In this paper, we undertake an extensive review of the neoliberal conservation literature with
the aim to explore and substantiate the principal ways in which conservation is …

The term peri‐urbanization has been widely used to describe a range of different processes
that transform rural areas to a mix of rural and urban spaces. Although there is a burgeoning …

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

The urban condition is today being radically transformed. Urban restructuring is
accelerating, new urban spaces are being consolidated, and new forms of urbanization are …

In this paper, I explore the links between infrastructure‐led development, urban
transformation and inequality in China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). I theorise the BRI as a …

This article introduces the concept of popular urbanization to describe a specific
urbanization process based on collective initiatives, self‐organization and the activities of …

In recent years, the concept of planetary urbanization has provoked a widespread debate. It
is grounded upon a basic hypothesis: that the contemporary urbanizing world cannot be …

This paper offers an interpretive framework linking polycentric urban expansion in
emerging/frontier economies to the global extension of infrastructure networks. Drawing from …

The rapid urbanisation being experienced in major cities across the globe has occasioned
greater housing demand and brought to the fore the importance of understanding housing …

The concept of subaltern urbanization is about vibrant smaller settlements—outside the
metropolitan shadow—sustainably supporting a dispersed pattern of urbanization. We …