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In the Name of Metropolitan Attractiveness

Clément Barbier & translated by Oliver Waine - 8 December 2023

By comparing two urban renewal projects in Lille and Hamburg, Clément Barbier shows that the staging of...

From the Field

From Scientific Uncertainty to Strategic Ignorance

Gwenola Le Naour & Valentin Thomas & translated by Oliver Waine - 24 November 2023

In the absence of data, uncertainties about the health risks of industrial pollution abound, and are used by private...

Essays

Self-Determination for Who?

John Arena - 17 November 2023

Newark mayor Cory Booker garnered national accolades, and tens of millions in foundation funding, to advance his...

Reviews

Reinventing Politics Against its Brutalization

Laurent Bazin & translated by Oliver Waine - 27 October 2023

In Greece, the violence of anti-migration policies is compounded by that of economic adjustment measures. Christiane...

From the Field

We Are From Nairobi (#panthershit): Black Power Spatial Imaginaries in Silicon Valley

Kimberley S. Johnson - 17 October 2023

East Palo Alto’s Black, Latiné and Pacific Islander residents deploy #panthershit—a Black Power spatial imaginary as...

Essays

Feminist Non-Mixity: For Women or Against Men?

Alban Jacquemart & translated by Oliver Waine - 10 October 2023

For women, the choice to gather together serves a variety of objectives within feminist mobilizations. Looking back...

From the Field

Fifteen-Minute Prisons? A Reflection on the Far-Right Backlash Against Sustainable Development in Britain

Garrett L. Grainger - 4 October 2023

In an era of increasing political polarization, right-wing activists are targeting sustainable planning initiatives....

From the Field

The Logistics City: Insights from Africa

Hélène Blaszkiewicz & translated by Oliver Waine - 29 September 2023

What might a city dedicated to logistics look like in Africa? How does it connect with global goods flows? These are...

Debates

“Urban Exodus” as an Extension of the Rentier Sector

Aurélie Delage & Max Rousseau & translated by Oliver Waine - 15 September 2023

In the French media, the increasingly recurrent topic of urban exodus has been portrayed as one of the consequences...

Metropolitics

Summer Reading 2023

The Editorial Board - 18 July 2023

The Editorial Board is now on summer break and will be posting new articles again starting on Tuesday, September 5....

From the Field

Regulating Basement Conversions in New York City

Ooha Uppalapati - 14 July 2023

Ooha Uppalapati examines the regulation of basement apartments in New York City and the implications of proposed laws...

From the Field

Digital Technology and the City: New Forms of Urban Segregation in Cape Town?

Julien Migozzi & translated by Oliver Waine - 23 June 2023

In the age of platform capitalism, how is digital technology reconfiguring real-estate markets and access to housing?...

From the Field

The Reception Chain for Exiled Ukrainians: From Ukraine to Poland and France

Thomas Lacroix & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 June 2023

In contrast to other recent waves of refugees, Ukrainian exiles have been welcomed quickly and massively within the...

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Major Events: The Olympics of Digital Urban Safety?

Myrtille Picaud & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 June 2023

Major international events are increasingly witnessing the deployment of digital security policies and technologies,...

From the Field

Girls-Only Sport

Antoine Bréau & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 May 2023

Against a backdrop of gender inequalities at school, an experiment in the field of physical education shows that...

From the Field

¡Yo soy Boricua! Identity-related work and collective elevation strategies among New York Puerto Ricans

Audrey Célestine & translated by Oliver Waine - 5 May 2023

Puerto Ricans in New York City form a minority group in the struggle against discrimination. Audrey Célestine shows...

Debates

How the Gonesse Triangle Became a Zone to Defend

Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Oliver Waine - 28 April 2023

Despite the cancellation in late 2019 of the EuropaCity project - a giant shopping mall and entertainment complex on...

Debates

Where are the Women Architects?

Collectif Architoo & translated by Oliver Waine - 31 March 2023

At the 2020 edition of the Albums des jeunes architectes et paysagistes (AJAP) competition, organized by the French...

Reviews

An American in Marseille

Olivier Gaudin & translated by Oliver Waine - 17 March 2023

In his latest work, Marseille, Port to Port, the New York-based ethnographer William Kornblum paints a rich and...

Essays

Navigating Jefes Fantasmas in New York City’s Urban Platform Economy

Jackson Todd - 3 March 2023

How has the “platform economy” altered urban life, infrastructure, and labor? Jackson Todd examines New York City’s...

Reviews

Making Routes on the Sea

Natasha N. Iskander - 24 February 2023

Natasha N. Iskander reviews Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh...

From the Field

Resisting the Neoliberal City? The Popular Initiative in Berlin

Thomas Chevallier - 17 February 2023

Western representative democracy is in crisis. In response, direct democracy is emerging as a possible path to...

From the Field

Closing the Loop or Looping Close By?

Marine Frantz & Gabriel Renault - 7 February 2023

Marine Frantz and Gabriel Renault explore the spatial dimension of the circular economy, particularly in regard to...

Reviews

The Black Middle Class, or the Harsh Reality of the American Dream

Sylvie Tissot & translated by Oliver Waine - 24 January 2023

The suburbs of the United States, once the epicenter of racial segregation, are now home to more African Americans...

Reviews

Episodes from the Social Life of the Delhi Metro

Sneha Mandhan - 20 January 2023

What is the impact of a new metro on a large and growing city? As new metros are cropping up across Asia, Rashmi...

Reviews

Cooperating in Democracies

Evan Casper-Futterman - 13 January 2023

Evan Casper-Futterman reviews Practicing Cooperation: Mutual Aid Beyond Capitalism by Andrew Zitcer, which reflects...

From the Field

Have Low-Income Households Been Failed by the Sale of Social Housing?

Matthieu Gimat & Manon Le Bon-Vuylsteke & Bruno Marot & translated by Oliver Waine - 6 January 2023

Since 2018, the selling-off of social housing in France, as in other countries in Europe, has accelerated. What are...

From the Field

Securing Shelter While Facing Eviction: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Lebanon

Dima El Khouri - 16 December 2022

Dima El Khouri documents the politics of securing housing for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. She shows the complex web...

Reviews

Underground Berlin: Where Infrastructure Meets Politics

Clarence Hatton-Proulx & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 December 2022

Water, electricity, gas: in Remaking Berlin, Timothy Moss presents a history of Berlin’s infrastructure networks from...

From the Field

Plague and Urban Policy in Bombay, 1896–1914

Vanessa Caru & translated by Oliver Waine - 18 November 2022

What consequences can an epidemic have on a city? Vanessa Caru describes the ways in which a plague epidemic in...

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