Follmann, Alexander;
Kennedy, Loraine;
Pfeffer, Karin;
Wu, Fulong;
(2023)
Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: a comparative socio-spatial analytics approach.
Regional Studies
, 57
(3)
pp. 447-461.
10.1080/00343404.2022.2095365.
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Abstract
This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial and qualitative fieldwork-based methods. Drawing on three cases in China, Ghana and India, the comparison is operationalized through two pairs of conceptual lenses developed inductively. We argue that heterogeneous peri-urban morphologies in the Global South, which share several common features, notably fragmentation and bypass, albeit with differing degrees, are shaped by three key processes: (1) market- and speculation-driven property development; (2) state-led development strategies, often expressed through large-scale projects; and (3) fragmented planning and development practices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: a comparative socio-spatial analytics approach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00343404.2022.2095365 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2095365 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | peri-urban morphologies, urbanization, Global South, comparative urbanism, fragmentation, bypass |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152471 |
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