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

Delgado, Melvin, Urban Public Spaces, Events, and Gun Violence: Block Parties, Funerals, Mother's Day, and Other Community Events. 232 pp. 2024:9 (Springer, GW) <734-702>
ISBN 978-3-031-67018-3 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This book offers a new vision on urban gun violence that focuses on public space-centered concepts, events, and research. It builds on our existing knowledge base by viewing a "slice" of this problem through celebratory and solemn occasions and how violence at these events and spaces reflects on the state of urban gun violence. Understanding this context serves to inform us on how best to address this social phenomenon. Gun violence in the United States is a salient national problem with virtually no day that goes by without it occurring, particularly in urban public spaces, making it a significant social event. This book uniquely presents an urban- and event-focused context for gun violence. It also draws attention to marginalized urban communities, merging urban public spaces, events, intersectionality, social justice, and gun violence, introducing a unique window to better comprehend this violence as a national issue and bringing profound consequences when it transpires in a public event. To examine the context of public spaces and events in gun violence, the author organized the book's ten chapters in three sections: Part I: Conceptual Foundation sets the foundation for a multifaceted perspective.Part II: Celebratory and Solemn Events expands the gun violence arena.Part III: Implications for Research, Education, and Practice. Urban Public Spaces, Events, and Gun Violence: Block Parties, Funerals, Mother's Day, and Other Community Events expands the context of gun violence beyond the street scene to include public settings and events, and helps in achieving a comprehensive understanding of this public health problem and how best to solve it. The book is essential reading for practitioners, academics, and researchers in public health, social work, criminal justice, and community practice.

Magidimisha-Chipungu, Hangwelani Hope, People Living with Disabilities in South African Cities: A Built Environment Perspective on Inclusion and Accessibility. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 214 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-338>
ISBN 978-3-031-66714-5 hard ¥32,952.- (税込) EUR 139.99

This book offers a unique and much-needed perspective on disability and accessibility in urban context in South Africa. Drawing on lived experiences of disabled people, it documents the multidimensional aspect of poverty in the context of disability and built environment to show how poorly planned cities create physical and social barriers that impact the life of people with disabilities. People Living with Disabilities in South African Cities is structured around three main insights and themes that inform the author's approach to disability and cities. The first is disability research; drawing on studies on planning and the built environment, the author highlights the role of physical environment in promoting inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities. The second theme is social protection, i.e. ways to provide support and resources for people with disabilities to enable them to participate fully in society. Finally, the author explores the policies and legislative context needed to create an inclusive society, challenging the role of governments and policy makers. Offering a comprehensive approach to studying disabilities and cities, the author aims to bridge the gap between disability studies, inclusive planning, and design to support the development of accessible cities in the African context. This invaluable book not only raises awareness on social inclusion, but also offers an invaluable guide to policy makers across the Global South to tackle and address inequalities.

Aigbavboa, Clinton Ohis / Cobbina, J. E. et al. (eds.), Urban Alchemy: A Governance and Planning Framework for Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Economies. 2025:1 (Emerald, UK) <734-200>
ISBN 978-1-83549-747-0 hard ¥22,638.- (税込) US$ 105.00

グローバルな都市東京の空間的多様性
Yamamura, Sakura, Spatial Diversity in the Global City: Transnational Tokyo. (Global Diversities) 239 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-1010>
ISBN 978-3-031-64724-6 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book, at the nexus of migration and urban studies, sheds new light on a long-neglected group of transmigrants and the global city of Tokyo. Using extensive empirical material on transnational migrants from above and below, it locates and better specifies spatial diversification in Tokyo and beyond. By incorporating transnational spaces into urban diversity discourses, it extends the superdiversity debate to a socio-spatial dimension and examines the configuration and processes of diversity and diversification in global cities from a socio-spatial perspective. Unique in its theoretical focus on the spatial aspect of superdiversity, the book delivers rare empirical insights into the daily socio-spatial practices of transnational financial professionals and other transmigrants. This social geographical study reveals the complex interplay between global mobility and urban transformation. It will be of particular interest to urban and migration scholars in fields such as urban sociology, social geography, and urban anthropology, offering deep engagement with debates on urban diversity and transnational spaces.

Budiman, Manneke / Kusno, Abidin (eds.), Collective Memory, Marginality, and Spatial Politics in Urban Indonesia. 206 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-1050>
ISBN 978-981-9743-03-2 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This volume presents three important themes for the study of Indonesian politics, cultures, and urban space: 1) urban regeneration and collective memory, 2) marginality and the other archives, 3) mood, medium, and media. Readers will find in the collection elements of urban imaginary and practices as represented in essays on community archiving, heritage, spatial experiments, gangsters and hooligans, sex work and sexual violence, youth subcultures, marketplaces, museums, and elite subdivisions. With this, the book offers readers a way to look at how the contributors approach the ever- shifting urban space as a cultural and political arena: how space is represented, produced and contested and how they are implicated in identity formations today and in the past; how individual and collective memories are fixated, disrupted, or catapulted forward by mobility and spatial transformation; how people, landscapes, buildings, movements join forces in transforming self and space, resulting in significant reconfiguration of politics, culture, and memory. This is an open access book.

Rotbard, Sharon, White City, Black City: Architecture and War in Tel Aviv and Jaffa. New ed. 272 pp. 2025:4 (Pluto Pr., UK) <734-1112>
ISBN 978-0-7453-5093-6 paper ¥5,124.- (税込) GB￡ 17.99

'An exemplary architectural study' - Owen Hatherley, Guardian Tel Aviv, the Zionist project's 'White City', is said to have risen from the sands of the desert. Acclaimed worldwide for its architectural heritage and gleaming Bauhaus-inspired Modernism, it is ostensibly designed to be a safe home for the Jewish people. However, the reality of the city's establishment was very different. Hidden below its foundations are the remains of Jaffa - the 'Black City', a Palestinian city that was obliterated to make way for European-style architecture at the heart of a newly-formed Israel. Both a gripping narrative and a unique architectural record, White City, Black City shows that cities are made not only of stones and concrete but also of stories and histories - victors and losers, predator and prey. This new edition contains a postscript reflecting on the recent destruction of the Gaza Strip.

He, Baojie / Jupesta, Joni et al. (eds.), Urban Climate Change Adaptation: A Nature-Based Approach. (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation) 293 pp. 2024:9 (Springer, GW) <734-1185>
ISBN 978-3-031-65087-1 hard ¥51,784.- (税込) EUR 219.99

"Urban Climate Change Adaptation" is a timely and informative book that delves into the complex challenges posed by climate change and explores the pathways to achieving environmental sustainability. The book begins by examining the scientific consensus on climate change, detailing the causes and consequences of rising global temperatures, changing weather patterns, and the resulting impacts on ecosystems and human societies. Readers are further introduced to a range of innovative and nature-based solutions that promote environmental sustainability. These solutions encompass a diverse array of approaches, including renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, conservation of biodiversity, and the restoration of ecosystems. The book serves as an indispensable resource for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of complex issues on climate change and the pursuit of environmental sustainability. It also offers practical solutions for individuals, communities, and policymakers.

Autero, Anniina / de Moraes Batista Simao, M. et al. (eds.), Smart Urban Safety and Security: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 335 pp. 2024:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <734-1200>
ISBN 978-981-9721-95-5 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book explores the use of technologies for urban safety and security. Rather than focusing on the technologies themselves, it provides and in-depth analysis of the complex urban transformations linked to the increasing integration of technical systems in the built environment. Interdisciplinary contributions explain how technologies can improve urban safety, whilst offering a broader discussion relative to urban, socio-economic and political factors. Against simplistic techno-solutionist ideas, the authors illustrate the role of technology as means to an end and show how technologies can widen our understanding of safety and security. Readers are introduced to issues relative to the practical implementation, development, and testing of urban technologies via numerous case studies from cities around the world.

Bailey, Ajay / Otsuki, Kei (eds.), Inclusive Cities and Global Urban Transformation: Infrastructures, Intersectionalities, and Sustainable Development. 348 pp. 2024:12 (Springer, GW) <734-1201>
ISBN 978-981-9775-20-0 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book addresses the problem of global urban development that excludes various groups of people from the benefits of urban growth and sustainable development. Using the intersectionality and agency of urban dwellers and citizens, it outlines possibilities of responsive urban governance that builds on principles of the inclusive city. The book's first section presents various cases of digital, smart, logistical, and green infrastructure that drive a city's growth and sustainable development while excluding various citizens from these benefits. The second and third sections focus on the intersectionality and agency of urban citizens vulnerable to marginalization in different urban contexts-such as the elderly, people with various physical and mental challenges, women, and children. The last section presents the cases of potential forms of responsive governance and possibilities for future inclusive city planning and development. This book appeals to students of urban and development studies and planning and related disciplines, such as human and cultural geography, applied anthropology, sociology, sustainability sciences, architecture, and design. It is also helpful for activists and practitioners as illustrative cases presented in the book show various experiences and possibilities for making a city inclusive.

Lasseb, Karim, Professionnalisation des executifs urbains en Suisse (1945-2018): remuneration et transformation du profil des elus. (Politique et societe) 315 p. 2024:8 (Alphil, SZ) <734-1205>
ISBN 978-2-88930-606-0 paper ¥7,037.- (税込) EUR 29.90

Martin, Allie, Intersectional Listening: Gentrification and Black Sonic Life in Washington, DC. 240 pp. 2025:2 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <734-1207>
ISBN 978-0-19-767156-6 hard ¥21,344.- (税込) US$ 99.00
ISBN 978-0-19-767157-3 paper ¥6,465.- (税込) US$ 29.99