This twice-yearly journal focuses on urban and environmental issues and their interconnections, with a particular emphasis on Africa, Asia and Latin America (where most of world's urban population now lives).
Contents :
Cecilia Tacoli - Editorial: Governance, migration and local development Bingqin Li and Mark Duda - Employers as landlords for rural-to-urban migrants in Chinese cities Arif Hasan - Migration, small towns and social transformations in Pakistan Bingqin Li and Xiangsheng An - Migrants as a source of revenue in small towns in China Gery Nijenhuis - Embedding international migration: the response of Bolivian local governments and NGOs to international migration Mohamadou Sall - Straightforward critics or would-be candidates? International migrants and the management of local affairs and development: the case of the Senegal River valley Wilma S Nchito - Migratory patterns in small towns: the cases of Mazabuka and Kalomo in Zambia Kees Van der Gesest, Anton Vrieling, and Ton Dietz - Migration and environment in Ghana: a cross-district analysis of human mobility and vegetation dynamics Christien Klaufus - Watching the city grow: remittances and sprawl in intermediate Central American cities Hoai Anh Tran and Ann Schlyter - Gender and class in urban transport: the cases of Xian and Hanoi Patricia Romero Lankao - Water in Mexico City: what will climate change bring to its history of water-related hazards and vulnerabilities? Degefa Tolossa - Some realities of the urban poor and their food security situations: a case study of Berta Gibi and Gemechu Safar in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jesper Stage, Jørn Stage, and Gordon Mcgranahan - Is urbanization contributing to higher food prices? Irene Karanja - An enumeration and mapping of informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya, implemented by their inhabitants Arzu Ispalar Cahantimur, Rengin Beceren Öztürk, and Aysen Celen Öztürk - Securing land for urban transformation through sustainable brownfield regeneration - the case of Eskisehir, Turkey A. Ayotamuno, A.E. Gobo, and O.B. Owei - The impact of land use conversion on a residential district in Port Harcourt, Nigeria Arif Hasan - Can urban density be made to work for everyone? Exploring options for Karachi’s low- and lower-middle-class settlements Book Reviews
