Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

ラテンアメリカ・カリブ海地域における都市研究ハンドブック
Gonzalez-Perez, Jesus M. / Irazabal, Clara et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Urban Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Cities, Urban Processes, and Policies. 648 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2024 <675-955>
ISBN 978-0-367-67740-4 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-67741-1 paper ¥12,532.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99 *

This handbook presents the great contemporary challenges facing cities and urban spaces in Latin America and the Caribbean. The content of this multidisciplinary book is organized into four large sections focusing on the histories and trajectories of urban spatial development, inequality and displacement of urban populations, contemporary debates on urban policies, and the future of the city in this region. Scholars of diverse origins and specializations analyze Latin American and Caribbean cities showing that, despite their diversity, they share many characteristics and challenges and that there is value in systematizing this knowledge to both understand and explain them better and to promote increasing equity and sustainability.The contributions in this handbook enhance the theoretical, empirical and methodological study of urbanization processes and urban policies of Latin America and the Caribbean in a global context, making it an important reference for scholars across the world. The book is designed to meet the interdisciplinary study and consultation needs of undergraduate and graduate students of architecture, urban design, urban planning, sociology, anthropology, political science, public administration, and more.

Maxwell, Katherine, Governance Networks for Sustainable Cities: Connecting Theory and Practice in Europe. (Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies) 184 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <675-992>
ISBN 978-1-03-207360-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the effectiveness of governance networks on the design and implementation of sustainability strategies.European cities are actively developing sustainability strategies to address the impact of climate change. One recent approach many cities have taken is the creation of 'governance networks': groups of public, private and third sector organisations, which collaborate to support urban sustainability efforts. Drawing on two case studies in Glasgow and Copenhagen, this book explores the concept of governance networks in theory and practice, revealing how stakeholder collaboration, leadership and innovation within these networks can help or hinder the process. It also highlights the many benefits of these networks, including increased participation in the decision-making process, increased levels of resources and expertise on sustainability issues, as well as stakeholder buy-in for sustainability policies.This book provides recommendations for improving the efficiency of governance networks and will be of interest to academics and practitioners working in the areas of urban governance and sustainability.

Webster, Anthony, The Foundation of Australia's Capital Cities: Geology, Landscape, and Urban Character. 340 pp. 2022:4 (Lexington Books, US) <675-858>
ISBN 978-1-4985-9795-1 hard ¥25,872.- (税込) US$ 120.00 *

The Foundation of Australia's Capital Cities is the story of how the places chosen for Australia's seven colonial capitals came to shape their unique urban character and built environments. Tony Webster traces the effects of each city's geologically diverse coastal or riverine landform and the local natural materials that were available for construction, highlighting how the geology and original landforms resulted in development patterns that have persisted today.

Bryer, Thomas A. / Jeon, So Hee (eds.), Citizenship and Ethics: From the Neighborhood to the City, Country to the World. (Democratic Dilemmas and Policy Responsiveness) 326 pp. 2021:4 (Lexington Books, US) <675-121>
ISBN 978-1-79361-394-3 hard ¥28,674.- (税込) US$ 133.00 *

Scholarship is a multi-generational collective enterprise with a commitment to advancing knowledge, inspiring reflection, and facilitating stronger neighborhoods, cities and countries. This book explicitly adopts this lens as a recognition of the contributions of Prof. Terry Cooper to scholarship and practice, and as a mechanism to connect the past to the present and ultimately the future of scholarship in public ethics and citizen engagement. This "multi-generational" approach is designed to reveal the persistent and future ongoing need to engage as a scholarly and practitioner community with these questions. The book is broken into three main sections: citizenship and neighborhood governance, public service ethics and citizenship, and global explorations of citizenship and ethics. Unique in this collection is the explicit linkage across the main focus areas of citizenship and ethics, as well as the comparative and global context in which these issues are explored. Cases and data are examined from the United States, Chile, Thailand, India, China, Georgia, and Myanmar. Ultimately, it is made clear through each individual chapter and the collective whole that research on citizenship and ethics within public affairs and service has a rich history, remains critical to the strengthening of public institutions today, and will only increase in global significance in the years ahead.

Stephenson, R. Bruce, Portland's Good Life: Sustainability and Hope in an American City. (Environment and Society) 276 pp. 2021:3 (Lexington Books, US) <675-1004>
ISBN 978-1-79361-457-5 hard ¥25,225.- (税込) US$ 117.00 *

Iconic urbanist Lewis Mumford stressed the role of a well-constructed city in the development of the good life, championing pedestrian-scaled, sustainable cities. In Portland's Good Life, R. Bruce Stephenson examines how Portland, the one city in America that adopted Mumford's vision, became a model city for living the good life. Stephenson traces Portland's success to its grass roots governing system, its housing and climate protection initiatives, and most of all, its citizens devoted to the public good; all of which have resulted in the construction of a city that honors the humanity of its people.

Button, Cat / Taylor Aiken, Gerald (eds.), Over Researched Places: Towards a Critical and Reflexive Approach. (Routledge Studies in Human Geography) 216 pp. 2022 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2024 <675-1014>
ISBN 978-0-367-56771-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-56775-0 paper ¥11,392.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99 *

The book explores the implications that research-density has on the people and places researched, on the researchers, on the data collected and knowledge produced, and on the theories that are developed. It examines the effects that research-density has on the people and places researched, on the researchers, on the data collected and knowledge produced, and on the theories that are developed. By weaving together experiences from a variety of countries and across disciplinary boundaries and research methods, the volume outlines the roots of over-research, where it comes from and what can be done about it. The book will be useful for social science students and researchers working in ethnographic disciplines such as Human Geography, Anthropology, Urban Planning, and Sociology and seeking to navigate the tricky 'absent present' of already existing research on their fields of exploration.

Hersey, Leigh N. / Bobick, Bryna (eds.), Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas. 244 pp. 2021:3 (Lexington Books, US) <675-1016>
ISBN 978-1-79363-390-3 hard ¥23,931.- (税込) US$ 111.00 *

Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas provides readers with numerous examples of ways that the arts can contribute to community development. Through the diverse backgrounds of its contributing authors - representing artists, art educators, and public administration scholars - the role of arts is explored as a contributing factor in strengthening communities. The book shows that the arts have the potential to positively impact a wide variety of development interests, including economic, education, health, social capital, and of cultural. The book provides strategies and techniques for implementing successful arts-based projects, whether it be through public art initiatives, service-learning opportunities, or the development or cultural districts. Cross-sectoral collaboration is a key in many of these projects, making the book beneficial for artists and community leaders who seek ways to work together to improve their cities.

Kagan, Sacha, Culture and Sustainable Development in the City: Urban Spaces of Possibilities. 256 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <675-1017>
ISBN 978-1-03-213700-1 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book exposes the potential to advance a cultural approach to sustainable urban development. It explores urban "spaces of possibilities" and links them to the seized or missed opportunities for innovative forms of transversal partnerships throughout the city and of culturally sensitive urban policies.The call for sustainability brings with it challenges for which, in view of the urgency of social transformation, institutional innovations are necessary. Sustainable urban development will only succeed through creative impulses, experiments, trying out innovative ideas, and making alternatives visible, in particular through locally rooted urban initiatives, artistic actions, and social movements. Discussing many concrete examples from several years of empirical research in the cities of Hanover and Hamburg (Germany), Baltimore and Chicago (USA), Bangalore (India), St. Petersburg (Russia), Singapore, and Vancouver (Canada), the book connects urban spaces and their actors; looks at their guiding principles, strategies, and concrete practices; and identifies new levers, networks, and alliances. Readers will find in this book not only inspiring examples of culture in everyday life in the city but also explanations about the qualities that make local cultural initiatives especially full of potentials, and how they may translate into city-wide changes, engaging with the whole City as Space of Possibilities.The book will interest researchers and advanced students in the interdisciplinary fields of urban studies, sustainability science/sustainability research, cultural sciences, urban sociology, and sociology of the arts/cultural sociology; and those interested in the transdisciplinary collaborations between the arts, academia, and civil society.

ポスト・パンデミックの世界のためのスマートで弾力性のある都市の設計
Larsson, Anthony / Hatzigeorgiou, Andreas, Designing Smart and Resilient Cities for a Post-Pandemic World: Metropandemic Revolution. (Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy) 400 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <675-1018>
ISBN 978-1-03-211995-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Are pandemics the end of cities? Or, do they present an opportunity for us to reshape cities in ways making us even more innovative, successful and sustainable? Pandemics such as COVID-19 (and comparable disruptions) have caused intense debates over the future of cities.Through a series of investigative studies, Designing Smart and Resilient Cities for a Post-Pandemic World: Metropandemic Revolution seeks to critically discuss and compare different cases, innovations and approaches as to how cities can utilise nascent and future digital technology and/or new strategies in order to build stronger resilience to better tackle comparable large-scale pandemics and/or disruptions in the future.The authors identify ten separate societal areas where future digital technology can impact resilience. These are discussed in individual chapters. Each chapter concludes with a set of proposed "action points" based on the conclusions of each respective study. These serve as solid policy recommendations of what courses of action to take, to help increase the resilience in smart cities for each designated area. Securing resilience and cohesion between each area will bring about the metropandemic revolution.This book features a foreword by Nobel laureate Peter C. Doherty and an afterword by Professor of Urban Technologies, Carlo Ratti. It provides fresh and unique insights on smart cities and futures studies in a pandemic context, offers profound reflections on contemporary societal functions and the needs to build resilience and combines lessons learned from historical pandemics with possibilities offered by future technology.

Mehta, Vikas, Public Space: Notes on Why It Matters, What We Should Know, and How to Realize Its Potential. 250 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <675-1020>
ISBN 978-1-03-213703-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-213702-5 paper ¥8,258.- (税込) GB￡ 28.99 *

Public Space: notes on why it matters, what we should know, and how to realize its potential journeys a vast territory and presents a panoramic view of public space-an understanding from numerous disciplines-under one cover in an incisive and concise manner. As a dialogue between the social-political and the material-physical, the book brings together the key ideas that encompass the social, political, and physical issues in the making and experience of public space. The book is at the same time a primer and a progressive text. It makes the case for public space, digs deep into understanding what public space is, followed by three sections that present the inherent paradoxes, the possibilities, and propositions for a more meaningful public space. The book presents ideas in concise and approachable ways-from established tenets to new propositions-that are constructive and thought-provoking, with many that will challenge the reader's preconceived notions. Students and scholars in the built environment disciplines and social sciences, public space managers, public and private sector practitioners, and civic leaders, but also residents who want to better understand and make an impact in their communities and cities will find Public Space to be a valuable resource.

Mihaylov, Valentin / Ilchenko, Mikhail (eds.), Post-Utopian Spaces: Transforming and Re-Evaluating Urban Icons of Socialist Modernism. (Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change) 304 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <675-1021>
ISBN 978-1-03-219768-5 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely book explores 'ideal' socialist cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political conditions after the fall of communism.With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book prioritises objective scientific knowledge and presents expert rethinking of the historical experience of urban planning in the former socialist countries of Eurasia. It draws on carefully selected examples of iconic cities of socialist modernism, from the post-Soviet space, Central Europe, and the Balkans. The book explores the ongoing transformation of these cities: from uniformed urban environment to chaotic post-modernist planning, from industrialisation to touristification, from deideologisation to making new and still highly contested heritage. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in urban studies, human geography, sociology, social anthropology, spatial planning, and architectural practice.

Mutnick, Deborah / Cuonzo, M. / Griffiths, C. et al. (eds.), The City is an Ecosystem: Sustainable Education, Policy, and Practice. (Advances in Urban Sustainability) 304 pp. 2022:7 (Routledge, UK) <675-1022>
ISBN 978-1-03-210864-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-210865-0 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

The City is an Ecosystem maps an interdisciplinary, community-engaged response to the great ecological crises of our time-climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality-which pose particular challenges for cities, where more than half the world's population currently live. Across more than twenty chapters, the three parts of the book cover historical and scientific perspectives on the city as an ecosystem; human rights to the city in relation to urban sustainability; and the city as a sustainability classroom at all educational levels inside and outside formal classroom spaces. It argues that such efforts must be interdisciplinary and widespread to ensure an informed public and educated new generation are equipped to face an uncertain future, particularly relevant in the post-COVID-19 world. Gathering multiple interdisciplinary and community-engaged perspectives on these environmental crises, with contemporary and historical case study discussions, this timely volume cuts across the humanities and social and health sciences, and will be of interest to policymakers, urban ecologists, activists, built environment professionals, educators, and advanced students concerned with the future of our cities.

Trafi-Prats, Laura / Castro-Varela, Aurelio (eds.), Visual Participatory Arts Based Research in the City: Ontology, Aesthetics and Ethics. (Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City) 216 pp. 2022:4 (Routledge, UK) <675-1024>
ISBN 978-0-367-46296-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Visual Participatory Arts Based Research in the Cities maps ontological, aesthetic and ethic differences between humanist and posthumanist arts-based research, while providing insight on methodological orientations to develop arts-based research with frameworks based on process-philosophies. It is the first book on arts-based research which focuses on the city, adopting a posthumanist approach to the assembled nature of urban environments, where agency is distributed across infrastructures, technologies, spaces, things, and bodies. Chapters one to seven feature a series of studies, situated in different cities in Europe and the Americas, which outline experiences of movement, inhabitancy, interdependence, collaboration, infrastructuring and sensorial re-calibration informed by art practices in film, photography, digital projection, installation, performance and art as social practice. At the core of this book is the idea that aesthetic ecologies of cities do not depend solely on human activity, relying instead on non-logocentric modalities of collective life. The book is an indispensable tool to researchers, instructors and graduate students in education, the social sciences and the arts aiming to conceive, design and develop projects in arts-based research.