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

A significant part of urban theory now engages with southern cities. In this paper, we
synthesize the various theoretical propositions and influential concepts that have shaped the …

Recent scholarship on the materiality of cities has been criticized by critical urban scholars
for being overly descriptive and failing to account for political economy. We argue that …

Urban Theory and the Urban Experience brings together classic and contemporary
approaches to urban research in order to reveal the intellectual origins of urban studies and …

This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization
as a universal process tied to the ideal-typical model of the modern metropolis with its …

Street food vendors are both a symbol and a scourge of Mumbai: cheap roadside snacks are
enjoyed by all, but the people who make them dance on a razor's edge of legality. While …

Gurgaon, India's “millennium city”, is today synonymous with India's embrace of global real
estate capital and private sector‐led urban development. This paper asserts that Gurgaon's …

In Indian cities, informal 'slum'settlements have long been targeted for removal as an
environmental improvement strategy, despite their relatively low impact. Slum clearance has …

In India, the country with the third largest Muslim population in the world, residential
segregation along religious lines has long been of concern. Many go so far as to speak of …

The Cities of the Global South Reader adopts a fresh and critical approach to the fi eld of
urbanization in the developing world. The Reader incorporates both early and emerging …