@article{421cf3b3dc734d248de3add3a8c555f4,
title = "Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: a comparative socio-spatial analytics approach",
abstract = "This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial and qualitative fieldwork-based methods. Drawing on three cases in China, Ghana and India, the comparison is operationalized through two pairs of conceptual lenses developed inductively. We argue that heterogeneous peri-urban morphologies in the Global South, which share several common features, notably fragmentation and bypass, albeit with differing degrees, are shaped by three key processes: (1) market- and speculation-driven property development; (2) state-led development strategies, often expressed through large-scale projects; and (3) fragmented planning and development practices.",
keywords = "22/3 OA procedure, ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE",
author = "Alexander Follmann and Loraine Kennedy and K. Pfeffer and Fulong Wu",
note = "Funding Information: The authors jointly conceptualized and wrote the paper. This equal contribution is reflected in the alphabetical order of authors{\textquoteright} names. The socio-spatial analytics approach emerged from an international research network COMPASS, coordinated by Loraine Kennedy. We are grateful to the other members of that collective for their contribution: Eric Denis (G{\'e}o-Cit{\'e}, Paris), B{\'e}r{\'e}nice Bon (CESSMA, Paris); Pushpa Arabindoo (University College London); Charlotte Lemanski (University of Cambridge); Mark Brussel, Mafalda Madureira and Javier Mart{\'i}nez-Martin (ITC, University of Twente); Georg Bareth, Peter Dannenberg and Guido Waldhoff (University of Cologne); and Olivier Ninot and Elisabeth Peyroux (PRODIG, Paris). The Kasoa case draws on Emmanuel Adugbila{\textquoteright}s MSc thesis, supervised by Javier Mart{\'i}nez-Martin and Karin Pfeffer. We are grateful to Emmanuel Adugbila for granting permission to use aspects of his study, conducted in 2018 at the University of Twente, which consisted of 310 questionnaires, two focus groups and seven interviews with key informants. Karin Pfeffer acknowledges the support from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, University of Twente. The initial investigation of the Shanghai case started from Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project {\textquoteleft}Governing the Future City{\textquoteright} of which Jenny Robinson, Phil Harrison, Allan Cochrane, Yuemin Ning, Jie Shen and Zheng Wang were collaborators. The case is written with further support from European Research Council (ERC). The Faridabad case study draws on field research by Alexander Follmann (2016–19). Part of the fieldwork took place during the field school {\textquoteleft}Natural and Cultural Heritage as New Commons{\textquoteright} under the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Thematic Network {\textquoteleft}Remapping the Global South – Teaching, Researching, Exchanging{\textquoteright}. We are grateful to Dirk Mattner for granting permission to use aspects of his geospatial analysis (BSc thesis) for the Faridabad case. Loraine Kennedy acknowledges generous support from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique for her research time. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Regional Studies Association.",
year = "2023",
month = mar,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1080/00343404.2022.2095365",
language = "English",
volume = "57",
pages = "447--461",
journal = "Regional studies",
issn = "0034-3404",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}
