Nov 12, 2011Homelessness, Urbanization

Review of: The Culture of Homelessness by Megan Ravenhill

Note: A version of this review appeared in: Urban Studies, February 2010, 47 (2), pg. 461-462. Every book with a title including “The Culture of” is...

Oct 20, 2007Urbanization, Gentrification, Homelessness

Neil Smith: Gentrification in Berlin and the Revanchist State

Neil Smith, author of the seminal book "The urban frontier" (1996) and countless articles on gentrification, spatial scales, globalization and state...

Jul 26, 2007Conferences, 2003, Urbanization, Homelessness

Paul Tepper: Welfare Checks Can’t Cover Rent for Downtown’s Homeless

Our friend Paul Tepper just published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Business Journal about welfare, housing and homelessness. While many Europeans...

Apr 29, 2006Urbanization, Homelessness, Housing

Jens Sambale / Volker Eick 2005: Das Berliner Ghetto - ein Missverständnis

Recent events (fall 2005) around Paris and France in general triggered a curious interest in Berlin-based journalists from the anglo-saxon press:...