Since the 1970s, urbanisation across the globe has been shaped by corporate capital under
the neo-liberal policies of the state. Cities are treated as consumer products with massive …

In this chapter, we look at the evolving relationships between the commodification of
housing and the role of activism in the Irish context. We draw on the periodizations of …

The aim of this paper is to outline a way in which research can contribute to the advance of
environmental social movements. Current struggles under capitalism are fragmented and …

The birth of the world's great megacities is the surest and starkest harbinger of the “urban
age” inaugurated in the twentieth century. As the world's urban population achieves majority …

The role of transportation in producing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful
pollutants has led governments across the globe to incorporate electric vehicles (EVs) at the …

This article investigates the conceptual and political history of the right to the city in Mexico
City from the late 1980s to the present, focusing especially on the Mexico City Charter for the …

“On the whole, compared to international migration, scholarship on internal migration has
been quite scant. After Myron Weiner's seminal Sons of the Soil, very little has been written …

My PhD thesis contributes to the disciplines of Geography and Urban Studies by adding the
vocabulary, typology and conceptual framework of what I call 'Liquid Urbanisms'(LU). My LU …

This chapter focuses on the rise of radical actions as a response to the extreme austerity
implemented by the Irish government after the global financial crisis of 2008. Globally, the …

This book has combined a reappraisal of a key moment in housing history and a critical
affirmative engagement with contemporary housing agitation in Britain and Ireland. It has re …