The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present
urbanization is often referred to as an'urban revolution', most of this startling urban growth …

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 …

“To thematize requires a project to select its objects, deploy them in a bounded field, and
submit them to disciplined inquiry”(Guha, 1997, xv) Mainstream urban scholarship envisions …

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 …

Cities in the Global South are quintessential sites for climate adaptation; many are rapidly
expanding, struggle with increasing inequalities and experience unprecedented harm from …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Recent metropolitan development in developed
countries is associated with “post-suburbia,” or a decline in population in the former central …

Amidst the recent global financial crisis and housing busts in various countries, the
Philippines' booming housing industry has been heralded as “Southeast Asia's hottest real …

The mega-urbanisation process in Java is reflected in the spatial patterns of urban
population growth between 2000 and 2010, although there has been a small deceleration in …

Vietnam's economic transformation has been widely celebrated. Since the onset of market
reforms in the late 1980s, rural communities with endemic rural poverty in the Red River …

Coastal megacities pose a particular challenge for climate change adaptation and resilience
planning. These dense concentrations of population, economic activity, and consumption …