The global population has rapidly urbanized over the past century, and the urbanization rate
is projected to reach about 70% by 2050. In line with these trends and the increasing …

ABSTRACT In La Barceloneta, one of the beachfront quarters of the city of Barcelona, the
rapid expansion of mainly illegal short-term rental apartments for tourists and noise …

Scholars in urban political ecology, urban geography, and planning have suggested that
urban greening interventions can create elite enclaves of environmental privilege and green …

Gentrification caused by tourism is increasingly affecting places around the world. Although
some scholars have noted that tourism threatens the right to 'stay put of existing populations …

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

In a context of global-scale inequalities and increased middle-class transnational mobility,
this paper explores how the arrival of Western European and North American migrants in …

This is the first book in Polity's new'Urban Futures' series. At the beginning of the twenty-first
century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean …

The recent touristification of the historic downtown quarters of many European cities is not
without its social, spatial and economic impacts. In turn, many global cities show a lack of …

The Great Recession (2008–2014) and the consequent crises in both the national financial
and production systems have led the Portuguese administration to adopt tourism and urban …

Cities confronted with unsustainable development and climatic changes are increasingly
turning to green infrastructure as an approach for growth and climate risk management. In …