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COMMUNICATIVE AND AGONISTIC PLANNING THEORIES IN THE FACE OF POPULIST RHETORIC: Reflections on Minneapolis 2040 Process
This article discusses populist rhetoric in the context of participatory urban planning. Populist rhetoric builds on emotionally charged expression and juxtapositions between ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ including planners. In so doing, it poses a challenge to planners who have learned to follow the ideals of...
EMBODYING AND RESISTING URBAN HEAT INJUSTICE: Migrant Vulnerabilities and Radical Adaptations in El Raval, Barcelona
Heat is a central concern for many cities whose efforts for adaptation tend to reproduce inequities. While community-led adaptation has been considered key for enhancing just outcomes, how migrants from majority world countries are in- or excluded from local visions and practices of adaptation has rarely been asked....
POWER AND PREJUDICE: The Micropolitics of Electricity Access in Uganda’s Urban Informal Settlements
In this article I examine the micropolitics of electricity access in informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda, by drawing on field research conducted in 2022. I argue that local dynamics shape and variegate household-level experiences with electricity and urge consideration of these micropolitics for effective energy...
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A detail showing a female construction worker in India (photo by Justin Morgan, November 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0. URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_construction_worker_in_India_(4180249684).jpg)
A detail of the Integral Centre of Services in Zapopan, Mexico (photo by Mariana Reyes, December 2024)
A detail of a redeveloped commercial building in Halle (Saale) (photo by Matthias Bernt, March 2023)
