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Author:   Susannah Bunce ,  Nicola Livingstone ,  Loren March ,  Susan Moore
Publisher:   UCL Press
Imprint:   UCL Press
Weight:   0.710kg
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9781787356801

ISBN 10:   1787356809
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   01 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Critical dialogues of urban governance, development and activism: London and Toronto Susan Moore, Susannah Bunce, Nicola Livingston, Loren March and Alan Walks Section 1: Perspectives on governance 1. Capital flows in the capital: contemporary governmental Imaginations in London’s urban development Mike Raco and Nicola Livingstone 2. The elusive, inclusive city: Toronto at a crossroads Shauna Brail and Tara Vinodrai 3. Regulating property conditions in the private rented sector: the complex geography of property licencing in London Tatiana Moreira de Souza 4. Metromobility and transit-led urbanisation in London and Toronto Theresa Enright 5. The governance of urban public spaces in London: in the public interest or in the interest of local stakeholders? Claudio De Magalhães 6. London, its infrastructure and the logics of growth Daniel Durrant 7. Governing urbanisation in the global city: a commentary Alan Walks and Mike Raco Section 2: Real estate and housing 8. Governing urban development on industrial land in global cities: lessons from London Jessica Ferm 9. Global city, global housing bubble? Toronto’s housing bubble and its discontents Alan Walks 10. Trends and Issues in the (unaffordable) London housing market Tommaso Gabrieli 11. Housing crisis in a Canadian global city: financialisation, buy-to-let Investors and short term rentals in Toronto’s rental market Emily Hawes and Sean Grisdale 12. Planning for densification and housing in London: urban design and real estate agendas in practice Michael Short and Nicola Livingstone 13. Addressing equity concerns in land value capture: the spatial distribution of community benefits in Toronto’s urban redevelopment Jeff Biggar and Matti Siematycki 14. Real estate and housing: a commentary Susannah Bunce and Nicola Livingstone Section 3: Community, activism and engagement 15. DIY: making space in Toronto’s ‘Creative City’ Loren March 16. Pragmatic fix or a farewell to welfare? Making sense of and contesting the financialisation of public land and council housing in London Joe Penny 17. Community-based responses to exclusionary processes of neighbourhood change in Parkdale, Toronto Elena Ostanel 18. Time to be an activist: recent successes in housing activism in London Pablo Sendra and Daniel Fitzpatrick 19. Engagement and activism in community land ownership: the emergence of community land trusts in London and Toronto Susannah Bunce 20. Community, activism and engagement: A commentary Loren March and Susan Moore Conclusion: Critical dialogues on urban governance, development and activism in London and Toronto Alan Walks, Susannah Bunce, Nicola Livingston, Loren March and Susan Moore Index

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Susannah Bunce is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography and City Studies Program at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Nicola Livingstone is Associate Professor in Real Estate at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Loren March is a PhD student in human geography at the University of Toronto’s Department of Geography and Planning. Susan Moore is Associate Professor in Urban Development and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Alan Walks is Professor of Urban Planning and Geography at the University of Toronto.

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