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A geospatial analysis between the sale prices of single-family properties and the presence of registered sex offenders in Jefferson County, Kentucky by John C Navarro and Matt Ruther

Registered sex offender distance and density are associated with sale price when controlling for property and observed neighbourhood characteristics, but relationships cease to exist when unobserved neighbourhood characteristics are accounted for. 

Unequal urban rights: Critical reflections on property and urban citizenship by Ditte Brøgger

How different classes of urban citizenship in Nepal have unequal rights to property, to belong to an urban community, and to access urban resources. 

Book reviews now available on Urban Blog

Book review – Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa Authored by Ian Palmer, Susan Parnell & Nishendra Moodley and reviewed by Laurence Piper “This is an excellent, timely and important book, and essential reading for all researching or working on service delivery, local government, developmental state and water, electricity, roads and housing.”

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Job vacancy ending soon: Full Professor/Associate Professor of Property (Real Estate) – University of Auckland

The University of Auckland Business School invites applications for a Full Professor or Associate Professor in the department of Property (Real Estate), a leading centre of property education and research in Australasia.

Applications close on Tuesday, 29 January 2019. For further information and to apply online please visit https://bit.ly/2RrpJV0