Critical dialogues of urban governance, development and activism : London and Toronto /: London and Toronto. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Susannah Bunce, Nicola Livingstone, Loren March, Susan Moore, Alan Walks.
• Editors: Bunce, Susannah; Livingstone, Nicola; March, Loren; Moore, Susan; Walks, Alan, 1968-
• Contents: List of figures; List of tables; List of acronyms; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; ; Introduction: Critical dialogues of urban governance, development and activism: London and Toronto Susan Moore, Susannah Bunce, Nicola Livingston, Loren March and Alan Walks ; Part I: 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 ; Part II: 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. Dynamics of a housing crisis – the politics and planning of housing in London and Toronto Susannah Bunce and Nicola Livingstone ; ; Part III: 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 ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 320.8509421; Municipal government -- England -- London; Municipal government -- Ontario -- Toronto; Metropolitan government -- England -- London; Metropolitan government -- Ontario -- Toronto; City planning -- England -- London; City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto; London (England) -- Politics and government; Toronto (Ont.) -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787356825; 9781787356832
• Related ISBNs: 9781787356818; 9781787356801
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