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 …

COVID-19 has posed newer questions on urban vulnerabilities in India and showcased the
importance of acting effectively towards a vision of sustainable urbanization. Several studies …

This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South
through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial …

Recent years have seen a rising interest in peri‐urban spaces, urban frontiers and new
suburbanisms, including in African contexts. However, given the scale of urban growth and …

Grounded in the writings of AbdouMaliq Simone and the theoretical project of Southern
urbanism, the concept of “people as infrastructure” has radically reframed how we …

Abstract From the Thika Superhighway to the opening of the Expressway, Nairobi's recent
history has been marked by the rapid development of large-scale mobility infrastructures …

Mushrooming new city developments have occurred in many developing countries in the
past two decades, which generate profound socio-economic, environmental, and politico …

CONCRETE CITY “Armelle Choplin's Concrete City weaves a novel and engaging analysis
of urbanization by tracing the journeys of cement and people making urban life in West …

Cities are the physical embodiment of power, capital and state control. Yet urban centres are
heterogeneous and multiple counter-cities are created within the bounds of the city …