The role of exogenous sources of new path development has been underplayed in the
literature on regional industrial change so far. The aim of this article is to explore in a …

Urban studies today is marked by many active debates. In an earlier paper, we addressed
some of these debates by proposing a foundational concept of urbanisation and urban form …

In response to the growing interest in ways to take forward an agenda for a more global
urban studies, this essay advocates a comparative approach to theory building which can …

Recent assertions of urban theory have dismissed the value of postcolonial critique in urban
studies. This essay draws on postcolonial theory to demonstrate key flaws in such …

In this paper I argue that cities in the global South constitute a distinctive 'type'of human
settlement. I begin by critiquing Brenner and Schmid's concept of planetary urbanization …

Urban studies is undergoing a phase of rich experimentation, with a proliferation of
paradigms and exploration or invention of various methodologies inspired by the diversity …

Peck J. Cities beyond compare?, Regional Studies. Calls for more substantively multipolar,
comparative and cosmopolitan modes of urban theory-making have been circulating for …

This article revisits the idea of relational comparison that grew out of my earlier research in
post-apartheid South Africa in order to put it to work in new ways. First I clarify distinctively …

Urban agglomeration is the engine of national development and regional prosperity.
Although extensive work has investigated issues related to this new form of spatial …

This is the third and final edition of the Introduction to Visual Culture, following its first edition
in 1999 and the second in 2009. The place of the field and the book are very much changed …