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Comparative Urbanism

Mexico City and Washington DC – two capitals in comparison

Capital cities generally have a prominent role within their countries as they...

April 13, 2020  By Lukas Müller
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Global processes through a local lens, comparing urban inequality in Toronto and Bangkok.

Many of the issues facing cities today are influenced by processes on a global...

April 6, 2020  By Tom Heene
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Chicago and Kuala Lumpur: Through the Lens of Comparative Urbanism

Nine thousand two hundred and sixty six miles apart, separated by land...

March 30, 2020  By Pauline Mathew
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Copenhagen and Montevideo: bonded by progression

Responding the recent call within the academic urban studies literature...

March 23, 2020  By Jef Van den Driessche
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At what costs? (Un)controlled urban expansions and socio-ethnic segregation in Luanda and Paris.

Increasing urban population causes many frictions and problems which are not easy...

March 16, 2020  By Lennert Verhulst
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Comparing Moscow and Lagos: Similarities and differences in the pursuit of neoliberalization

Despite the wide gap of the historical-institutional contexts of Moscow...

March 9, 2020  By Robin Schulze Waltrup
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Rio de Janeiro and Rome in pursuit of tourism

Tourism is a vital part of Rio de Janeiro and Rome's urban economies. In this...

May 13, 2019  By Oksana Dorofeeva
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Edinburgh and Kuala Lumpur: 6,603 miles apart and still driven by the same forces

In this article, two cities will be compared that are separated by 6,603...

May 6, 2019  By Manuel Bruns
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Comparative Urbanism: San Francisco and Dar es Salaam

Comparative urbanism is concerned with understanding the similarities and differences...

April 29, 2019  By Salma Kadry
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Tehran and Amsterdam: A Comparison of two opposites?

At first sight, the two metropoles compared in this essay possess contrasting,...

April 22, 2019  By Tanja Gerum
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