Unplanned and unregulated urban development is not unique to Swaziland, but addressing the issue through direct consultations with beneficiaries is an important improvement toward resolving this persistent problem. The Swaziland Urban Development Project includes standard infrastructure work,...

The ability of cities to recuperate from disturbances and return to their evolutionary pathways depends, first and foremost, on the type of damage that the shock created. But in addition, it depends on how information is transmitted in the urban system and on how noise filters distort the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Redevelopment Frontiers in Buenos Aires -- Chapter 3. Becoming a “Socially Integrated City” through “Creative Districts” -- Chapter 4. From Villa to Barrio -- Chapter 5. Neoliberal Governance and Chicago’s Southwest Side -- Chapter 6. Chicago’s...