In their piece “Toward a Dracula Urbanism: Smart City Building in Flint and Jakarta,” Wilson
and Wyly (2022) inaugurate Dracula urbanism as an explanatory framework for identifying …

In this forum paper, we question the lasting utility of the framework and language of urban
post-industrialism. We suggest that, while such conceptual metaphors are useful to …

In response to DeVerteuil's recent article in this forum,“Urban Inequality Revisited: From the
Corrugated City to the Lopsided City,” I offer a generally positive appraisal—considering his …

From the metaphor-soaked concepts of Dracula urbanism, the Vampire index, Frankenstein
urbanism and zombie neoliberalism to the idea of a vampire property-holding class …

This article explores the territorial stigmatisation–gentrification nexus and how it is advanced
by an intellectual pipeline between academics and policymakers in the USA. Despite much …

In this commentary, I respond to and extend Wilson and Wyly's 'Dracula urbanism'by
drawing on feminist, postcolonial, and urban political ecology critiques of global urbanism …

In response to Wilson and Wyly's paper, I argue that urban planners, policymakers, and
theorists need an alternative understanding of “the real estate state.” This approach involves …

Extending Wilson & Wyly's concept of Dracula urbanism, I examine interactions between
technological, social, and political forces in fueling global capitalists' addiction to …

The role of communication in shaping cities has increased mainly in the last decades due to
its relevance to the policymaking process. Even if the scientific debate regarding the …

Metaphors are indispensable for comprehending complexity (see Landau et al. 2013). But
truth and understanding are different things, and the truth content of metaphors is hotly …