A new mechanism of public participation in planning has remained mobilised by more affluent social groups, renewing debates around local “civic capacity” in English (urban) governance. Are channels…

Ruptures in the Afterlife of the Apartheid City by Yousuf Al‑Bulushi examines the persistence of segregation, precarity, and anti-Black violence in post-Apartheid South Africa. It also analyzes a…

A new mechanism of public participation in planning has remained mobilised by more affluent social groups, renewing debates around local “civic capacity” in English (urban) governance. Are channels…

In the past decade, platforms such as Uber and Lyft have changed how people navigate urban space. Disputing DC illuminates Uber's efforts to influence how we navigate democratic space by reforming…

In the past decade, platforms such as Uber and Lyft have changed how people navigate urban space. Disputing DC illuminates Uber's efforts to influence how we navigate democratic space by reforming…

Canada's new housing agency risks repeating the same injustices that produced today's uneven housing crisis unless it embeds anti-racist frameworks in its development plans. When the federal…

The selection of postcards presented by Renaud Epstein in his book On est bien arrivés (“We've arrived safely”) invites us to look at France's large postwar social housing projects and their…

How might progressive city administrations build the power they need for real policy wins? Celina Su gives us a preview of her book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities,…

Canada's new housing agency risks repeating the same injustices that produced today's uneven housing crisis unless it embeds anti-racist frameworks in its development plans. When the federal…

How might progressive city administrations build the power they need for real policy wins? Celina Su gives us a preview of her book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities,…

The Editorial Board is issuing a call for papers for a forthcoming special series in Metropolitics titled “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy” and edited by…

The Editorial Board is issuing a call for papers for a forthcoming special series in Metropolitics titled “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy” and edited by…

Although there is no shortage of work on gentrification, it rarely takes as its object of inquiry those “ordinary” places—diners, corner stores—that are lost. Yet, in The Cities We Need, Gabrielle…

La Butte-Rouge, built in the mid-20th century in Paris's southern suburbs, is the archetypal example of a French cité-jardin. In a recent work retracing its history, Élise Guillerm highlights the…

What is the state of urban theory from the Global South and how can local research simultaneously advance scholarly research and be a vehicle for advocacy? Dr. Naomi Adiv and Dr. Hari Sasikumar…

Although there is no shortage of work on gentrification, it rarely takes as its object of inquiry those “ordinary” places—diners, corner stores—that are lost. Yet, in The Cities We Need, Gabrielle…

What is the state of urban theory from the Global South and how can local research simultaneously advance scholarly research and be a vehicle for advocacy? Dr. Naomi Adiv and Dr. Hari Sasikumar…

Public transportation has a decisive role to play in any meaningful ecological transition. And yet key players in the sector continue to prioritize technical innovations that consume huge quantities…

Some of the gated estates in and around Johannesburg and Pretoria sell residents a settler colonial fantasy of a bucolic idyll away from the urban condition. But Renugan Raidoo examines the important…

Amidst intense demand for land, farmers near Chennai, India face dispossession by neglect. ---- Series: Provincializing the “Real-Estate Turn” My essay begins with a puzzle. The past two decades have…

Urban informality has been theorized as a process operating at the edges and margins under capitalist urbanization. Yet Outlaw Capital argues that the gray spaces of informality are essential to the…

Paradoxically, Mumbai's neoliberal real-estate system has its origins in progressive legislation. ---- Series: Provincializing the “Real-Estate Turn” When the Phoenix Mills compound in central Mumbai…

With their origins in manufacturing and heavy industry, “digital twins” are increasingly being applied to urban planning and governance. As Oskar Steiner demonstrates, while the private firms that…