This paper reviews progress in the field of urban tourism, revisiting and challenging the
validity of the paradoxes presented in the paper by Ashworth and Page (2011). To do this …

Abstract The Global South comprising economically disadvantaged regions of the world face
various challenges such as limited access to electricity, clean water, industrialization, and …

Climate change-related drought risks are intensifying in many urban areas, making stakes
particularly high in contexts of severe vulnerability. Yet, how social power, differential …

Vehicular emissions comprise a main source of air pollutants, especially particulate matter
(PM), which contains toxic compounds. Brazil has been restricting vehicular emissions for …

In contrast to the conservative values of rural populations, cities are often seen as bulwarks
of more tolerant, liberal and progressive values. This urban–rural divide in values has …

In this article, we make the case for the existence of global macro-patterns of urban change
and urban growth, in particular, which may be recognized across metropolitan systems …

A theoretical account of the genesis and internal spatial structure of cities is given. The
essence of the urbanisation process is described in terms of the following main …

In this plenary for the new journal Dialogues in Urban Research, I discuss what constitutes
(and should constitute going forward) engaged dialogue in urban research. Engaged …

Informal urbanization in the global North is an emerging field of research. Likewise, the need
to expand existing morphological analysis into informal settlements is well established but …

The urban transition is generally imagined as a large-scale permanent migration of people
from villages to cities. The formation of new cities is also theorized as occurring through the …