The UGRG Book Review Series publishes high quality reviews of recent books related to cities and geography. The series is segmented by yearly volumes, each containing up to 20 book reviews.
Editor: Dr Justin Spinney (University of East London) Web | Email
2011 ¦ 2010 ¦ 2009 ¦ 2008 ¦ 2007
2011 Volume
Allen, C. & Imrie, R. (eds) (2010) The Knowledge Business: the commodification of urban and housing research (PDF). Reviewed by Derek Eysenbach, University of Arizona
Freeman, C. & Tranter, P. (2011) Children and their urban environments: changing worlds. Earthscan, Oxford (pdf). Reviewed by Adefemi Kingsley Adekunle, UCL, London.
Banerjee-Guha, S. (2010) Accumulation by Dispossession: Transformative Cities in the new Global Order,Sage (pdf). Reviewed by Mohd Amir Anwar, Trinity College, Dublin.
Cloke, P., May, J., Johnsen, S (2010) Swept up lives? Re-envisioning the homeless city, Wiley-Blackwell, (pdf). Reviewed by Paul Kirkness, University of Edinburgh.
Fussey, P., Coaffee, J., Armstrong, G., Hobbs, D. (2011) Securing and sustaining the Olympic city: reconfiguring London for 2012 and beyond. Ashgate, Farnham (pdf). Reviewed by Ulpia Botezatu, Newcastle university.
Guy, S., Marvin, S., Medd, W., Moss, T. (2011) Shaping Urban Infrastructures: Intermediaries and the Governance of Socio-technical Networks, Earthscan: London (pdf). Reviewed by Fiona Nash, Royal Holloway University of London.
Hodson, M. & Marvin, S. (2010) World Cities and Climate change: producing ecological security, Open University Press: Milton Keynes (pdf). Reviewed by Cat Button, Durham University.
Myers, G. (2011) African Cities: Alternative visions of theory and practice, Zed Books: London (pdf). Reviewed by Rachel Granger, Coventry University.
Patwari, S. & Tang, B. (Eds) Written by Maurice Mitchell (2010) Learning from Delhi: dispersed initiatives in changing urban landscapes. Ashgate, Farnham (pdf). Reviewed by Leslie McLees, University of Oregon
Rycroft, S. (2011) Swinging City: A Cultural Geography of London 1950-1974, Ashgate: Farnham, England (pdf). Reviewed by Dr Hannah Neate, University of Edingurgh.
Wallace, A. (2010) Remaking Community? New Labour and the governance of poor neighbourhoods. Ashgate, Farnham (pdf). Reviewed by Helen Wilson, University of Hull.
Wasson, S. (2010) Urban Gothic of the Second World War: Dark London, Palgrave-Macmillan: Basingstoke (pdf). Reviewed by Peter Merriman, Aberystwyth University.
2010 Volume
Coaffee, Jon (2009): Terrorism, Risk and the Global City: Towards Urban Resilience. Ashgate: Aldershot. (pdf) Reviewed by: Christopher M. Johnson, LSE
Coward, Martin (2008): Urbicide: The politics of urban destruction. London: Routledge. (pdf) Reviewed by: Paul O’Hare, University of Manchester
Dennis, Richard (2010): Cities in Modernity: Representations and Productions of Metropolitan Space, 1840-1930. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. (pdf) Reviewed by: William Mangold, The City University of New York
Dubben, Nigel and Brendan Williams (eds) (2009): Partnerships in urban property development: Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. (pdf) Reviewed by: Tony Gilmour, University of New South Wales
Hanson, Susan and Mei-Po Kwan (eds) (2008): Transport: Critical Essays in Human Geography: Ashgate: Aldershot and Burlington. (pdf) Reviewed by: Pere Suau-Sanchez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Helms, Gesa (2008): Towards Safe City Centres? Remaking the Spaces of an Old-Industrial City. Ashgate: Aldershot. (pdf) Reviewed by: Alexandra Fanghanel, University of Leeds
Johnson, Louise (2009): Cultural Capitals: Revaluing the Arts, Remaking Urban Spaces. Ashgate: Farnham. (pdf) Reviewed by: Luke Dickens, Independent Scholar
Latham, Alan, Derek Mc Cormack, Kim McNamara and Donald McNeil (2009): Key Concepts in Urban Geography. London: Sage. (pdf) Reviewed by: Anne Vogelpohl, Technical Univesity Berlin
Loukaki, Argyro (2008): Living Ruins, Value Conflicts: Ashgate: Aldershot. (pdf) Reviewed by: Priya Vadi, Simon Fraser University
McQuire, Scott (2009): The Media City: Media, Architecture and Urban Space: London: Sage. (pdf) Reviewed by: Oli Mould, University of Loughborough
Tang, Kenny (2009): Green CITYnomics: The Urban War against Climate Change. : Greenleaf Publishing. (pdf) Reviewed by: Rebecca Edwards, University of Southampton
Taylor, Stephanie (2009):Narratives of Identity and Place. London: Routledge. (pdf) Reviewed by: Breffní Lennon, University College Cork
Davis, Mike (2006) Planet of Slums. New York: Verso. (pdf) Reviewed by: Gerda Roelvink, The Australian National University
Mennel, Barbara (2008) Cities and Cinema. New York: Routledge . (pdf) Reviewed by: Billur Dokur, The Open University
Van den Berg, Leo, Pol, Peter M.J., Mingardo, Giulliano and Carolien J. M., Speller (2006) The Safe City: Safety and Urban Development in European Cities. Ashgate: Aldershot. (pdf) Reviewed by: Tarek Virani, LSE
Carley, Michael, Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith (2001) Urban Development and Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities. London: Earthscan. (pdf) Reviewed by: Gemma Moore, University College London
Cohen, Sara (2007) Decline, Renewal and the City in Popular Music Culture: Beyond the Beatles. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, USA: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: David Crouch, University of Derby
Cowen, Alexander and Jill Steward (2007) The City and the Senses: Urban Culture Since 1500. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, USA: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Nadia Bartolini, The Open University
Davidson, Joyce, Liz Bondi and Mick Smith (eds) (2005) Emotional Geographies. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, USA: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Matt Collins, University of Sheffield
Frers, Lars and Lars Meier (eds) (2006) Encountering Urban Places: Visual and Material Performances in the City. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, USA: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Philip Lawton, Trinity College, Dublin
Hall, Peter (2007) London Voices, London Lives: Tales from a Working Capital. Bristol: Policy Press. (pdf) Reviewed by: Will Eadson, Sheffield Hallam University
Hall, Tim (2007) Urban Geography. (pdf) Reviewed by: Geraldine O’Donnell, University College Dublin
Kindon, Sara, Rachel Pain and Mike Kesby (2007) Participatory Action Research Approaches and Methods: Connecting People, Participation and Place. London and New York: Routledge. (pdf) Reviewed by: Anthony Ince, Queen Mary, University of London
Montgomery, John (2007) The New Wealth of Cities: City Dynamics and the Fifth Wave. London: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Jessica Ferm, University College London
Moore, James R. (2006) The Transformation of Urban Liberalism: Party Politics and Urban Governance in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Aldershot: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Garry Prendiville, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Rodger, Richard, and Joanna Herbert (2007) Testimonies of the City. Identity, Community and Change in a Contemporary Urban World. London: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Slavomíra Ferenuhová, Masaryk University, Brno
Sandhu, Sukhdev (2007) Night Haunts: A Journey through the London Night. London: Artangel and Verso. (pdf). Reviewed by: Matthew Rippon, Queen Mary, University of London
Strom, E., & Mollenkopf, J (2006) The Urban Politics Reader, Routledge: London (pdf). Reviewed by Claudia Asch, Syracuse University, New York.
Alexander, Michael (2007) Cities and Labour Immigration – Comparing Policy Responses in Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Tel Aviv. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Andrea Gerstnerova, Charles University, Prague
Davis, Mike (2007) Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb. London and New York: Verso. (pdf) Reviewed by: Olly Zanetti, Queen Mary, University of London
Donaghy, Kieran P., Stefan Poppelreuter and Georg Rudinger (2005) Social Dimensions of Sustainable Transport: Transatlantic Perspectives. Aldershot: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Anthony Thickett, Middlesex University
Fyfe, Nicholas R. and Judith T. Kenny (2005) The Urban Geography Reader. London: Routledge. (pdf) Reviewed by: Molly Hurley-Depret, City University of New York
Liggens, Emma (2006) George Gissing, the Working Woman, and Urban Culture. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Michael McBride, London School of Economics
Moor, Malcolm and Jon Rowland (2006) Urban Design Futures. Oxon: Routledge. (pdf) Reviewed by: Elisabete Cidre, University College London
Pile, Steve (2005) Real Cities: Modernity, Space and the Phantasmagorias of City Life. London: Sage. (pdf) Reviewed by: Ayo Mansaray, Institute of Education, University of London
Talbot, Deborah (2007) Regulating the Night: Race, Culture, and Exclusion in the Making of the Night-time Economy. Hampshire, UK and Burlington, VT: Ashgate. (pdf) Reviewed by: Richard E. Ocejo, City University of New York
Trapese Collective, The (2007) Do It Yourself: A Handbook for Changing Our World. London: Pluto Press. (pdf) Reviewed by: Olly Zanetti, Queen Mary, University of London
.JPG)
