Over the past three decades, research in urban politics or increasingly urban governance
reveals a landscape powerfully reflecting what might now be defined as a post-political …

This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization
as a universal process tied to the ideal-typical model of the modern metropolis with its …

Village settlements in peri-urban areas have largely been transformed into dense
neighbourhoods in the process of rapid urbanisation and become Villages-in-the-City …

Because redistributive policies are usually at odds with the economic interests of the city,
proponents will find difficulty in gathering support for them.. To contribute to a cause so …

The eviction of residents to make way for a “new urban zone” in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
is legitimized by notions of building a beautiful, breathable, and orderly city. Although angry …

New policy and legislative initiatives in India over the last decade, from the Special
Economic Zones Act 2005 to subnational state-level counterparts, have encouraged …

By the start of the twenty‐first century, the once dominant historical downtown core of
Johannesburg had lost its privileged status as the center of business and commercial …

Following reforms enacted since the late 1970s, domestic and foreign investments are
resulting in a dramatic transformation of China's landscape. The concentrated Maoist city …

Demand for resources and changing structures of human settlements arising from
population growth are impacting via the twin crises of anthropogenic climate change and …

This commentary sets out to make a claim for gentrification to be understood from the Global
East. I argue that a regional approach to gentrification can nurture a contextually informed …