Urban Theory & History

From Frankenstein to Gulliver urbanism: Reframing AI and scale in urban theory

Beyond the perimeter walls: Negotiated porosity and the governance of megaproject edges in Metro Manila

Temporary appropriation: A comparative conceptual review of emergent urbanisms in public space

Polishing the perfect: The ambitions of smart urbanism

Ageing, identity and place: Extending intersectional perspectives in age-friendly urbanism through the lived experiences of mid-older adults with intellectual disabilities and LGBT+ identities

Winning the double war: Urbicide, informality, and reconstruction in Syrian cities after 2011

Aleppo After War: The Municipal Vision Before 2011 and Why Urban Recovery Should Not Start from Scratch

Revisits Aleppo's pre-2011 municipal planning vision and argues that post-war recovery should build on it rather than start from a blank slate.

Urban transport as a social construct: Theory, evidence, and analytical threads

A conceptual piece that treats urban transport as socially constructed, reviewing theory and evidence and setting out analytical threads for research.