Brian Doucet Urban Geographer

Publications

Peer Review Articles

Doucet, B (forthcoming) ‘Different meanings and experiences of gentrification: introduction to the special issue on contemporary gentrification,’ Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. (manuscript in progress)

Ernst, O and Doucet, B (forthcoming) ‘A window on the (changing) neighbourhood: the role of pubs and cafés in the contested spaces of gentrification,’ Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. (manuscript under review)

Doucet, B (2012 – forthcoming) ‘Variations of the entrepreneurial city: goals, roles visions in Rotterdam’s Kop van Zuid and the Glasgow Harbour megaprojects,’ International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

Doucet, B and Duignan, E (2012) ‘Experiencing Dublin’s Docklands: perceptions of employment and amenity changes in the Sheriff Street community,’ Irish Geography. 45(1) 45 – 65

Doucet, B; van Kempen, R and van Weesep, J (2011) ‘‘We’re a rich city with poor people’: municipal strategies of new-build gentrification in Rotterdam and Glasgow’ Environment and Planning A.43, 1458 – 1454.

Doucet, B; van Kempen, R and van Weesep, J (2011) ‘Resident perceptions of flagship waterfront regeneration: the case of the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam’ Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie.102(2), 125-145.

Doucet, B (2009) ‘Living through gentrification: subjective experiences of local, non-gentrifying residents in Leith, Edinburgh’ Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 24, 299-315.

Doucet, B (2009) ‘Global flagships, local impacts’ Urban Design and Planning. 162(DP3) 101-107.

Other Academic Publications

Doucet, B (2012) ‘Book review: Mixed communities: gentrification by stealth by Gary Bridge, Tim Butler and Loretta Lees (Eds.) Housing Theory and Society.

de Boer, M and Doucet, B(2012) ‘Overleven met gentrification’ Rooilijn. 45(4) 252 – 257

Link, S and Doucet, B(2012) ‘Stadstuinen: dorp op de Kop van Zuid’ Geografie. Maart, 32-34

Doucet, B (2011) ‘Book review: Fixing Broken Cities: The Implementation of Urban Development Strategies by John Kromer’ Housing Studies.26(4) 633 – 634

Doucet, B and van Weesep, J(2011) ‘Grootschalige herstructurering van waterfronts in Rotterdam en Glasgow’ Rooilijn.44(2) 98-103.

Doucet, B (2010) Rich cities with poor people: waterfront regeneration in the Netherlands and Scotland. [Published PhD Thesis] Utrecht: Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap.

Doucet, B (2009) ‘Waterfront regeneration in old industrial cities: the case of the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam, and Glasgow Harbour’. In Benneworth, P; Clifton, N; Doucet, B; Goebel, C; Hamm, R and Schmitz, Y (Eds) The regeneration of image in old industrial regions: agents of change and changing agents, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 259-273.

Benneworth, P; Clifton, N; Doucet, B; Goebel, C; Hamm, R and Schmitz, Y (Eds) (2009) The regeneration of image in old industrial regions: agents of change and changing agents, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag.

Media

Doucet, B (2013) 'Walking taller: from across the pond, T.O.'s pedestrian rap not so bad - really'
NOW Magazine. 7 February 2013

Doucet, B (2011) ‘Be patient. Good waterfronts take time.’ The Toronto Star. 15 September 2011.

Conferences

Ernst, O and Doucet, B (2012) ‘A window on the (changing) neighbourhood: the role of pubs in the contested spaces of gentrification.’ Presented at the RGS-IBG conference Edinburgh, 4 July

Doucet, B (2011) ‘Visions of a gentrified waterfront in Rotterdam’ Paper presented at the conference: Gentrification in the Netherlands: a process of change and a changing process, 18 November, Utrecht. (See the powerpoint here)

Doucet, B and van Zijl, E (2011) ‘The housing preferences and experiences of well-educated Moroccans in the Netherlands’ Paper presented at the RGS-IBG Conference The Geographical Imagination, 31 August – 2 September, London. (See the powerpoint here)

Doucet, B and van Kempen, R (2009) ‘Resident Perceptions of Large Flagship Regeneration: The Case of the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam’ Paper presented at the EURA Conference: City Futures in a Globalising World, 4-6 June, Madrid.

Doucet, B (2009) ‘‘We’re a rich city with poor people’: strategies of state-led new-build gentrification in Rotterdam and Glasgow’ Paper presented at the AAG Conference, 22-27 March, Las Vegas.

Doucet, B (2009) ‘Waterfront regeneration in old industrial cities: the case of the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam and Glasgow Harbour’ Paper presented at the RSA Old Industrial Regions Research Group Conference: The regeneration of the image of old industrial regions, 15-17 February, Mönchengladbach, Germany. (See the powerpoint here)

Doucet, B (2007) ‘Flagship regeneration: panacea or urban problem?’ Paper presented at the EURA Conference: The Vital City, 12-14 September, Glasgow.

In the Media (articles about me and my work, quotations and interviews, written by others)

Doig, W (2012) ‘On the waterfront, the battle rages on’ Salon.com. Saturday 10 March.

‘How sacred is a capital city? A conversation with Dr. Brian Doucet.’ Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences website. 22 November, 2011.

Van Hoof, S (2010) ‘In de ban van de ringen: Utrechter Brian Doucet met Oranje naar EK curling.’ Algemeen Dagblad Utrecht. 30 November, p. 11.

Other work
I am a regular contributor on urban issues to the website www.geographyjobs.com. This is a job posting website specifically for geographers.

(2011) Urban waterfronts, part 2: Rotterdam’s waterfront: a grand vision and a political consensus
http://www.geographyjobs.com/article_view.php?article_id=258

Urban Transport

Doucet, B. (2012) ‘De ‘top tien’ voor tramfoto’s in Europa: een persoonlijke keuze,’ Op de Rails. n. 1, p. 40 – 44

Doucet, B. (2011) ‘Toronto, een unieke tramstad,’ Op de Rails. n. 7, p. 351 – 357

Doucet, B. (2009) ‘From PCCs to Flexity: a look at the Brussels tram network,’ Transfer Points. 35(5), p. 5 – 10

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