Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting–edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field.

Articles Transport Infrastructure and Logistics in the Making of Dubai Inc. (Rafeef Ziadah) Global Urban Policymaking in Africa: A View from Angola Through the Redevelopment of the Bay of Luanda (Sylvia Croese) Resisting the 'Long?Arm' of the State? Spheres of Capture and Opportunities for Autonomy in Community Governance (Paul O’Hare) Recasting Urban Governance through Leeds City Lab: Developing Alternatives to Neoliberal Urban Austerity in Co?production Laboratories (Paul Chatterton Alice Owen Jo Cutter Gary Dymski Rachael Unsworth) Engineering Cities: Mediating Materialities, Infrastructural Imaginaries and Shifting Regimes of Urban Expertise (Lisa Björkman Andrew Harris) Urban Infrastructure, Imagination and Politics: from the Networked Metropolis to the Smart City (Antoine Picon) The Engineer and The Plumber: Mediating Mumbai's Conflicting Infrastructural Imaginaries (Lisa Björkman) Engineering Formality: Flyover and Skywalk Construction in Mumbai (Andrew Harris) Conduct of Conduits: Engineering, Desire and Government through the Enclosure and Exposure of Urban Water (Mark Usher) Politics of The Ring: Limits to Public Participation in Engineering Practice (Joseph Hillier) Book Reviews Julie?Anne Boudreau 2017: Global Urban Politics. Cambridge: Polity Press (Melora Koepke) Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift 2017: Seeing Like a City. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity Press (Prathiwi Widyatmi Putri) Alistair Cole and Renaud Payre (eds.) 2016: Cities as Political Objects: Historical Evolution, Analytical Categorisations and Institutional Challenges of Metropolitanisation. Cheltenham and Northampton: Edward Elgar (Mark Davidson) Christopher Mele 2017: Race and the Politics of Deception: The Making of an American City. New York: New York University Press (Corey Dolgon) James DeFilippis (ed.) 2016: Urban Policy in the Time of Obama. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press (Kenneth M. Reardon) John Mollenkopf and Manuel Pastor (eds.) 2016: Unsettled Americans: Metropolitan Context and Civic Leadership for Immigrant Integration. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press (Thomas J. Vicino) John Krinsky and Maud Simonet 2017: Who Cleans the Park? Public Work and Urban Governance in New York City. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (Oliver Cooke) Susan Owens 2015: Knowledge, Policy, and Expertise: The UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 1970–2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Anne Vogelpohl)

Since its foundation in 1977 IJURR has been at the cutting–edge of critical urban scholarship. IJURR is taking forward its commitment to interdisciplinary and international urban research, connecting with new audiences and debates, consolidating its position as a leading publication in the field. Explores questions and themes of interest to a wide readership including urban planners, architects and practitioners. Includes both stand–alone articles and critical dialogues Connects with critical debates in the policy–making and professional arenas Uses visual materials ranging from architectural sketches, film stills and photographs to various explanatory figures and tables