Informal rental housing is reshaping neighbourhoods across the global South. Drawing on research from Cape Town, this featured IDPR article explores how ‘soft densification’ can be better managed to support sustainable urban development. Free to read for a limited time.
The necropolitics of informality: contested strategies of banishment, carceralisation and peripheralisation | IDPR 48.1-2 Featured Article
The editors of International Development Planning Review (IDPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in IDPR 48.1-2. ‘The necropolitics of informality: contested strategies of banishment, carceralisation and peripheralisation’ by Ilda Lindell and Zeferino Ugembe.
An OA modern languages article for every day of the year: LUP Open Languages achieves open access for 2026 thanks to library support
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce that LUP Open Languages has successfully met its Subscribe to Open (S2O) target for 2026.
Challenges and roles of grassroots community organisations in decentralised governance: a case study of Mali’s Office du Niger zone | IDPR 47.4 Featured Article
The editors of International Development Planning Review (IDPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in IDPR 47.4. ‘Challenges and roles of grassroots community organisations in decentralised governance: a case study of Mali’s Office du Niger zone’ by Hamadou Amadou Cissé Barry and Abhilash Babu.
Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary French Civilization
To celebrate fifty years of Contemporary French Civilization (CFC), the journal’s editorial team has put together a blog post reflecting on its past, present, and future. As part of the anniversary, readers are also invited to explore a special 50th Anniversary Virtual Issue —free to read for a limited time.
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