Where Do Home Buyers Pay Most for Relative Transit Accessibility? Hong Kong, Taipei and Kaohsiung Compared 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

The three cities of Hong Kong, Taipei and Kaohsiung all feature state-of-the-art transit systems, but transit commuting rates are markedly different, ranging from less than 10 per cent in Kaohsiung to...

Meeting the Decent Homes Standard: London Housing Associations' Asset Management Strategies 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

The English government’s 10-year flagship Decent Homes programme ended in 2010. The purpose of this article is to examine the asset management strategies that a sample of London housing associations t...

Motivations for Equity Borrowing: A Welfare-switching Effect 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

During the early 2000s, mortgage market innovation together with home price appreciation increased the scope for mortgage equity withdrawal. From a macroeconomic perspective, this proved to be an impo...

Book Review: The Great Urban Transformation: Politics of Land and Property in China 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Book Review: Invisible Population: The Place of the Dead in East Asian Megacities 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Book Review: Re-visioning Indian Cities: The Urban Renewal Mission 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Book Review: Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Books Received 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

'Do You Think I'm Stupid?': Urban Encounters between People with and without Intellectual Disability 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Being amongst strangers is a definitive aspect of life in the modern city. To understand social inclusion in cities, it is necessary to consider not only the strength and extent of social networks of ...

Jane Jacobs and 'The Need for Aged Buildings': Neighbourhood Historical Development Pace and Community Social Relations 5 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm

Jacobs argued that grand planning schemes intending to redevelop large swaths of a city according to a central theoretical framework fail because planners do not understand that healthy cities are org...