By the dawn of the 21st century, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas. This volume explores the implications of this unprecedented

This collection of essays challenges long-entrenched ideas about the history, nature, and significance of the informal neighborhoods that house the vast majorit

"With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest a

About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes

What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist arch