This contribution examines the management of urban development in two Asian metropolitan regions against the background of globalization. Although there are substantial differences in context, recent developments in both Pune Metropolitan Region in India and Metro Cebu in the Philippines can...

Traditional migration configurations in West Africa have changed in recent years as countries are simultaneously origin, destination and transit for migrants. Aderanti Adepoju discusses how brain circulation, the number of female migrants and trafficking in illegal migrants and refugee flows...

Globalization has vastly increased the number of people travelling the globe. More than half a million tourists visit the Andean Highlands each year, many of them following the “Inca route” between Peru and Bolivia in pursuit of adventurous moments and “authentic” experiences. The...

The global land grab is causing radical changes in the use and ownership of land. This ‘foreignization’ of space is driven primarily by the acquisition of land for growing biofuels, food crops and/or nature conservation. In addition, pressure on the land is rapidly increasing due to...