Interviews with scholars of urban studies about their new books
Getting Something to Eat in Jackson (Princeton Press, 2021) uses food—what people eat and how—to exp
White middle-class eaters are increasingly venturing into historically segregated urban neighborhood
In the mid-nineteenth century, Jerusalem was rich with urban texts inscribed in marble, gold, and cl
Today I spoke to Professor Andrew Kipnis about his book on social change in urban China from the per
In An Urban History of China (Cambridge UP, 2021), Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese
Today I spoke to Nick R. Smith to talk about how China's expansive new era of urbanization threatens
The Hasidic community in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is famously one of the most separatist
Between 1865 and 1900, the population of Los Angeles grew from around 5,000 people to over 100,000.
Susanne Klien's book Urban Migrants in Rural Japan: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Socie
Vigilante action. Renegades. Human intrigue and the future at stake in New York City. In Urbanism wi
Erin Y. Huang’s Urban Horror: Neoliberal Post-Socialism and the Limits of Visibility (Duke UP, 2020)
Computational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administ
Climate change is real, and extreme weather events are its physical manifestations. These extreme ev
Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or
Despite promises from politicians, nonprofits, and government agencies, Chicago's most disadvantaged
Historic preservation is typically regarded as an elitist practice. In this view, designating a neig
La Paz's Colonial Specters: Urbanization, Migration, and Indigenous Political Participation, 1900-52
As projects like Manhattan's High Line, Chicago's 606, China's eco-cities, and Ethiopia's tree-plant
What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of
Architecture and urbanism have contributed to one of the most sweeping transformations of our times.
