The objective of this Forum is to complicate the usual depictions of Global South mega-urban regions. Neither the sure-fire means of realizing the aspirations of majority populations nor as a descent into chaos, the massiveness of Southern cities offers many different dimensions and implications.
https://www.societyandspace.org/forums/massive-urbanization-forum
Steve Ouma Akoth – Tangaza University College
Nitin Bathla – Delhi Without Borders, ETH Zurich
Mariana Calvacanti – State University of Rio de Janeiro
Momen El-Husseiny – American University of Cairo
K. Murat Güney – Istanbul Planning Agency, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Dian Tri Irawaty – Rujak Centre for Urban Studies, UCLA
Sobia Ahmad Kaker – Goldsmiths, University of London/Karachi Urban Lab
Caroline Wanjiku Kihato – Woodrow Wilson Institute for International Scholars
Taibat Lawanson – Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos
Kristian Karlo Saguin – University of the Philippines Diliman
AbdouMaliq Simone – The Urban Institute, University of Sheffield
