Katherine Gough
Professor
Reflections on conducting urban comparison
Författare
Summary, in English
Interest in comparative urbanism has increased in recent years. Scholarly discussions, however, have tended to focus on theorizing comparative urbanism rather than engaging in comparative research, with little attention paid to the lives of urban residents. This article engages in these discussions, entering from the perspective of a geographer who conducts comparative urban research. The focus is on a recently completed project, Youth and the City, and reflects on the nature of the project, its methodology, and the comparative analysis that emerged from it. The highlighting of young people's experiences of urban life in three cities-Lusaka, Recife, and Hanoi-illustrates that how the urban is experienced depends on who you are and the spaces you negotiate. Whose urban is being focused on greatly affects the nature of the comparisons being undertaken, and needs to be incorporated into debates on comparative urbanism.
Publiceringsår
2012-08-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
866-878
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Urban Geography
Volym
33
Avvikelse
6
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Human Geography
Nyckelord
- city
- comparative urbanism
- urban life
- youth
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0272-3638