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...
Month: April 2019
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...
