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Posted on Jan 25, 2021January 26, 2021 By Graham

Sustainable Urban Development – Connecting Urban and Environmental Economics

[1200 Words; 4 Minute Read] Concern over climate change and a focus to improve and protect natural resources and improve ecological health have been promoted

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Posted on Jan 23, 2021January 23, 2021 By Graham

New Zealand Tenure Changes 1991 to 2016

Given some recent announcements on social (public) housing provision in New Zealand, I have graphed the changes in tenure since 1991 to the start of

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Posted on Jan 17, 2021January 18, 2021 By Graham

Affordable Housing – a Community Reinvestment Solution?

[2000 Words; 15 Minute Read] Policy in affordable housing supply is responding to the challenge of housing markets where unaffordability prevails. Often measured by high

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021January 11, 2021 By Graham

How can you Value the Built and Natural Environment? Cost-Benefit Analysis

[2000 Words; 20 Minute Read] There are forms of market failure due to external costs and benefits that need to be calculated and internalized to

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021January 4, 2021 By Graham

Housing Affordability Determinants

[1100 Words; 4 Minute Read] “Decent, affordable housing is fundamental to the health and well-being of people and to the smooth functioning of economies” (Woetzel

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Posted on Dec 27, 2020January 4, 2021 By Graham

Critical Realism as a Research Philosophy – Enlightened Common Sense?

[1200 Words; 10 Minute Read] In order to frame research within a particular philosophy a critical realist approach can be taken, especially to gain a

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Posted on Dec 20, 2020January 4, 2021 By Graham

Why will Globalisation prevail? The enduring forces and enablers

[1000 Words; 5 Minute Read] In discussing globalisation, the term can be described as the convergence of markets, economies and ways of life across the

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Posted on Dec 13, 2020January 4, 2021 By Graham

Housing Development and Design in Cities

Introduction [3000 Words; 23 Minute Read] The last few decades globally has seen a move away from seeing housing design as part of the development

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Posted on Oct 14, 2020October 19, 2020 By Graham

Brains are for having ideas, not storing them

Building a 2nd Brain and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) In the new pedagogical landscape, I am looking at the limits of teaching and learning as

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Posted on Oct 2, 2020October 19, 2020 By Graham

Don’t vote! It only encourages them: Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate

In the lead up to the New Zealand 2020 election it is worthwhile having a look at what proportion of people bother to vote. Here

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Posted on Oct 2, 2020October 19, 2020 By Graham

Housing Affordability in the Regions as Trajectory Regressions – If you are into this kind of thing.

I did some work looking housing affordability trajectories in New Zealand’s regions. All very techy, but essentially evidencing how 4 clustered regions have converged in

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Posted on Sep 28, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

How to win an Election: New Zealand 2017 Analysis

Here we find some initial analysis that I’ve done looking retrospectively on the 2017 election in New Zealand. Its thrown up some interesting aspects that

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Posted on Sep 21, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

No surprises: Wages haven’t kept up with runaway house prices. Some evidence.

Over the last few years, I’ve spent some time looking at and engaging with the affordability debate. For New Zealand, it is a significant but

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Posted on Sep 18, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

Playing with QGIS: What were Land Values worth in Auckland 2017?

Fast forward 36 years and we see the land value of sales in Auckland’s districts skyrocket. Auckland city at median land value of $500,000 (previously

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Posted on Sep 17, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

Playing with QGIS: What were Land Values worth in Auckland 1981?

In playing around with QGIS for another project I’ve mapped Auckland district median land values as of 1981. Auckland City land values at a mere

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Posted on Sep 16, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Machine learning to predict house prices

Here’s an excerpt from on recent research project on Machine Learning for Real Estate and Housing Markets… “…Here we consider all 21 national-level indicators and

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Posted on Sep 14, 2020October 19, 2020 By Graham

An ‘innovative’ framework for comparing real estate development

Approaches to international comparative analysis of real estate development can be used to bring out some comparisons in case study sites. Key layers and mechanisms

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Posted on Sep 14, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

What are the motivations for energy efficient refurbishment (EER)?

Owner-occupier motivation is multifaceted and complex. It is the precursor to energy efficiency refurbishment (i.e. action) and to encourage a greater uptake such refurbishment better

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Posted on Sep 10, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

Mapping Financial Risk and Housing Trends in New Zealand: towards ‘freer’ in a largely free market?

For New Zealand, at a national scale housing policy trends have encouraged market engagement given its high proportion of residential ownership, with social housing provision

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Posted on Sep 9, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

Regional house price (sales) trends 2010-2017. An acceleration in Auckland and Central Otago Lakes

Here’s an excerpt from a recent Journal Paper where we see An acceleration in Auckland and Central Otago Lakes since 2013 Median house price trends

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Posted on Sep 8, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

2 Decades of Auckland Median House Prices 2000-2019

Within a current Machine Learning project we start with a baseline look at how house prices have changed over the last 2 decades. Here we

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Posted on Sep 7, 2020October 4, 2020 By Graham

A Covid-19 Pandemic Retrospective: Activity being generated in the Real-estate Sector over the volatile period during the COVID19 in New Zealand

The graph depicts the year-on-year percentage changes of the amount of economic activity being generated in the Rental, Hiring and Real-estate Sector over the volatile

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State Housing New Zealand

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020

Great stories piece on State Housing in New Zealand. Only 4% of total stock but has been an essential part of the fabric since 1906.

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Housing affordability – can we put the housing wealth genie back in the bottle?

Posted on Apr 20, 2020April 20, 2020

Editorial for Journal of Property Investment and Finance https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JPIF-02-2020-141/full/html

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Housing Tenure Debate Video – ‘The Economist’

Posted on Jan 23, 2020July 16, 2020
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Comparative House Price Index

Posted on Nov 22, 2019November 22, 2019

Interesting house price index from The Economist post GFC

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Data Visualisation

Posted on Sep 1, 2019September 1, 2019

This data visualisation talk is really good Especially the interesting budget visualisation, demonstrating the enormous relative impact of the GFC

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Referencing Techniques

Posted on Aug 24, 2019August 24, 2019

Software to help with referencing is a good way to build up and manage your own dataset of articles. Here are a couple of good

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PropTech – where to start

Posted on Aug 18, 2019August 18, 2019

A really useful starting point in understanding the PropTech field is from the consultancy-university report authored by Andrew Baum at Oxford University https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2018-07/PropTech3.0.pdf

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House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates

Posted on Aug 10, 2019August 1, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1643777

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Online Survey Methods

Posted on Jun 22, 2019June 22, 2019

When using online survey methods, two useful software products are Qualtrics and Survey Monkey. Basic techniques for analysing the findings are also available in the

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What is Research?

Posted on Jun 15, 2019June 16, 2019

‘Research’ is a term that covers a multitude of activities, but in one way or another they are all about finding things out. At one

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Technical analysis using NVivo

Posted on Jun 5, 2019June 7, 2019

For quantifying and analysing qualitative data I tend to use NVivo. Here’s a link to the software page: https://www.qsrinternational.com/nvivo/nvivo-products

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2 years on: Is the Housing Affordability crisis still a crisis?

Posted on Jun 4, 2019June 22, 2019

Here’s part of an article I wrote for the main online NZ media outlet stuff.co.nz on housing affordability prior to the 2017 election… Talk of

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Posted on May 1, 2019August 1, 2020 By Graham

Book Promotion – International Real Estate Development

https://youtu.be/UZnoOuMwupM

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Crowdfunding real estate

Posted on Oct 1, 2018May 3, 2019

In  a journal paper we argue that Disruptive Innovation Theory indicates that there is disruptive potential of Real Estate Crowd-Funding (RECF). As an excerpt…”RECF seems

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Improving water quality with rural land use policy: (re)balancing farmland regulation, intensification and financial viability

Posted on Sep 17, 2018May 13, 2019

              Policymakers in New Zealand are attempting to achieve improved environmental outcomes by implementing an output-based approach to non-point-source

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My New Edited Book – Routledge Companion to Real Estate Development

Posted on Sep 4, 2017May 30, 2019

                          Real estate development shapes the way people live and work, playing a

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Posted on Nov 3, 2014May 6, 2019 By Graham

Solutions to the housing crisis – Housing Associations in the Private Rented Sector?

            How do housing stakeholders align future private and public spending to identify investment opportunities and help meet the City’s broader economic and spatial

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Posted on Sep 2, 2013August 21, 2015 By Graham

Community self-build schemes enabling holistic solutions for ex-servicemen

              It is worth looking at the impact of community self-build schemes, especially as many have helped ex-service personnel rehabilitate

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Posted on Dec 17, 2012May 3, 2019 By Graham

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an urban policy for spatially targeted economic development initiatives

Urban policy transfer between the US and UK has long been of interest to researchers and practitioners. Given the recent wider context of reduced direct

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Posted on Nov 7, 2012May 5, 2019 By Graham

Low Demand Neighbourhoods – Housing Market Renewal Experience

I completed a PhD from the University of Manchester (2009), that predominantly focused on exploring the drivers and dynamics associated with what I termed ‘low

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Posted on Sep 1, 2012May 13, 2019 By Graham

Transcendental Meditation (TM)

          I have been practicing transcendental meditation (TM) for nearly 2 years. It was one of the best decisions I have

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Influential books #100 Companion to Real Estate Development Edited by Graham Squires, Erwin Heurkens and Rick Peiser

Posted on Aug 10, 2010August 1, 2020

If you need a companion to understand real estate development this collection is the best around

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Influential books #99 International Approaches to Real Estate Development Edited by Graham Squires and Erwin Heurkens

Posted on Aug 10, 2010August 1, 2020

First class collection of real estate development literature, with an international framing.

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Influential books #98 Building Procurement by Brian Greenhalgh and Graham Squires

Posted on Aug 10, 2010August 1, 2020

Best there is if you are interested in procuring and building

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Influential books #97 Urban and environmental economics by Graham Squires

Posted on Aug 3, 2010August 1, 2020

And what a book.

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Influential books #96 Economics and property by Danny Myers

Posted on Aug 1, 2010August 1, 2020

Wonderful introduction to economics in the field of property from my old room mate.

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Influential books #95 Urban and regional planning by Peter Hall and Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Posted on Jul 30, 2010August 1, 2020

Textbook outlining the history and development of urban and regional planning

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Influential books #94 In defense of housing by Peter Marcuse and David Madden

Posted on Jul 29, 2010August 1, 2020

Arguing the case for housing as needing radical political and economic attention

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Influential books #93 The Affordable Housing Reader edited by Rosie Tighe and Elizabeth Mueller

Posted on Jul 28, 2010August 1, 2020

Good compendium of journal papers looking at affordable housing as the contemporary crisis unfolds

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Influential books #92 Global Shift by Peter Dicken

Posted on Jul 26, 2010August 1, 2020

Major textbook on globalisation of the economy in the social sciences.

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Influential books #91 Modern Urban and Regional Economics by Philip McCann

Posted on Jul 26, 2010August 1, 2020

Spatial application of economic theory using old and new modelling techniques to look at urban and regional phenomena.

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Influential books #90 The surrender experiment by Michael Singer

Posted on Jul 23, 2010August 1, 2020

Brilliant follow up teaching that progress and growth can come from surrendering to the moment.

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Influential books #89 Irrational exuberance by Robert Shiller

Posted on Jul 21, 2010August 1, 2020

Arguing early on that markets are driven by psychological and social factors rather than fundamental values. Especially in later editions that consider housing market bubbles.

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Influential books #88 Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Posted on Jul 20, 2010August 1, 2020

Important text from the 20th century that unpicks earlier pure logic work, to identify the complexity of language that form the basis of most philosophical

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Influential books #87 Urban economics by Arthur O’Sullivan

Posted on Jul 18, 2010August 1, 2020

Long running textbook that introduces the basics of urban economic theory and concepts. As well as some economic policy ideas to deal with urban problems.

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Influential books #86 The Age Of Capital 1848-1875 by Eric Hobsbawm

Posted on Jul 16, 2010August 1, 2020

1860 saw the birth of capitalism in political language. This book explores the period where private enterprise is maintained in a belief of developing economic

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Influential books #85 Cities in the urban age by Robert Beauregard

Posted on Jul 15, 2010August 1, 2020

Important stocktake that cities should not necessarily be celebrated given their contradictions, and that these tensions make cities what they are.

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Influential books #84 Social research methods by Alan Bryman

Posted on Jul 14, 2010August 1, 2020

Accessible methods textbook that has stood the test of time.

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Influential books #83 Keys to the city by Michael Storper

Posted on Jul 12, 2010August 1, 2020

Urban and economic geography, looking at what makes cities grow and decline. Particular focus on urban development from forces that are economic, institutional, innovational/interactional, and

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Influential books #82 The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun

Posted on Jul 10, 2010August 1, 2020

Islamic history and more importantly the birth of modern sociology 400 years before Comte.

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Influential books #81 Urban Economics by John Hartwick

Posted on Jul 9, 2010August 1, 2020

Largely mathematical underpinning of urban economics principles, that help those new to subject have a clear and precise introduction

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Influential books #80 Urban Economics and Real Estate by John McDonald and Daniel McMillen

Posted on Jul 7, 2010August 1, 2020

Useful economics text on real estate in cities , with examples helping to demonstrate the theory and practice

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Influential books #79 An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham

Posted on Jul 6, 2010August 1, 2020

From the father of utilitarianism this text sets the new legal thinking on societal motivations and intentions

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Influential books #78 The Anthropology of Time : Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images by Alfred Gell

Posted on Jul 5, 2010August 1, 2020

Looking at how societies see time, particularly as an economic ‘resource’ both natural and cultural

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Influential books #77 An Essay concerning Human Understanding by John Locke

Posted on Jul 3, 2010August 1, 2020

Set over four books, this leading text of the enlightenment covers nurture, experience/reflection, language, and the limits of knowledge.

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Influential books #76 Real Estate Investment by Andrew Baum

Posted on Jul 2, 2010August 1, 2020

Leading text on real estate investment as an asset class, with international cases that illuminate strategic theory that is used in practice

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Influential books #75 The order of things by Michel Foucault

Posted on Jun 29, 2010August 1, 2020

Postmodern thinking on taxonomies, in that structures are set within the parameters of their own historical epistemological norms such as scientific discourse. Subtitled the ‘Archaeology

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Influential books #74 Urban Planning and Real Estate Development by John Ratcliffe, Michael Stubbs and Miles Keeping

Posted on Jun 29, 2010August 1, 2020

Now a decade on since the third edition. A really great theory-practice book at the nexus of urban planning and real estate development.

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Influential books #73 The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes

Posted on Jun 25, 2010August 1, 2020

Famous for macroeconomic thinking on the positives of fiscal intervention as counter-cyclical to peaks and troughs in growth.

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Influential books #72 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

Posted on Jun 24, 2010August 1, 2020

In erring towards science over faith, this book places an importance on realising the human limits of understanding in physical and mental reasoning.

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Influential books #71 Property Valuation: The five methods by Douglas Scarrett and Sylvia Osborn

Posted on Jun 23, 2010August 1, 2020

Useful practical reading on valuation methods

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Influential books #70 Property Valuation by Peter Wyatt

Posted on Jun 22, 2010August 1, 2020

One of the go-to textbooks for commercial and industrial property (real estate) valuations and appraisals.

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Influential books #69 Thirdspace by Edward Soja

Posted on Jun 22, 2010August 1, 2020

Rebalancing historical, spatial, and social considerations in the production of space. Further real and imagined dimensions are used to build a new theoretical urban frame.

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Influential books #68 The social contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Posted on Jun 20, 2010August 1, 2020

Beyond the idea of the monarchy making legislative decisions, the social contract progresses to argue an allocation of power by the people.

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Influential books #67 Poverty in the United Kingdom by Peter Townsend

Posted on Jun 18, 2010August 1, 2020

A thorough body of work exploring poverty from theory to practice as applied to the United Kingdom. Published at a pivotal political turn in 1979.

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Influential books #66 Edge City by Joel Garreau

Posted on Jun 18, 2010August 1, 2020

Popularising the ‘Edge City’ term for growing development of commercial hub activity outside of the urban core.

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Influential books #65 Constructions of neoliberal reason by Jamie Peck

Posted on Jun 17, 2010August 1, 2020

Compelling historical critique of the neoliberal project of free(er) markets that has dominated contemporary thinking and practice.

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Influential books #64 Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss

Posted on Jun 16, 2010August 1, 2020

Reflective book on travels in South America that strengthened structuralist thinking. The idea that there are underlying universal structures in the human condition.

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Influential books #63 Cities of tomorrow by Peter Hall

Posted on Jun 15, 2010August 1, 2020

Text that provides a history of urban planning in addition to some of the social and economic problems that underpin its theory and practice.

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Influential books #62 Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall

Posted on Jun 14, 2010August 1, 2020

Popularising early thought on human behaviour in the neoclassical economics paradigm – diagrams, maths, marginal utilities, and elasticities being embedded as principles.

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Influential books #61 To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform by Ebenezer Howard

Posted on Jun 13, 2010August 1, 2020

Book that energised the garden city movement as a utopian desire to live in harmony with nature

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Influential books #60 Stabilizing an unstable economy by Hyman Minsky

Posted on Jun 12, 2010August 1, 2020

Book that attracted new attention post global financial crisis, in that accumulation of non-government debt creates a condition for instability in the economy.

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Influential books #59 A general view of positivism by Auguste Comte

Posted on Jun 11, 2010August 1, 2020

Initial founding writings on the idea of positivism, where observations in science are seen as the most effective approach.

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Influential books #58 New State Spaces by Neil Brenner

Posted on Jun 9, 2010August 1, 2020

How globalisation of capital has created new governance of the state beyond the nation

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Influential books #57 Walkable city by Jeff Speck

Posted on Jun 8, 2010August 1, 2020

Exploring and supporting the movement for more walkable cities given the modern historical influence of the car.

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Influential books #56 Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman

Posted on Jun 7, 2010August 1, 2020

Work post WW2 that promotes the idea of limited government involvement, to enable universal market efficiency, and thus liberalism in the sense of individual freedoms.

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Influential books #55 A theory of justice by John Rawls

Posted on Jun 6, 2010August 1, 2020

A touchstone for political theory of distributive justice, looking normatively to rebalance equality of opportunity and helping the more disadvantaged in society.

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Influential books #54 Housing policy and economic power by Michael Ball

Posted on Jun 5, 2010August 1, 2020

A political economy look at owner-occupation at the turn of the 21st century

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Influential books #53 Cities are good for you by Leo Hollis

Posted on Jun 4, 2010August 1, 2020

Recent accessible and interesting overview on why cities are enriching places for people

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Influential books #52 The Isolated State by Johann von Thunen

Posted on Jun 3, 2010August 1, 2020

Origins of spatial economics where the price willing to rent land is spatially and locationally determined

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Influential books #51 Method in social science by Andrew Sayer

Posted on Jun 2, 2010August 1, 2020

A focus on realism in methods that helped popularise more rigorous empirical and theoretical research

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Influential books #50 Critique of pure reason by Immanuel Kant

Posted on Jun 1, 2010August 1, 2020

Moving forward philosophies on the nature of reality by developing thought on both rationalism and empiricism, and in doing so synthesising separations of reason and

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Influential books #49 The global city by Saskia Sassen

Posted on May 31, 2010August 1, 2020

One of the first to crystallise thinking of city economies working as hierarchies in a global system

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Influential books #48 Orientalism by Edward Said

Posted on May 30, 2010August 1, 2020

How a Eurocentric romantic view of the ‘east’ has served to perpetuate dominance and power

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Influential books #47 Towards Cosmopolis by Leonie Sandercock

Posted on May 29, 2010August 1, 2020

A book that exerts post-modern urban planning as one that includes diversity, community and environment.

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Influential books #46 The principles of political economy and taxation by David Ricardo

Posted on May 28, 2010August 1, 2020

Classical economic thinking that brought to prominence the benefits of free trade via comparative advantage, and an articulation of how population growth increases economic rent

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Influential books #45 The road to serfdom by Friedrich Hayek

Posted on May 27, 2010August 1, 2020

WW2 reminder that excessive central planning can risk losing individual freedoms.

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Influential books #44 Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Posted on May 26, 2010August 1, 2020

17th Century writing on social contract, where power is handed to an absolute sovereign in return for some form of protection.

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