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 …

Despite the existence of a legal framework defining the right to fair compensation, and
notwithstanding the vast literature on transnational and domestic land deals, no theory has …

Africa's major cities are experiencing dramatic transformation as a result of growing real
estate investment. This article explores whether existing theories can explain the dynamics …

In the past 2 decades, over 150 new cities built from scratch have been launched in more
than 40 countries. As this trend has intensified in recent years, scholarship on new city …

In a bid to actualise the vision of transforming Lagos into Africa's model megacity and global
economic and financial hub, the state government has embarked on and/or supported …

In the past two decades, large-scale land transactions (LSLTs), commonly known as land
grabs or large-scale land acquisitions, have been pursued by agricultural investors and host …

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 …

The humbling climate crisis of the twenty-first century poses a challenge to classical
humanism that cherishes the spontaneity of human action and its possibility of instigating …

Urban Resettlements in the Global South provides new perspectives on resettlement
through an urban studies lens. To date, resettlement has been theorised through …

Land dispossession within the emerging neo-customary land tenure system is not a novel
phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the landholding systems across SSA …