COMPARATIVE URBANISM 'Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose
of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The …

In response to the growing interest in ways to take forward an agenda for a more global
urban studies, this essay advocates a comparative approach to theory building which can …

Appropriate water resources carrying capacity (WRCC) is important for the sustainable
development of urban agglomerations. It is of great significance for the coordinated …

The objective of this study is to analyse the rationales, challenges and prospects of Dhaka
City being split up, for the purposes of creating a sustainable city grounded in relevant …

ÔThis is vintage Allen Scott, but also a tour dÕhorizon of the state of urban studies, 2012, by
one of its foremost global practitioners: compulsory reading. Õ Ð Peter Hall, University …

Metropolitan has progressively emerged as a new form of urban governance.
Understanding the urban expansion process and its determinants at metropolitan level …

Previous studies have demonstrated urban built-up areas can be derived from nighttime
light satellite (DMSP-OLS) images at the national or continent scale. This paper presents a …

Environmental protection is currently one of the key priority areas of the European Union
(EU). The search for effective solutions for the supply and use of energy in cities is currently …

Ubiquitous in fast-urbanising China, land-driven urban growth is increasingly inter-urban in
nature–a trend that is underexplored in the literature. Grounded in a conceptual framework …

Caofeidian International Eco-City, in North-East China, is among several large-scale new
eco-city initiatives currently in development across Asia. Built from scratch across an area of …