The Spatiality of Poverty and Popular Agency in the GCR: Constituting an Extended Urban Region

The Gauteng City-Region (GCR) in South Africa is a paradigmatic example of extended urbanization, in which the legacy of mining and apartheid continue to impact spatial practices and the experience of everyday life. The dynamics between urban centralities such as Johannesburg and regional-scale peripheries established by this legacy More

Comparing Urbanization in Johannesburg and Maputo

The two cities of Johannesburg and Maputo are geographically close to one another in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although they have distinct histories and features, they also share some similarities that should yield rich results through comparison. For example, governments in South Africa and Mozambique have made significant investments in More

Urbanization in a Comparative Perspective

The last two decades have seen a sharp increase in the speed, scale, and scope of urbanization that has fundamentally changed the character of the urban areas. Transcending various physical borders, political jurisdictions, and social spheres, urbanization has become a planetary phenomenon. While it is often assumed that More

Planetary Urbanization

More than four decades ago, Henri Lefebvre proposed the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, demanding a shift in analysis from urban form to urbanization process. Today, the urban represents an increasing and worldwide condition in which political-economic relations are enmeshed. This situation of planetary urbanization More

Henri Lefebvre

Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space is one of the most important contemporary contributions to the analysis of urbanization and socio-spatial processes. It is of special importance for the transdisciplinary research in social sciences and architecture. The long-standing engagement of the Chair of Sociology with this More

Soziologie: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf das Städtische

ab 22. Februar 2018, 12:45–14:30 | ETH Zürich, Hönggerberg. Dozentinnen: Rahel Nüssli, Monika Streule. In diesem Seminar beschäftigen wir uns mit verschiede­ nen Perspektiven auf das Städtische. StadtforscherInnen unterschiedlicher Disziplinen berichten von ihren aktuellen Forschungsprojekten – im Unterrichtsraum oder bei einem Spaziergang durch Zürich. Ergänzt durch Textlektüre disku­ More

Urban Research Symposium: Global Land – Sub/Urban Form

27 February 2019, 17:00–18:30 | ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg, HIL E 3. Speaker: Prof. Ute Lehrer (York University, CAN). Ute Lehrer has been involved in comparative urban research on Zurich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto, investigating new urban forms, processes of spectacularization and megaprojects. Recently she has been part of the project «Global More

Extended Urbanization – ein Forschungsseminar

Wahlfach ab 21. September 2018, 12:45–14:30 | ETH Hönggerberg, HCP E 47.1. Dozierende: Christian Schmid, Lindsay Blair Howe. Heute wird die Stadtforschung mit immer ausgereifteren Urbanisierungsprozessen konfrontiert, die sich auch weit entfernt von Agglomerationen, urbanen Regionen und sogar Megacity-Regionen entfalten. Die Urbanisierung hat einen planetaren Massstab angenommen: Neuartige Formen der Urbanisierung kristallisieren sich in verschiedensten Landschaften More

Die Schweiz, ein städtebauliches Portrait

Schweizer Stararchitekten entwerfen für die Schweiz eine neue Landeskarte der urbanen Topografie Das «ETH Studio Basel – Institut Stadt der Gegenwart» hat das Territorium der Schweiz in einer mehrjährigen Forschungsarbeit in allen seinen vielschichtigen Aspekten untersucht. Geografische, historische, sprachliche, kulturelle, soziale, ökonomische, verkehrspolitische, urbanistische und architektonische Strukturen sind More