goats in and around Seneca Village, what we now know

Looking closely at New York City's political development since the 1970s, three "political orders"--

Chinatown neighborhoods in the United States are about more than restaurants, shops, and architectur

Clean water, paved roads, public transit, electricity and gas, sewers, waste processing, telecommuni

On a fragile planet with spreading food insecurity, food waste is a political and ethical problem. E

Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second

The relationship between fear people experience in their lives and the government often informs key