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Below is a selection of our latest titles in Urban Studies, Housing and Planning, including David Sweeting's Directly elected mayors in urban governance and Duncan Bowie's Radical solutions to the housing supply crisis. Read Duncan Bowie's article on the UK housing crisis for the Policy Press blog here.

You may also be interested in 'Who stole the town hall?' by Peter Latham and 'Beyond Brexit?' by Janice Morphet.  Read Janice Morphet's recent blog post about the post-Brexit future here

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Directly elected mayors in urban governance
Impact and practice
Edited by David Sweeting

This book is about the practices, roles and impacts of directly elected mayors in the cities that they govern. The volume draws on recent, original research evidence, to locate the debates on directly elected mayors in context within Europe, the US, and Australasia.

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Radical solutions to the housing supply crisis
Duncan Bowie

This book analyses the roots of the current housing crisis in England, critically reviewing the development of policy under successive UK Governments and presenting a specific critique of the current Conservative Government’s housing and planning reforms. 

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The human atlas of Europe
A continent united in diversity

By Dimitris Ballas, Danny Dorling and Benjamin Hennig


"A fascinating, accessible and timely guide to modern Europe, providing an essential toolkit for understanding the continent post-Brexit." Dawn Foster, The Guardian

Written by leading international authors, this timely atlas explores Europe’s society, culture, economy, politics and environment using state of the art mapping techniques. It addresses fundamental questions around social cohesion and sustainable growth as Europe negotiates the UK’s exit while continuing through the economic crisis. 

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Why Detroit matters
Decline, renewal and hope in a
divided city


Edited by Brian Doucet


"This is an important and unique book in the context of the future of cities globally." John McCarthy, Heriot Watt University

This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city’s most influential writers, planners, artists and activists.

Out in April 2017
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Understanding housing policy

By Brian Lund


"An excellent historical and theoretical review of housing policy: thoughtful, well informed, critical and up to date." Chris Paris, Professor of Housing Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

Focusing on principles and theory and their application in the process of constructing housing policy, with boxed examples and case studies throughout, this fully revised 3rd edition addresses the range of socio-economic factors that have influenced UK housing policy in recent years. 

Out in April 2017
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