The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research
and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of …

Major social and political transformations such as the shift towards neoliberal urban policies
have widely altered the contemporary structuring of metropolitan areas in S pain and L atin …

This article will revisit Smith's seminal argument that gentrification is a global urban strategy.
The article pays attention to the role of the state and displacement during the process of …

In the fields of planning theory and human geography, there is a growing discussion of the
just city. The impression is that in order to continue the discussion of the crucial issue of the …

Las principales transformaciones sociales y políticas, así como la implementación de las
políticas urbanas neoliberales han alterado profundamente la estructuración de las …

While it is widely acknowledged that Chinese urban villages provide an important source of
rental housing for low-income populations, the composition of their dwellers, housing …

Issues of urban equity have long been linked to urban planning. Yet in practice the quest for
the 'just city', defined in terms of democracy, diversity, difference and sustainability, has …

This article presents a systematic review of the literature and directions for future research
on property rights in informal settlements. This research meets the academy's strategic …

Property lies at the heart of the urban development process. While it creates the wealth
needed to finance the urban economy, property can also be a source of disenfranchisement …

In the last two decades, large-scale urban development projects (UDPs) have become
ubiquitous. As strategic planning tools, UDPs are typically employed to trigger market-driven …