International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

1997 - 2025

Current editor(s): Alan Harding, Roger Keil and Jeremy Seekings

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Volume 24, issue 4, 2000

The City and the Car pp. 737-757

Mimi Sheller and John Urry

Governance Restructuring in Los Angeles and Toronto: Amalgamation or Secession? pp. 758-781

Roger Keil

Tackling Social Exclusion in the European Union? The Limits to the New Orthodoxy of Local Partnership pp. 782-800

Mike Geddes

Going for Gold: Atlanta's Bid for Fame pp. 801-817

Drew Whitelegg

Renaissance Revisited: Singapore as a ‘Global City for the Arts’ pp. 818-831

T.C. Chang

Introduction: Urban Studies in South Africa after Apartheid pp. 832-840

Jeremy Seekings

Backyard Soweto pp. 841-857

Owen Crankshaw, Alan Gilbert and Alan Morris

The Centrality of Community Capacity in State Low‐income Housing Provision in Cape Town, South Africa pp. 858-872

Sophie Oldfield

Wage Strategies and Minimum Wages in Decentralized Regions: the Case of the Clothing Industry in Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa pp. 873-888

Nicoli Nattrass

Democratization and Politics in South African Townships pp. 889-905

Janet Cherry, Kris Jones and Jeremy Seekings

Debating Dominence and Relevance: Notes on the ‘Communicative Turn’ in Planning Theory pp. 907-913

Oren Yiftachel and Margo Huxley

Conservative Epistomology, Reductive Ethics, Far Too Narrow Politics: Some Clarifications in Response to Yiftachel and Huxley pp. 914-916

John Forrester

Planning Theory and Urban and Regional Dynamics: A Comment on Yiftachel and Huxley pp. 917-921

Patsy Healey

On Space, Planning and Communication: A Brief Rejoinder pp. 922-924

Oren Yiftachel and Margo Huxley

Volume 24, issue 3, 2000

The Roads to Disaffiliation: Insecure Work and Vulnerable Relationships pp. 519-535

Robert Castel

Diversity and Complexity in Local Forms of Urban Anti‐Poverty Strategies in Europe∗ pp. 536-553

Marco Oberti

Poverty Alleviation and the Eviction of the Poorest: Towards Urban Land Reform in the Philippines∗ pp. 554-566

ErhardJ. Berner

The Culture Economy of Paris∗ pp. 567-582

Allen Scott and Mark Ellis

The Ethnic and Gender Division of Labor Compared Among Immigrants to Los Angeles∗ pp. 583-600

Richard Wright and Mark Ellis

Manchester First: From Municipal Socialism to the Entrepreneurial City pp. 601-615

Stephen Quilley

Urban Space, Restrictive Covenants and the Origins of Racial Residential Segregation in a US City, 1900–50 pp. 616-633

Kevin Fox Gotham

Jews, Arabs, Russians and Foreigners in an Israeli City: Ethnic Divisions and the Restructuring Economy of Tel Aviv, 1983–96 pp. 634-652

Gila Menaham

Business Networks and New Distribution Methods: The Spread of Franchises in Spain pp. 653-674

Augustín Gámir and Ricardo Méndez

End of the Empire State? New Labour and Devolution in the United Kingdom pp. 675-688

John Tomaney

Dome Alone: London's Millennium Project and the Strategic Planning Deficit pp. 689-699

Andy Thornley

Rent Subsidies in the USA and Housing Allowances in The Netherlands: Worlds Apart pp. 700-712

Hugo Priemus

Volume 24, issue 2, 2000

Globalization: Beyond the Ultra‐modernist Narrative to a Critical Realist Perspective on Geopolitics in the Cyber Age pp. 258-273

Christopher Lloyd

The Political in the Era of Globalization and Finance: Focus on Some Régulation School Research pp. 274-322

Robert Boyer

The Crisis of the National Spatio‐Temporal Fix and the Tendential Ecological Dominance of Globalizing Capitalism pp. 323-360

Bob Jessop

The Urban Question: Reflections on Henri Lefebvre, Urban Theory and the Politics of scale pp. 361-378

Neil Brenner

Informal Institutional Arrangements in Credit, Land Markets and Infrastructure Delivery in Trinidad pp. 379-496

Ayse Pamuk

Social and Spatial Implications of Housing Reform in China pp. 397-417

Ya Ping Wang and Alan Murie

Social Control, Urban Planning and Ethno‐class Relations: Mizrahi Jews in Israel's ‘Development Towns’ pp. 418-438

Oren Yiftachel

Mega‐events, Urban Boosterism and Growth Strategies: An Analysis of the Objectives and Legitimations of the Cape Town 2004 Olympic Bid pp. 449-458

Harry H. Hiller

The Good City: In Defense of Utopian Thinking pp. 460-472

John Friedmann

The Dialectics of Dystopia: Disorder and Zero Tolerance in The City pp. 473-489

Andy Merrifield

Volume 24, issue 1, 2000

Cultural production, place and politics on the South Bank of the Thames pp. 9-24

Peter Newman and Ian Smith

‘The basic assumptions as regards the nature and requirements of a capital city’ identity, modernization and urban form at Mafikeng’s margins pp. 25-51

Peris Sean Jones

Migration and remittances in island microstates: a comparative perspective on the South Pacific and the Caribbean pp. 52-78

John Connell and Dennis Conway

On location: American capital and the local labour market in the Vancouver film industry pp. 79-94

Neil M. Coe

Economic structure and change in the Balkan region: implications for integration, transition and economic cooperation pp. 95-113

George Petrakos and Stoyan Totev

Fetishizing the modern city: the phantasmagoria of urban technological networks pp. 120-138

Maria Kaika and Erik Swyngedouw

The connectivity of infrastructure networks and the urban space of São Paulo in the 1990s pp. 139-164

Ricardo Toledo Silva

‘Territorial deregulation’: local authorities at risk from technical networks pp. 165-182

Jean‐Marc Offner

Constructing premium network spaces: reflections on infrastructure networks and contemporary urban development pp. 183-200

Stephen Graham

The Trouble with Men? Young People, Gender Transformations and the Crisis of Masculinity pp. 201-209

Linda McDowell

Governance, Coordination and Legitimacy in Public Policies pp. 210-223

Yannis Papadopoulos

Conference on the Furure of Chinese Cities: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century pp. 224-225

Nancy C. Netting

Volume 23, issue 4, 1999

The Concentration of African‐American Poverty and the Dispersal of the Working Class: An Ethnographic Study of Three Inner‐city Areas pp. 619-637

Martín Sánchez‐Jankowski

The Reassertion of Economics: 1990s Gentrification in the Lower East Side pp. 638-653

Neil Smith and James DeFilippis

Land Use and the Limits to (Regional) Governance: Some Lessons from Planning for Housing and Minerals in England pp. 654-669

Richard Cowell and Jonathan Murdoch

State Policy and Spatial Restructuring in Post‐reform China, 1978–95 pp. 670-696

George C. S. Lin

The Development of Open‐air Markets in East‐Central Europe pp. 697-714

Endre Sik and Claire Wallace

Characteristics and Origins of the Comecon Open‐air Market in Hungary pp. 715-737

Ágnes Czakó and Endre Sik

The Significance of Borders in the East European Transition pp. 738-750

Claire Wallace, Oksana Shmulyar and Vasil Bedsir

The Significance of Borders in the East European Transition pp. 738-750

Trond Thuen

Megacity Toronto: Struggles Over Differing Aspects of Middle‐Class Politics pp. 771-781

Julie‐Anne Boudreau

Global Economy/Immature Polity: Current Crisis in Southeast Asia pp. 782-795

Chua Beng Huat

Volume 23, issue 3, 1999

Rupture or Continuity? Modern and Postmodern Planning in Toronto pp. 421-444

Pierre Filion

Social Agents, the Provision of Buildings and Property Booms: The Case of Sã0 Paulo pp. 445-463

Claudio Soares de Magalhãs

Ethical Frameworks and Planning Theory pp. 464-478

Heather Campbell and Robert Marshall

Regionalism and Federalism: a Comparative Analysis of the Regulation of Economic Tensions between Regions by Canadian and American Federal Intergovernmental Transfer Programmes pp. 479-512

Bruno Théret

Bargaining with Transnational Corporations: The Case of Shanghai pp. 513-533

Yue‐Man Yeung and Xiaojian Li

Local Growth Coalition: The Context and Implications of China’s Gradualist Urban Land Reforms pp. 534-548

Jieming Zhu

The Relationship between Diversification and Growth: Some Evidence from the British Urban System 1978 to 1991 pp. 549-566

Dan O’Donoghue

Post‐Communist Borders and Territories: Conflicts, Learning and Rule‐Building in Poland pp. 567-582

François Bafoil

Why is Shanghai Building a Giant Speculative Property Bubble? pp. 583-588

Anne Haila

The Guggenheim‐Bilbao Museum Effect: A Reply to María V. Gomez’‘Reflective Images: The Case of Urban Regeneration in Glasgow and Bilbao’ pp. 589-592

Beatriz Plaza

Affirmative Action: A Critical Reconnaissance pp. 593-601

Alba Alexander and Kurt Jacobsen

Volume 23, issue 2, 1999

Introduction: Immigrants and the Informal Economy in European Cities pp. 209-211

Enzo Mingione

Migrants in the Italian Underground Economy pp. 212-231

Fabio Quassoli

Informal Spaces: The Geography of Informal Economic Activities in Brussels pp. 232-251

Christian Kesteltoot and Henk Meert

Mixed Embeddedness: (In)formal Economic Activities and Immigrant Businesses in the Netherlands pp. 252-266

Robert Kloosterman, Joanne Van Der Leun and Jan Rath

A Look at the ‘Hidden Side’: Turkish Women in Berlin’s Ethnic Labour Market pp. 267-282

Felicitas Hillman

Everyday Urbanization: The Social Dynamics of Development in Manila’s Extended Metropolitan Region pp. 283-303

Philip F. Kelly

Fragmented Integration in the Singapore‐Indonesian Border Zone: Southeast Asia’s ‘Growth Triangle’ Against the Global Economy pp. 304-328

Carl Grundy‐Warr, Karen Peachey and Martin Perry

Regional Production Relationships and Developmental Impacts: A Comparative Study of Three Production Networks pp. 329-344

Lai Si Tsui‐Auch

Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania: The Culture of Surviving and its Implications for Children’s Health pp. 329-344

Joe L. P. Lugalla and Jesse Kazeni Mbwambo

Sustainable Urban Development in Europe: Myth or Reality? pp. 361-364

Sasha Tsenkova

An Institutionalist Perspective on Regional Economic Development pp. 365-378

Ash Amin

Theory Led by Policy: The Inadequacies of the ‘New Regionalism’ (Illustrated from the Case of Wales) pp. 379-395

John Lovering

Volume 23, issue 1, 1999

Housing inequality in urban China in the 1990s pp. 7-25

John Logan, Yanjie Bian and Fuqin Bian

Socialism and urbanization in Ethiopia, 1975–90: a tale of two Kebeles pp. 26-44

Mengistu Woube and Örjan Sjöberg

Reconceptualizing public and private in urban regime theory: governance in AIDS politics pp. 45-69

Michael Brown

‘This is a lot like the Bronx, isn’t it?’ Lived experiences of marginality in an Argentine slum pp. 45-69

Javier Auyero

Making oneself at home: the mediation of residential action pp. 70-87

Peter Somerville and Andy Steele

The internationalization of ethnic Chinese business firms from Southeast Asia: strategies, processes and competitive advantage pp. 88-102

Wai Chung Henry Yeung

Changing Cairo: the political economy of urban form pp. 103-127

Dona J. Stewart

The internationalization of post‐1980 property cycles and the Japanese ‘bubble’ economy, 1986–96 pp. 147-164

Alizera Dehesh and Cedric Pugh

State powers, state land and competition for global entertainment: the case of Sydney pp. 165-172

Glen Searle and Michael Bounds

Capital reconstruction and capital accumulation in Berlin: a reply to Peter Marcuse pp. 173-179

Scott Campbell

Economic and political power in the new Berlin: a response to Peter Marcuse pp. 180-184

Hartmut Häußermann

Reply to Campbell and Häußermann pp. 185-187

Peter Marcuse