This article examines global extractivisms and transformative alternatives; addressing:(1)
access to and control over resources,(2) governance and recognition,(3) environmental …

India is globally renowned as a burgeoning solar energy superpower. Solar park
development is occurring in the Indian context of an ascendant Hindu nationalism …

Gold prices hit historic highs following the 2008 financial crisis, catalyzing an international
gold rush. Along Ghana's Offin River, recent mining activities have irreversibly transformed …

What is land and how is it made? In this path-breaking study of sites in western, eastern, and
southern India, Nikita Sud argues that land is not simply the solid surface of the earth. It is …

Water-related disasters have become more unpredictable amidst human-induced climatic
and hydroecological changes, with profound effects on people inhabiting fragile river basins …

The paper explores processes of speculative accumulation through land in the making of a
new city in Andhra Pradesh, southern India. Rather than analysing the Amaravati plan as an …

If the entanglements of real estate and finance capital are pivotal in ongoing urban
transformations in cities of the global south, then a less visible but equally vital dimension is …

The intensifying impacts of climate change pose a serious global threat, particularly for rural
populations whose livelihoods are closely tied to natural resources. Yet there is a lack of …

In this article, we examine the coproduction of hazardous urban space and new formations
of clientelist state governance. Work on hazards and vulnerability frequently demonstrates …

Based on ethnographic research with cadastral land surveyors and revenue bureaucrats in
Gurgaon, North India, this article examines how the desire to etch out and impose digitized …