Agencies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
the United Nations and the World Bank continue to privilege national over municipal …

When Americans think of modern warfare, what comes to mind is the US army skirmishing
with terrorists and insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. But the face of global conflict …

In the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the
world's major cities. Typically designed by globe-trotting" starchitects" or by a few large …

Urban events like 9‐11 and the Arab Spring have deeply marked the first two decades of a
century in which the majority of the world population will live in cities. This essay reviews …

Depictions of Lebanon in international politics have historically represented it as a 'weak
state'whose domestic sovereignty is eroded by nonstate actors viewed as anomalies to …

War and the City examines the geopolitical significance of the Lebanese Civil War through a
micro-level exploration of how the urban landscape of Beirut was transformed by the conflict …

Taking the provision of building permits as an entry point to its analysis, the paper
documents the widespread practice of issuing 'exceptions' on which planning agencies in …

Most of the recent literature in migration and ethnic studies, and particularly the debate on
the “local turn”, mention multi-layered pressures that cities must address to develop their …

This article bridges the fields of urban politics, migration governance and border studies by
exploring Barcelona as a case study. It raises a first critical question about what happens to …

How can attention to spatial dynamics improve our understanding of where, how, and why
conflict-related violence (CRV) concentrates within postwar cities such as Mitrovica? Like …