Global Urbanism Research Group publications

A collection of publications from the Global Urbanism Research Group.

Working papers

A collection of working papers covering a broad range of issues related to Global Urbanism.

• 11/2016 - Land tenure and conflict in urban Mexico. Melanie Lombard - December 2016.
• 10/2015 - Public policies and programmes for public space improvement in Mexico in the 21st century: The case of Xalapa. Mauricio Hernandez Bonilla - October 2015.
• 9/2014 - Gentrification in the context of post-earthquake reconstruction urban policies: a review of the Chilean experience. Jorge Inzulza Contardo - March 2014.
• 8/2012 - Land tenure and urban conflict: A review of the literature. Melanie Lombard - August 2012.
• 7/2011 - The importance of assets in current development debates: Millennium Development Goals, social protection and climate change. Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein - January 2011.
• 6/2010 - Climate change adaptation in Lusaka, Zambia: A case study of Kalingalinga and Linda Compounds. Danny Simatele - October 2010.
• 5/2010 - Implementing Urban Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Appraisals: A Methodological Guideline. Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein - May 2010
• 4/2010 - Migrants and Cities in the Global South: Transnational Migrants and Marginal City Space in Buenos Aires. Tanja Bastia - May 2010.
• 3/2009 - Operational framework for integrating risk reduction and climate change adaptation into urban development. Christine Wamsler - August 2009.
• 2/2009 - The accumulation and transfer of civic and political assets by Argentinean migrants to Spain. Jorge Ginieniewicz - June 2009.
• 1/2008 - Towards pro-poor adaptation to climate change in the urban centres of low- and middle-income countries. Caroline Moser and David Satterthwaite - October 2008.

Briefing papers

The Global Urbanism Research Group's published research had a real world impact.

• 8/2015 - Bottom-up and top-down water-related climate change adaptation strategies in low-income urban areas in Douala, Cameroon (PDF, 619KB). Jessica Roccard - 2015.
• 7/2014 - The Role of Social Movements in Changing a City’s Spatial Form: Windhoek, Namibia (PDF, 4.4MB) Beth Chitekwe-Biti - 2014.
• 6/2014 - Gender, Asset Building and Just Cities (PDF, 964KB). Caroline Moser - 2014.
• 5/2014 - New formal housing policies: building just cities? (PDF, 448KB). Caroline Moser and Alfredo Stein - 2014.
• 4/2011 - Affordable housing and urban sprawl in Mexico: The need for a paradigm shift (PDF, 1813KB). Oyan Solana Oses - 2014.
• 3/2011 - Is cancer a slum health problem? (PDF, 575KB). Caroline Moser - 2011.
• 2/2011 - Social protection and assets (PDF, 597KB). Nicola Banks and Caroline Moser - 2011.
• 1/2011 - MDGs and assets (PDF, 626KB). Philipp Horn, Alfredo Stein and Caroline Moser - 2011.