This paper broadens the scope of hierarchical knowledge in urban climate governance,
moving beyond the traditional focus on large, global cities in specific regions. By scrutinising …

The sub‐title of this essay refers to Antonio Gramsci's concept of “prevision”—understood as
neither foresight nor prediction, but a method of political work that enables intervention in the …

This Introduction to the special issue,'Comparative Methods for Global Urban Studies',
outlines the basis for a reformatted comparative method inspired by the complex spatialities …

Despite global academic interest, the field of urban China continues to be dominated by
exceptionalist theorising. Given that the unique properties of Chinese urbanisation present …

This paper presents 'shared projects' and the 'symbiotic'relations they engender to capture
accounts of state and society actors collaborating to turn individual constraints into collective …

The processes of globalisation, circulation and networks make cities and metropolises units
that are increasingly interdependent. There were some countervailing trends in urban …

This paper proposes planetary rural geographies to counter the narrative of planetary
urbanisation, which has contended that the whole planet has been urbanised and can be …

Instead of generating a grand theory from urban China, I have a rather modest aim–how we
might use the political-economic perspective to better understand China's urban …

This paper discusses the problems of local industrial displacement by new apartment
buildings in a high-density mixed residential and factory zone. Conceptually, we develop a …

Urban literature and policy research on social innovation, call for agency building and
influence on institutional planning as the main expected outcomes. Empirical evidence for …