Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. PREFACE 9
4. PART I: DECENTRING URBAN RESEARCH: THEORY, PROCEDURE, METHODOLOGY
5. Chapter 1: URBANISATION PROCESSES: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL REORIENTATION 19
6. Chapter 2: THEORY BUILDING THROUGH COMPARATIVE STRATEGIES 29
7. Chapter 3: CREATING COMPARATIVE MOMENTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY 39
8. Chapter 4: NEW CONCEPTS OF URBANISATION PROCESSES: AN OVERVIEW 49
9. PART II: PATTERNS AND PATHWAYS OF URBANISATION
10. Chapter 5: TOKYO: FRAMING THE METROPOLITAN COMPLEX 70
11. Chapter 6: HONG KONG, SHENZHEN AND DONGGUAN: CROSS-BORDER URBANISATION 84
12. Chapter 7: ISTANBUL: FROM GECEKONDU TO ‘CRAZY’ PROJECTS 108
13. Chapter 8: LAGOS: A SOUTHERN PARADIGM OF URBANISATION 122
14. Chapter 9: PARIS: BETWEEN CENTRE AND PERIPHERY 138
15. Chapter 10: MEXICO CITY: CHANGING PARADIGMS OF URBANISATION 154
16. Chapter 11: LOS ANGELES: AN ORDINARY METROPOLIS 176
17. PART III: TOWARDS A NEW VOCABULARY OF URBANISATION PROCESSES
18. Chapter 12: POPULAR URBANISATION: CONCEPTUALISING URBANISATION PROCESSES BEYOND INFORMALITY 198
19. Chapter 13: PLOT BY PLOT: PLOTTING URBANISM AS AN ORDINARY PROCESS OF URBANISATION 222
20. Chapter 14: BYPASS URBANISM: RE-ORDERING CENTRE–PERIPHERY RELATIONS 248
21. Chapter 15: MULTILAYERED PATCHWORK URBANISATION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE URBAN PERIPHERY 274
22. Chapter 16: MASS HOUSING URBANISATION: STATE STRATEGIES AND PERIPHERALISATION 302
23. Chapter 17: INCORPORATION OF DIFFERENCES: THE COMMODIFICATION OF URBAN VALUE 334
24. PART IV: CONCLUSION
25. Chapter 18: PARADIGMS OF URBANISATION: A COMPARATIVE OUTLOOK 361
26. Bibliography 376
27. Chapter Sources 392
28. Map Sources 392
29. Photo Credits 393
30. Contributors 394
31. Acknowledgements 395