Essays

The Emergence of Ecological Thinking in the City

Charles-François Mathis & translated by Oliver Waine - 27 September 2022

What place does ecological thinking have in the field of urban planning? In describing the use of vegetation in cities since the 19th century, Charles-François Mathis examines the historical evolution of planning choices and the foundations of a new “ecological urbanism.”

Debates

The Slow Violence of Planned Obsolescence

Elise Mason - 20 September 2022

Elise Mason critiques planned obsolescence as a form of slow violence. She argues for an ethic of care, rooted in...

From the Field

Lockdown Experiences of the Youth of the Paris Banlieues

Jeanne Demoulin & Collectif Pop-Part & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 September 2022

How did young people from working-class neighborhoods in France experience lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis? A...

New York Tech Dossier: The Dark Side of New York’s Tech Economy

Sharon Zukin - 7 January 2020

Metropolitics is pleased to present the first of a series of dossiers coordinated by faculty and students in the PhD program in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. These dossiers explore New York City-specific issues. The first dossier, comprising three articles, examines New...

From the Field

The Postponed Tokyo 2020 Games: From Planning Conflicts to Covid

Raphaël Languillon-Aussel & translated by Oliver Waine - 9 September 2022

One of the many consequences of the Covid‑19 pandemic was the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in...

From the Field

Power in the Periphery: Waste Conflict and Resistance in Periurban Kerala

Ashish Prabhakar - 6 September 2022

Ashish Prabhakar analyzes one Indian village’s fight against a city waste processing plant in 2011–2012, illustrating...

Metropolitics

Summer Reading 2022

The Editorial Board - 22 July 2022

The Editorial Board is now on summer break and will be posting new articles again starting on Tuesday, September 6,...

Reviews

New York City’s Descent into Neoliberal Policy: A Review of Benjamin Holtzman’s The Long Crisis

John Krinsky - 19 July 2022

Benjamin Holtzman’s The Long Crisis tells the story of New York’s prolonged descent into neoliberal policy. For those...

Debates

Depending on a Curse: What History Tells Us About Property-Tax Reform in New York City

Daniel Wortel-London - 12 July 2022

Daniel Wortel-London discusses New York’s discriminatory policies and taxes and asks: can a tax system as cumbersome...

From the Field

Arrests of People Smugglers in Niger: A Criminalization of Mutual-Aid Practices in Migration Situations

Alizée Dauchy & translated by Oliver Waine - 8 July 2022

From the point of view of the Northern states, international migration from the South now has its designated...

Reviews

Disposability in the City: A Review of Waste Worlds

Lily Baum Pollans - 5 July 2022

Lily Pollans reviews Jacob Doherty’s Waste Worlds: Inhabiting Kampala’s Infrastructures of Disposability, which shows...

Essays

New Tourism Geographies and the Politics of Tourist Taxation

Elizabeth Strom - 7 June 2022

The changing geography of urban tourism has led to new forms of political contestation. How hotel-tax revenues are...

From the Field

Starve the Beast: Community-Owned and Community-Controlled Composting as an Alternative to Incineration in Baltimore

Nicole Fabricant - 6 June 2022

Nicole Fabricant documents organizing efforts in Baltimore, led by youth of color, against a trash-to-energy...

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