Forthcoming Urban Cultures Books

Forthcoming Books

1. African City Textualities

   Edited by Ranka Primorac

   The stereotype of Africa as a predominantly 'natural' space ignores the existence of vibrant and cosmopolitan urban environments on the continent. Far from merely embodying backwardness and lack, African cities are sites of complex and diverse cultural productions which participate in...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Brand-Driven City Building and the Virtualizing of Space

   By Alexander Gutzmer

   Series: Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design

   This book is an investigation of the cultural phenomenon of branding and its transformational effects on the contemporary spatial – and urban – reality. It develops a novel understanding of the rationale behind the construction of large-scale architectural complexes that relate to corporate brands,...

   To Be Published July 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Remaking China's Great Cities

   Space and Culture in Urban Housing, Renewal, and Expansion

   By Sam Liang

   Series: Asia's Transformations

   This book argues that the production of new urban spaces is a crucial means of state governance in contemporary urban China. The local officials reinforce their political and economic dominance by applying their visions of modernization and globalization to urban planning and regeneration. The...

   To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Housing Inequality in China

   Edited by Youqin Huang, Si-ming Li

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   In recent decades, Chinese cities have experienced profound social, economic and spatial transformations. In particular, Chinese cities have witnessed the largest housing boom in history and the unprecedented housing privatization. As a result, urban residents have enjoyed spectacular housing...

   To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Toward Slow Cities

   A Critique of the Ecologies of Fast Urbanism in the Americas

   By Lawrence Herzog

   To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Asian American Literature and the Environment

   Edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons, Youngsuk Chae, Bella Adams

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This book is a ground-breaking transnational study of representations of the environment in Asian American literature. Extending and renewing Asian American studies and eco-criticism by drawing the two fields into deeper dialogue, it brings Asian American writers to the center of eco-critical...

   To Be Published April 30th 2014 by Routledge