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Vinay Gidwani

Urban Commons

Vol - XLVI No. 50, December 10, 2011 | Amita Baviskar and Vinay Gidwani

From an understanding of the commons as a rural artefact, the concept has expanded to include urban spaces and practices. The destruction of common resources and the communities that depend upon them is a long-standing outcome of capitalist expansion. It is also a cause for concern, given the ultimate centrality of the commons to the reproduction of urban populations and ecosystems.

Urban Concerns: An Introduction

Vol - XLVI No. 31, July 30, 2011 | Amita Baviskar, Anant Maringanti, Karen Coelho, and Vinay Gidwani

This is the first issue of a new biannual, the Review of Urban Affairs. The RUA will contain articles that look at different aspects of urbanisation in the context of the growing importance of "urban society" in India and elsewhere in the world. The review will be guided by an external advisory group which will suggest themes, commission articles and have them reviewed/revised before publication.