This paper utilizes concepts from a critical social justice discourse on smart cities to identify
factors behind resistance to new smart city initiatives from equity-seeking groups. The …

This article examines how neoliberalism works through the Age Friendly Cities and
Communities (AFCCs) program through reflections on the Toronto case. While AFCCs …

Populism is often viewed as a national-level phenomenon that pits a declining periphery
against a cosmopolitan, economically successful metropolis. Our analysis of Rob Ford's …

This article focuses on live-in elder care workers in German-speaking Switzerland, with a
focus on the city of Basel. Working with the Lefebvrian concept of le droit à la ville, it critically …

Diversity has increasingly emerged as the core focus of many studies concerning factors
impacting on social cohesion. Various scholars have concluded that diversity is detrimental …

While consultants have crept into various aspects of municipal governance, a selected few
have transcended the others reaching the status of urban gurus. Although consultants are …

Despite Toronto's motto of diversity and inclusion, the municipality has recently mobilised
exclusionary spatio‐legal tools against unhoused populations using claims to law and order …

Gentrification is being experienced by cities around the world. Its drivers and characteristic
features are complex and diverse, ranging from the displacement of low-income households …

World Cities and Nation States takes a global perspective to show how national
governments and states/provinces/regions continue to play a decisive, and often positive …

A context of aging populations and urbanization has sparked a global movement to make
urban spaces age-friendly. The Age-Friendly City program, developed by the World Health …