Re:Thinking the Urban

The Urban Environments Initiative (UEI) held its third workshop entitled Re:Thinking the Urban on 22 January 2021. The online workshop brought UEI members from across the globe together for an in-depth analysis…

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The Elephant in the City: The Trialectics of Space in the Rurban Elephants of Southern India

By: Anindya Sinha (Frontier Elephant Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore India) and Nishant M. Srinivasaiah (Frontier Elephant Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore India).  Download PDF Urbanization…

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Unexpected Nature? Proliferating Mangroves on the Coast of Abu Dhabi

By: John Burt (Program of Environmental Studies, New York University Abu Dhabi), Mary Killilea (Program of Environmental Studies, New York University ), andAnne Rademacher (Program of Environmental Studies, New York University).  Download PDF For the past several years, natural…

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New York’s Post Industrial Waterfront: A Lesson in Environmental Gentrification and Environmental Inequality

By: Kara Murphy Schlichting. Department of History, Queens College, City University of New York . Download PDF In 2011, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that New York City had six boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten…

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Socio-ecological Metabolisms of Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, Nigeria: An Unjust City?

By: Joseph Adeniran Adedeji,Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria  Download PDF What is the city and what forces frame its identity? Developmental mega-city projects can illuminate our understanding and guide a re-thinking…

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