Neo-liberalising urban environments

Across Europe, neo-liberalisation has affected both the state and enviromental management: However, these changes have been ‘messy’, geographically diverse, unstable and gradual. Hence, they should be labelled as a ‘neo-liberalisation’ process and not ‘neo-liberalism’! (Brenner et al, 2005).

Urban political ecology

Urban political ecology (UPE) is a school of critical urban political-environmental research (Heynen et al. 2006b) which complements the view of Environmental Justice: On the basis of the school of urban political ecology there are three main thinkers:   Click here to read references to some urban political ecology monographs. The main ideas of urban political ecology [...]

RESTATE

Project RESTATE As regards social cohesion: Aim Peripheries built in large, high-density European states, in the early post war period(van Kempen et al 2005). They have social and physical problems. But… Are they really problematic? Or is it just a question of improving social cohesion? (Rowlands and Dekket, 2006). Findings MEASURES TO IMPROVE SOCIAL COHESION [...]