In The Surrounds renowned urbanist AbdouMaliq Simone offers a new theorization of the
interface of the urban and the political. Working at the intersection of Black studies, urban …

In this groundbreaking book, Garth Myers uses African urban concepts and experiences to
speak back to theoretical and practical concerns. He argues for a re-visioning-a seeing …

The Promise of the City proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of cities and
urban life. Finding the contemporary urban scene too complex to be captured by radical or …

Houses in Motion: The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia is
about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of …

The author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism and The New Class Conflict challenges
conventions of urban planning. Around the globe, most new urban development has …

This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and
diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is …

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre
has moved into the cities of Asia and Africa. What is less clear is how this will be managed …

Reading African cities into contemporary theory—reprint of a richly illustrated reference work
In their internationally acclaimed publication Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City …

The title of Mike Davis' latest tome should make every progressive cringe. Boston's Mel King,
prominent African-American community activist, once said that for him the term slum meant …

By United Nations estimates, 60 percent of the world's population will be urban by 2030.
With the increasing speed of urbanization, especially in the developing world, scholars are …