Frankfurt: a new era of urban mobility?
Let's close our eyes and imagine. It would be quite extraordinary when 18.000 cyclists would take over the Autobahn in the direction of Frankfurt am Main to protest the most important...
Year: 2019
The degree of gentrification as a measurement for social justice in Belgrade.
‘’Dorcol is the neighbourhood where things happen and at the same time represents the oldest and the most prominent part...
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 blogpost, both cities’ recent city-marketing...
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 miles: Edinburgh and Kuala Lumpur. It is...
Comparative Urbanism: San Francisco and Dar es Salaam
Comparative urbanism is concerned with understanding the similarities and differences between cities and urban processes. It combines together generalizations of...
Tehran and Amsterdam: A Comparison of two opposites?
At first sight, the two metropoles compared in this essay possess contrasting, almost opposite, genius loci (‘spirit of place’). Amsterdam,...
Complexities of Comparative Urbanism: A Critical Study of Sydney and Lima
Sydney and Lima present an interesting comparative case study. They have multiple outwardly similar characteristics including the presence of a...
Comparative urbanism, and how to compare the incomparable
Due to continuing globalization, many cities across the globe are becoming increasingly inter-exchangeable in terms of architecture, facilities, employment and...
Car or Careless in Italy?
There are increasingly good arguments to devote less money, time and space in our cities to the privately owned fossil...
