De-Democratisation and the Rights of Street Vendors
For a large segment of the urban poor in Kampala, Uganda, street vending has long served as a key livelihood strategy in the absence of formal employment opportunities and a … Continue reading
The Disabling City
This collection of short essays explores the connections between urban studies and critical disability studies. Despite an increasing interest in the role of embodiment, affect and sensorial urbanism, urban studies … Continue reading
Towards an urban political economy of ‘education cities’
Prevalent notions of ‘education cities’ and ‘education hubs’ are vaguely defined, operate at blurry scales and tend to reproduce promotional language. The article contributes to theorising the geographies and spaces … Continue reading
Is Singapore Truly Sustainable?: Greenwashing in the ‘City in a Garden — Urban Asia Blog
As ‘Asia’s Greenest City,’ Singapore has promoted itself as a leader in environmental sustainability, even exporting its expertise to other cities around the world. With lush greenery and advanced eco-friendly … Continue reading
COVID-19: Capitalist and postcapitalist perspectives
This opinion piece discusses key weaknesses of advanced capitalism exposed in the origin and economic repercussions of Covid-19 and, conversely, aspects of grassroots organising and speculation pointing in a postcapitalist … Continue reading
The clash between “risk management” and informal urbanisation
This article examines how the idea of “risk” has become one of the most significant frameworks to determine which land is appropriate; which land is unsuitable and which land is … Continue reading
How illegality shapes urban planning, policy and development
Most research on urban planning, policy and development only considers legal practices and actors, and treats illegal ones as insignificant anomalies, unable to structurally affect the governance of urban space. … Continue reading
Tickling urban formality in Sweden — {FAVEL issues}
Sweden is a formal place and accordingly its cities are planned thoroughly by experts. It now and then this top-down planning is tickled. Here are two of my favourite anecdotes … Continue reading
