Engaging with reflections on improper urban vocabularies, this article proposes a
translational turn to foreground dialogues—rather than equivalences—between languages …

Compressed development experiences, especially in Asia, have translated into expectations
for 'fast cities' where time and space are compressed to materialise 'real'Asia experiences …

As part of China's endeavour to modernize and internationalize its cities, it has repeatedly
eliminated street markets and street vendors. But in the (post‐) pandemic context, regulating …

The micropolitics involved in urbanising land is yet to be well illustrated in urban and
development studies. With the case of Dahongmen in Beijing, this paper explores the …

This chapter traces the main policies and actions to erase the urban village in Beijing. Based
on site visits to the representative pre-and post-demolition urban villages in Beijing's …

This paper engages with discussions on geographies of urban density by investigating the
enduring power relations that underlie the (de-) forming of urban densities in Beijing …

This research examines the socio-material process of infrastructuralizing heritage buildings
called Liyuan in the context of regenerating historical quarters in Qingdao, China. Based on …

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the politico-economic concerns manifest in the form of
problematic infrastructure and political action functioning though the everyday use of …

This thesis aims to investigate the change of urban governance in post-socialist China, as
illustrated by the redevelopment of a shantytown or penghuqu neighbourhood established …