Within the neoliberal context of today's urbanism, a growing number of inner-city
megaprojects aim to transform brownfield sites—accompanied by gentrification and tourism …

Cities concentrate the means of production, wealth, political power, infrastructure,
educational institutions, and a relevant share of our cultural heritage. As such, they are seen …

This article offers insight into the role of the state in land financialisation through a reading of
urban hegemony. This offers the basis for a conjunctural analysis of the politics of planning …

In a bid to actualise the vision of transforming Lagos into Africa's model megacity and global
economic and financial hub, the state government has embarked on and/or supported …

ABSTRACT Focusing on Cape Town, this article investigates how financialization unfolds in
the South African housing market. I use a mixed method that combines in-depth field …

Cities are promising machines always holding out prospects for better lives, always
attempting to guarantee that things will not remain the same and that whatever changes do …

This article puts forward a narrow definition of state financialisation as a mode of
governance whereby the state engineers and re-purposes financial tools and markets as …

The Western Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca is among the few Central and East European
non-capital cities in economic recovery following the dismantlement of actually existing …

Capital cities form the focus of a sub-field in urban studies. Much of the literature concerning
their planning concentrates on their histories, and on the core precincts in which these cities …

Recently, the role of the state in urban redevelopment has drawn increasing scholarly
attention. However, insufficient efforts have been made to determine how the state …