Global Suburbanisms researchers Yi Li and Fulong Wu have published The emergence of centrally initiated regional plan in China: A case study of Yangtze River Delta Regional Plan, appearing in the July 2013 edition of Habitat International. From the abstract: "China has recently seen the proliferation of regional plans. This paper tries to understand the development […]
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Green Oslo hits shelves, with chapter on Green Suburbanisms
Per Gunnar Røe co-edited the new book, Green Oslo:Visions, Planning and Discourse and also has a chapter in it entitled "Green Suburbanisms: Differentiating the Greenness of Suburbs". The book is now available from Ashgate.
Global Suburbanisms makes the 2012 Disruption Index
Each year, Next City publishes its list of 77 people, places and ideas that have changed cities in its Disruption Index and in 2012 CITY Institute director Roger Keil made the cut. In their article the arbiters at Next City note that the major collaborative research initiative "is challenging the notion of cities and suburbs […]
Call for abstracts - RC21, Berlin 2013
The RC21 conference, taking place in Berlin this August, will focus on "Resourceful Cities." A call for abstracts has been issued with a deadline of Jan. 31. Final papers will be due in June. Visit here for more information
Markus Moos and the Atlas of Suburbanisms featured on Connecticut Public Radio
July 24, 2012 - Markus Moos was recently on Connecticut Public Radio discussing the Atlas of Suburbanisms website. He was on the "Where We Live" program on a segment entitled "Suburbs 4.0". Listen to the broadcast.
MCRI Benchmarking team posts new research, "Estimating Canada's Suburban Population"
The MCRI benchmarking team just posted new research by David Gordon at Queen's University on the Altas of Suburbanisms webpage—his project estimates Canada's suburban population. Below is a link to the post: http://env-blogs.uwaterloo.ca/atlas/?p=4660
Atlas of Suburbanisms Website from the “Universal Benchmarking” sub-project launch featured in Atlantic Cities article.
The recent launch of the Atlas of Suburbanisms website from the “Universal Benchmarking” sub-project was featured in a June 4th article in the Atlantic Cities. An interview with MCRI researcher Markus Moos (Waterloo) was featured in this article. View the article.
New website "Atlas of Suburbanisms" to be launched at the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting
A new website, designed by a team of researchers and students from the MCRI Universal Benchmarking sub-project, will be launched on May 30, 2012 at 12:00pm during the Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting at Sir Wilfred Laurier University in room ARTS 2E7. Atlas of Suburbanisms showcases maps and data on 19 Canadian cities and provides analysis on the changing […]
Rob Shields and Nick Phelps featured in International Journal of Cultural Studies special issue, "Creative Suburbia".
A recent a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Studies entitled "Creative Suburbia" features articles by MCRI researchers Rob Shields and Nick Phelps. If you are interested in viewing the articles, they are available at http://ics.sagepub.com/content/current.
New Publication: "The development of master-planned communities in Chinese suburbs" by Shen & Wu
"The development of master-planned communities in Chinese suburbs: A case study of Shanghai's Thames Town", by Jie Shen (Cardiff University) and Fulong Wu (University College, London), published in Urban Geography, explores the emergence of residential enclaves in China and seeks to understand how these enclaves, often associated with the consumption of luxury housing, are developed […]
