There has been growing interest in the expansion of global investment in urban areas, and
the financialisation of urban development, both of which bring new business logics into the …

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

As metropolitan regions continue to fuse into giant megalopolises, nations are confronted
with new challenges for governing large metropolitan regions. This monograph addresses …

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 …

Shrinking cities can be considered as one of the most critical challenges of contemporary
urban societies. Recently, this phenomenon has been the subject of growing interest both in …

Inspired by postcolonial critiques, urban studies today is characterized by conceptual and
methodological experimentation in pursuit of a more global approach to understanding …

Recent years have seen a challenge to the territorial orthodoxy in urban studies. An interest
in policy assemblage, mobility, and mutation has begun to open up 'the what'and 'the …

Recent years have witnessed the beginnings of a renaissance in the field of comparative
urban studies. The paper discusses this body of work's history, drawing on contributions …

Barcelona's redevelopment has been widely celebrated for its apparently successful
combination of cultural strategies with urban regeneration to address social problems. The …

We argue that globalization is a central feature of coupled human–environment systems or,
as we call them, socio-ecological systems (SESs). In this article, we focus on the effects of …