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The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980–2000
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Fainstein this paper reviewed the City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980-2000, 2nd Edition, Revised, (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001).Abstract:
Susan S. Fainstein, The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980–2000, 2nd Edition, Revised, (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001).This is a reviewing of Fainstei...read more
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In Search of the “Strategic” in Spatial Strategy Making1
TL;DR: This article reviewed the meaning of "strategic work" in terms of mobilising attention to an urban area as a whole, and influencing the way that multiple actors involved in urban development shape their interventions.
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Mumbai's Development Mafias: Globalization, Organized Crime and Land Development
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how the past 15 years of political reforms in India have reshaped property markets and the politics of land development and found that local criminal syndicates have seized political opportunities created by these shifts to gain influence over land development.
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Ethnoscapes as Spectacle: Reimaging Multicultural Districts as New Destinations for Leisure and Tourism Consumption
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that "Neo-liberalism may intensify competition, not only between, but also within cities, as local authorities collaborate with commercial and third-sector organisations to nurture emerging visitor econo...
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Conceptualizing the New Urban Renewal: Comparing the Past to the Present
TL;DR: In the 1990s and 2000s, inner city neighborhood redevelopment occurred throughout the United States as billions in public and private investments entered impoverished black communities as mentioned in this paper. But, this revita...
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Utopian Visions and Real Estate Dreams: The Eco-city Past, Present and Future
TL;DR: The idea of the eco-city originally emerged out of counterculture movements of the 1960s and 1970s as an approach to urban development that would respect environmental limits as discussed by the authors, and has evolved along with broader trends in environmental thought.