Agencies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
the United Nations and the World Bank continue to privilege national over municipal …

Despite a growing number of studies featuring “informality” in their title, including many from
the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a consensus on what informality …

Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states
and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about …

The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present
urbanization is often referred to as an'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth …

This article is an intervention in the epistemologies and methodologies of urban studies. It
seeks to understand and transform the ways in which the cities of the global South are …

In the 3rd edition of the leading introductory textbook to planning theory, Allmendinger
provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date analysis of planning theories, how these relate to …

If informality has been conventionally understood as a territorial formation or as a labour
categorisation, this paper offers an alternative conceptualisation that conceives informality …

Processes of state-society engagement around urban development issues, termed co-
production, have been documented in both the Public Administration and Development …

While the uneven causes and impacts of climate change are widely known, it is also
becoming evident that many elements of the response to the climate crisis are also …

The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth
is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements …