… If we are to seek out a generalized urban theory, then it should … urban theory should seek
out urban injustices and inequalities, and excavate their root causes—and such a theoretical …

Facing the main historical realizations of the city and the main theorizations about it, Scott
and Storper look for identifying its invariant character. By distinguish between issues that, …

… it is “supercilious to suggest that we can grasp an all-encompassing general urban theory
that pretends to have idealistically identified the notion of a city, as the ground is constantly …

… Like feminist urban theories, queer urban theories can be considered to have widened their
… place of LGBT communities in the city) to offer a more expansive theorisation of the city and …

… cities and contexts we have studied (often ‘off the map' of urban theory), we were puzzled by
this… Our concern, of course, is that the universal form of analysis of ‘the nature of cities' which …

… Yet, across otherwise divergent epistemological, methodological, and political traditions,
most of twentieth-century urban studies rested upon the underlying assumption that cities …

… wanting as statements about urban realities. We criticise (a) postcolonial urban theory for its
… planetary urbanism for its radical devaluation of the forces of agglomeration and nodality in …

… of scholarship about the key characteristics of cities, here we will limit our discussion to
models that are analytical and mathematical, illustrating how cities may work, at least along some …

… nature in Dublin City, Ireland. The paper concludes by reflecting on how exploring the natures
of planning provides scope … address the challenge of safeguarding nature through policy. …

… for a more global urban studies, this essay advocates a … the former heartlands of urban theory,
urban studies will produce a … of cities and ideas from those which shaped twentieth century …