This paper attempts to reframe debates on the equity implications of spatial, socioeconomic,
and political change in global cities in developing countries through a review of recent …

In the 1980s and 1990s, a series of publications, including Saskia Sassen's landmark book
The Global City, triggered a new current of research aiming to link a cycle of globalized …

COMPARATIVE URBANISM 'Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose
of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The …

Cities exist in a world of cities and thus routinely invite a comparative gesture in urban
theorizing. However, for some decades urban studies have analytically divided the world of …

The literature on 'world cities' has had an enormous influence on urban theory and planning
alike. From Manila to London, academics and policy makers have attempted to understand …

From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an
extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms …

As a result of global dynamics—the increasing interconnection of people and places—
innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping …

This article examines the role of historical preservation in the spatial restructuring of
postindustrial cities through a detailed case study of Xintiandi, a preservation–based …

At the start of the twenty-first century, urban violence represents one of the most significant
challenges for development across much of the Global South. This essay introduces a new …

This paper engages with postcolonial critiques of global cities research (GCR). We argue
that such criticisms tend to be hampered by their tendency to be polemical rather than …