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A borderland analytic: Thinking uneven development from the U.S.–Mexico borderlands 边境分析:从美墨边境看发展不平衡

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-05-08 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231172201

Nina Ebner

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Governing through ESG and the green spirit of asset manager capitalism 通过ESG和资产管理资本主义的绿色精神进行治理

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-05-07 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231156611

Matthew Archer

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Adaptable state-controlled market actors: Underwriters and investors in the market of local government bonds in China 适应性国家控制的市场主体:中国地方政府债券市场的承销商和投资者

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Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-05-07 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231174023

Zhenfa Li, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang

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Silicon Savannahs and motorcycle taxis: A Southern perspective on the frontiers of platform urbanism 硅谷稀树草原与摩托出租车:平台城市主义前沿的南方视角

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231170193

L. Cirolia, R. Sitas, A. Pollio, Alexis Gatoni Sebarenzi, P. Guma

{"title":"Silicon Savannahs and motorcycle taxis: A Southern perspective on the frontiers of platform urbanism","authors":"L. Cirolia, R. Sitas, A. Pollio, Alexis Gatoni Sebarenzi, P. Guma","doi":"10.1177/0308518x231170193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518x231170193","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of digital platforms in urban Africa has been rightfully critiqued as an example of global techno-capital seeking new frontiers of profit among precarious lives and from fragile infrastructures. However, this techno-pessimistic reading of so-called “platform urbanism” leaves us with a bleak outlook on the future of the African city as a mere site of accumulation and exploitation. In this article, in contrast, we offer a more ambivalent analysis of a compelling trend in several African cities: the platformization of motorcycle taxis. Our focus is on Kigali and Nairobi two cities that have been celebrated as “Silicon Savannahs” for their commitment to digital innovation, and where motorcycle taxis have long contributed to the regular movement of people and goods. Deploying a Southern urban perspective on the digitization of these mobility systems, we make two contributions to platform urbanism debates. First, we show that this phenomenon dovetails two decades of supply-side, developmental investments in the connectivity infrastructure upon which platforms rely and are predicated. Second, we show that platform urbanism is not simply a case of global technologies landing in Africa. It is characterized by a proliferation of experiments in which domestic and international capital coalesce, platforms intersect in dynamic ways with informal economies, and local adaptations are necessary for survival. Overall, we argue that the platformization of motorcycles in these cities (and arguably others) constitutes a dynamic and evolving landscape that requires more careful conceptual and empirical attention.","PeriodicalId":48432,"journal":{"name":"Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space","volume":"121 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89434927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Embeddedness beyond the lead firm in global production networks: Insights from Kenyan horticulture 在全球生产网络中超越领先公司的嵌入性:来自肯尼亚园艺学的见解

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231170194

Aarti Krishnan

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Alone and lonely. The economic cost of solitude for regions in Europe 孤独和寂寞。欧洲地区孤独的经济成本

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231169286

C. Burlina, A. Rodríguez‐Pose

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Rethinking Polanyi's double movement through participatory justice: Land use planning in Puerto Rico 通过参与式司法重新思考波兰尼的双重运动:波多黎各的土地使用规划

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231170190

Hannah Stokes-Ramos

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The American spirit: The performativity of folk economics in global financial markets 美国精神:民间经济学在全球金融市场中的表现

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231169738

E. Tarim, A. Gozluklu, G. Muradoglu

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State, capitalism and infrastructure-led development: A multi-scalar analysis of the Belgrade-Budapest railway construction 国家、资本主义和基础设施主导的发展:贝尔格莱德-布达佩斯铁路建设的多尺度分析

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231156171

Linda Szabó, Csaba Jelinek

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Where is the world in the new state capitalism? 在新的国家资本主义下，世界在哪里?

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231160543

Jennifer Bair

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