Waste and the City: The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife
In an age of pandemics the relationship between the health of the city and good sanitation has never been more important. Waste and the City is a call to action … Continue reading
The informational periphery: territory, logistics and people in the margins of a digital age
This paper examines new configurations of the urban periphery in a digital age. It moves beyond current scholarship in urban and regional studies which points to the emergence of suburbia … Continue reading
Public space and public rituals: Engagement and protest in the digital age
In our technology-based society, individuals have more tools that they can use to manage and ‘show’ themselves in public space. In public space, they are monitored by agencies using surveillance … Continue reading
Migrant waste collectors in Thailand’s informal economy: Mapping class relations
Recent scholarship on primitive accumulation and deagrarianisation in the global South has addressed a decline in formal employment prospects, leaving most ex-peasants (and their heirs) struggling to earn a livelihood … Continue reading
Fragmentation and urban knowledge: An analysis of urban knowledge exchange institutions
Silo-ed thinking, fragmented knowledge systems and short-termism remain key challenges in transforming urban systems and policy making towards more sustainable and resilient cities. Innovative strategies and actions which seek to … Continue reading
Gentrification, urban policy and urban geography
Despite recognition that gentrification around the world is state-led– and that gentrification is in of itself de facto an urban policy – few scholars writing about gentrification, including urban geographers, … Continue reading
African urbanisation at the confluence of informality and climate change
(Temporary open access) Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces climate change’s harshest consequences. Ramifications of climate change pose daunting multi-scalar urban challenges, specifically because … Continue reading
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