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Discussions of the illicit and the illegal have tended to be
somewhat restricted in their disciplinary range, to date, and have
been largely confined to the literatures of anthropology,
criminology, policing and, to an extent, political science.
However, these debates have impinged little on cognate literatures,
not least those of urban and regional studies which remain almost
entirely undisturbed by such issues. This volume aims to open up
debates across a range of cognate disciplines. The Illicit and
Illegal in Regional and Urban Governance and Development is a
multidisciplinary volume that aims to open up these debates,
extending them empirically and questioning the dominant discussions
of governance and development that have been rooted largely or
entirely in the realm of licit and legal actors. The book
investigates these issues with reference to a variety of different
geographical contexts, including, but not limited to, places
traditionally considered to be associated with illegal activities
and extensive illicit markets, such as some regions in the
so-called Global South. The chapters consider the ways in which
these questions deeply affect the daily lives of several cities and
regions in some advanced countries. Their comparative perspectives
will demonstrate that the illicit and the illegal are an
underappreciated structural aspect of current urban and regional
governance and development across the globe. The book is an edited
collection of research-informed essays, which will primarily be of
interest to those taking advanced undergraduate and taught
postgraduate courses in human geography, urban and regional
planning and a range of social science disciplines that have an
interest in urban and regional issues and issues related to crime
and corruption.
Discussions of the illicit and the illegal have tended to be
somewhat restricted in their disciplinary range, to date, and have
been largely confined to the literatures of anthropology,
criminology, policing and, to an extent, political science.
However, these debates have impinged little on cognate literatures,
not least those of urban and regional studies which remain almost
entirely undisturbed by such issues. This volume aims to open up
debates across a range of cognate disciplines. The Illicit and
Illegal in Regional and Urban Governance and Development is a
multidisciplinary volume that aims to open up these debates,
extending them empirically and questioning the dominant discussions
of governance and development that have been rooted largely or
entirely in the realm of licit and legal actors. The book
investigates these issues with reference to a variety of different
geographical contexts, including, but not limited to, places
traditionally considered to be associated with illegal activities
and extensive illicit markets, such as some regions in the
so-called Global South. The chapters consider the ways in which
these questions deeply affect the daily lives of several cities and
regions in some advanced countries. Their comparative perspectives
will demonstrate that the illicit and the illegal are an
underappreciated structural aspect of current urban and regional
governance and development across the globe. The book is an edited
collection of research-informed essays, which will primarily be of
interest to those taking advanced undergraduate and taught
postgraduate courses in human geography, urban and regional
planning and a range of social science disciplines that have an
interest in urban and regional issues and issues related to crime
and corruption.
Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict
focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the
relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities
through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and
architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a
political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may
appear to be at an impasse; however, it is precisely by looking at
the city's physical space that one can perceive that a war of
cement and stone is under way. Many books have been written on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem; some of them have
focused on the urban fabric; Shaping Jerusalem uniquely discusses
the role of Israeli spatial actions within the conflict. It argues
that Israel's main political objective - control over the whole
city - is ordinarily and silently pursued through physical devices
which permanently modify the territory and the urban fabric.
Relying on strong empirical evidence and data through the analysis
of statistical data, official policies, urban projects, and laws,
author Francesco Chiodelli substantiates the political discussion
with facts and figures about the current territorial situation of
the city, and about the Israeli policies implemented in the city in
the past six decades.
Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict
focuses on a hidden facet of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the
relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli authorities
through urban policies, spatial plans, infrastructural and
architectural projects, land use and building regulations. From a
political point of view, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may
appear to be at an impasse; however, it is precisely by looking at
the city's physical space that one can perceive that a war of
cement and stone is under way. Many books have been written on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem; some of them have
focused on the urban fabric; Shaping Jerusalem uniquely discusses
the role of Israeli spatial actions within the conflict. It argues
that Israel's main political objective - control over the whole
city - is ordinarily and silently pursued through physical devices
which permanently modify the territory and the urban fabric.
Relying on strong empirical evidence and data through the analysis
of statistical data, official policies, urban projects, and laws,
author Francesco Chiodelli substantiates the political discussion
with facts and figures about the current territorial situation of
the city, and about the Israeli policies implemented in the city in
the past six decades.
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