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 …

These interventions in urban geopolitics recognise that it is timely to develop a research
agenda that reinforces, broadens and regenerates this field, bridging the disciplines of …

Jerusalem has for centuries been known as the spiritual center for the three largest
monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Yet Jerusalem's other-worldly …

This paper critically questions the state's hostile takeover of planning regulation followed by
experimentation initiated by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been …

(XURSH KDV ZLWQHVVHG GXULQJ WKH WZHQW\fiUVW century its greatest ever period
of high-rise construction. From London to Rotterdam, Barcelona, Moscow, Madrid, Vienna …

Jerusalem might be considered an enclave city par excellence: Israeli settlements in the
Palestinian east of the city enjoy higher levels of services and are connected through …

The vertical turn in urban scholarship is a critique of the overly horizontal perspectives used
in studying cities in academic research. This article broadens this scholarship by engaging …

This paper examines the language and phraseology of 'creative destruction '('renewal 'and
'exploitation') expressed in urban planning procedures concerning one particular house in …

Shaping Jerusalem: Spatial planning, politics and the conflict focuses on a hidden facet of
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the relentless reshaping of the Holy City by the Israeli …

This article explores Palestinians' place-making in Jerusalem under the constant threat of
displacement and dispossession. I center my focus on Kufr Aqab, a neighborhood that was …