Roadmap towards inclusiv(c)ity: An exploration of Neighbourhood planning to minimise processes of displacement in gentrified London

Due to its global economic attractive power, London is growing as never before. And although the divided and global city strives to develop towards more inclusivity in the city, the growth, revitalisation, redevelopment and renewal in London currently takes forms of exclusive urban development, better known as gentrification. This gentrification...

Pilgrimage, power and identity of the place: Strategies for future development of Mashhad as a sustainable religious city

The city of Mashhad as the second biggest city in Iran is an example of global city which religion shaped the identity and spatial configuration of the city. Mashhad is as an example of pilgrimage sites in the Middle East that globalization or the religion transform whole structure of local fabric and polarized the city. The wave of...