The Proto City

Final episode of this years' #comparativeurbanism series: Lukas Mueller looks into Mexico City and Washington DC, and discusses how both cities' histories and current global connectivities relate to their respective socio-spatial patterns: theprotocity.com/mexico-city-an…

New week, new episode! Today, Tom Heene looks into Toronto and Bangkok, and describes how the two cities have fairly different patterns of socio-spatial inequalities: theprotocity.com/global-process…

In this week's #comparativeurbanism series, Pauline Mathew looks into Chicago and Kuala Lumpur. How comparable are these two seemingly very different cities? theprotocity.com/chicago-and-ku…

Today episode #3 in our 2020-comparative urbanism series. Jef Van den Driessche looks at Copenhagen and Montevideo, and mainly highlights how both cities can be characterised by above-averagely progressive policies: theprotocity.com/copenhagen-and…

Another week, another #comparativeurbanism episode: This time, Lennert Verhulst looks into socio-spatial inequalities in Luanda and Paris, adopting a cross-temporal approach: theprotocity.com/at-what-costs-…

The new, 2020-comparative urbanism series is being kicked off today by Robin Schulze Waltrup, who looks into large-scale urban developments in Lagos and Moscow: theprotocity.com/comparing-mosc…

Last year, we published a series on 'comparative urbanism', in co-operation with Ghent University: theprotocity.com/comparative-ur… This year, we're back: new students, new comparisons. The 2020-series will be kicked of next week. Stay tuned!

New content! University of Groningen students study gentrification in Dorcol (Belgrade) through a lens of social justice: theprotocity.com/the-degree-of-…

This week we publish the final episode of our #comparativeurbanism series: Oksana Dorofeeva compares Rio de Janeiro and Rome and specifically focuses on both cities' tourism policies: theprotocity.com/rio-de-janeiro…

In this week's #ComparativeUrbanism episode, Manuel Bruns argues that recent urban transformations in Edinburgh and Kuala Lumpur are the result of similar global political-economic dynamics: theprotocity.com/edinburgh-and-…

Episode #3 of our #ComparativeUrbanism series! Salma Kadry assesses to what extent contemporary urban processes in San Francisco and Dar Es Salaam are driven by global dynamics: theprotocity.com/comparative-ur…

Episode #2 of our newest series! Tanja Gerum illustrates how in both Amsterdam and Tehran citizens' struggles for the right to the city can be linked to different, yet comparable historic developments: theprotocity.com/tehran-and-ams……/

This week we published the first episode in our #comparativeurbanism series! Rathnika Athira Thomas compares several urban processes in Sydney and Lima, after which she provides some critical reflections on the value of doing comparative urban studies: theprotocity.com/complexities-o…

Have you noticed our current special issue publication series on Comparative Urbanism yet? Students that took the course 'Urbanization in Global Perspective' at Ghent University share their observations and insights these weeks: theprotocity.com/comparative-ur…

Last week we started our newest publication series on Comparative Urbanism, a collaborative project with students from Ghent University. Our own @KoelemaijJorn provides the introduction: theprotocity.com/comparative-ur…

Nice piece by Iris van Gent @ProtoCity: "the Haight-Ashbury district @sfgov is not only a place of peace, love, and happiness, but also a place of #inequality, #displacement and contradiction." theprotocity.com/from-hippies-t… #gentrification #inclusivecities

Now that China has opened the world’s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai, @leonvkeulen wonders if it is a bridge too far: bit.ly/1RCNi6N #cities #architecture

Exploring Amsterdam’s newfound love for vegan food: bit.ly/2wCCy2k #tourism #travel #slowfood

One urban farm in the Dutch capital is helping a local food bank provide healthy produce items to locals in need: bit.ly/2MKDLzd #amsterdam #agriculture #food

The Kitchen of the Unwanted Animal is cooking up meals with dead animals that would otherwise be disposed of: bit.ly/2wEwqGL #food #amsterdam #cities