The open access journal Urban Island Studies (www.urbanislandstudies.org) is seeking reviewers for the books listed below. Reviews should be between 800-1500 words in length. The deadline for completed reviews is two months after receipt of the book. Reviews should include not only a summary of the book's content but also a critical analysis and evaluation of this content in light of its potential value to the field of urban island studies. To learn more about the field of urban island studies, see the introductory paper 'Returning from the Horizon: Introducing Urban Island Studies'.
If you are interested in reviewing a book, please e-mail reviews editor Zrinka-Ana Mendas ([log in to unmask]) and identify which books you might be interested in reviewing as well as why you think you might be a good fit as a reviewer. Note that there is no guarantee that any particular books will be available for review. If you wish to propose the review of another book, in line with the scope of the journal's 'Reviews' section (http://www.urbanislandstudies.org/about.html), please also e-mail Zrinka-Ana Mendas with your suggestion.
New books for review
Batten, B.L., and Brown, P.C. (eds) (2016). Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands: From Prehistory to the Present. Environmental History, 21(1), 151-153.
Graham, S. (2016) Vertical: Looking at the City from above and below. Verso.
Jonas, M., & Rahmann, H. (2014). Tokyo void: Possibilities in absence. Jovis.
Joseph, M. (2013). Fluid New York: Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination. Duke University Press.
Law, S.S.M. (2014). The invisible citizens of Hong Kong: Art and stories of Vietnamese boatpeople. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.
Lochrie, K. (forthcoming 2016). Nowhere in the Middle Ages. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reed, C., & Lister, N. M. (2014). Projective ecologies. Actar & Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Sze, J. (2015). Fantasy islands: Chinese dreams and ecological fears in an age of climate crisis. Univ of California Press.
Steiner, H. (2014). The Emergence of a Modern City: Golden Age Copenhagen 1800-1850. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Wong, Y.C.R. (2015). Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People: Fixing the Failures of Our Housing Policy. Hong Kong University Press.
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