I’ve included links to some of my writing here. For more about my book, please visit www.insuringthecity.com.
Essays
“Hedging Your Bets: Actuarial Science, Architecture, and Urban Development,” Perspecta 46: Error (Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, 2013): 300-321. PDF here: Rubin_Hedging Your Bets
“Catch My Drift? Situationist Dérive and Urban Pedagogy,” Radical History Review, Fall 2012 (114): 175-190.
“(Re)Presenting the Street: Video and Visual Culture in Planning,” in Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning: Beyond the Flatlands, eds. Leonie Sandercock and Giovanni Attili (Springer, 2010): 85-103.
Reviews
“Review of Pastoral Capitalism: A History of Suburban Corporate Landscapes, Louise Monzingo.” Site/Lines: A Journal of Place, Spring 2012, p. 20.
“Review of Delirious New Orleans: Manifesto for an Extraordinary American City, Stephen Verderber.” Site/Lines: A Journal of Place, Spring 2011, p. 18.
“Review of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places, Sharon Zukin.” Site/Lines: A Journal of Place, Fall 2010, p. 17.
Elihu Rubin 