This book explores the politics of place marketing and the process of 'urban reinvention'in
Berlin between 1989 and 2011. In the context of the dramatic socio-economic restructuring …

The development of post-socialist cities has emerged as a major field of study among critical
theorists from across the social sciences. Originally constructed under the dictates of central …

Although planned as the “City of Tomorrow”, the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam quickly
became the quintessential symbol of urban decline. Today, even with half of the planned …

Temporary and Tactical Urbanism examines a key set of urban design strategies that have
emerged in the twenty-first century. Such projects range from guerrilla gardens and bike …

Since the end of the 1990s, Berlin's housing has been described by a transformation from
state-to market-led provision, creating more socially and spatially segregated …

So-called temporary uses of urban space, including 'pop ups' or meanwhile spaces, have
recently attracted much attention by urban professionals as providing short-term 'solutions' to …

When Henri Lefebvre published The Urban Revolution in 1970, he sketched a research
itinerary on the emerging tendency towards planetary urbanization. Today, when this …

This paper explores the relationship between the urban cultural landscape of Bucharest and
the making of post-socialist Romanian national identity. As the capital of socialist Romania …

As sites of turbulence and transformation, cities are machines for forgetting. And yet
archiving and exhibiting the presence of the past remains a key cultural, political and …

Despite its National Socialist origins, the post-war use of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport has seen
it recast as a 'symbol of freedom'. Since the airport's 2008 closure, the site has been caught …