Peri-urban transformation in the Global South: a comparative socio-spatial analytics approach
提出一种结合地理空间与定性田野调查的比较社会空间分析方法，基于中国、加纳和印度案例，揭示市场投机、国家主导战略和碎片化规划三种过程如何塑造全球南方城乡结合部的异质形态。
This research advances our understanding of peri-urban dynamics in the Global South through an innovative comparative socio-spatial analytics approach combining geospatial and qualitative fieldwork-based methods. Drawing on three cases in China, Ghana and India, the comparison is operationalized through two pairs of conceptual lenses developed inductively. We argue that heterogeneous peri-urban morphologies in the Global South, which share several common features, notably fragmentation and bypass, albeit with differing degrees, are shaped by three key processes: (1) market- and speculation-driven property development; (2) state-led development strategies, often expressed through large-scale projects; and (3) fragmented planning and development practices.