Diane E. Davis
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Urban Policy and Planning
Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Aerial view of Mexico // Photo by Julie Ricard
Journal Articles
2020
The Phenomenology of Change: How Conflict Drives Urban Transformation (with Nanke Verloo)
Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2020
Beyond appearances: Community activism and New York City’s High Line (with Stephen F. Gray)Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2020
Implementing a Progressive Urban Agenda through Innovations in the Design of Social Housing: Scalar Mismatches (with Maria Atuesta)
Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2017
Informality and State Theory: Some Concluding RemarksCurrent Sociology 65/2: 315–324. [referred]
2017
Expanding the Scope of Sustainability Planning: Lessons from Stockholm’s Congestion Charging Policy (with Amy Rader Olsson)Urban Planning (Volume 2, Issue 4): 81–92. [referred]
2016
Reflections on the Relations between Urbanization and Development: Past trajectories and future prospectsInternational Journal on Urban Sciences, vol. 20 no. 1: 1–14. [referred]
2014
Competing Globalizations in Mexico’s Historic Centre
Scapegoat 6 (Special Issue on Mexico, DF/ NAFTA): 156–166
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76
2013
The Right to Vision: A New Planning Praxis for Conflict Cities (with Tali Hatuka)
Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 20 (10): 1–17. [referred]
2004
Whither the Public Sphere: Local, National, and International Influences on the Planning of Downtown Mexico City, 1910-1950Space and Culture, vol. 7 no. 2 (May): 1–29.
Book Chapters
2020
Making Room for Conflict: Agonistic Urbanism and the Struggle for a More Inclusive CityIn Markus Miessen (ed.), Agonistic Assemblies: On the Spatial Politics of Horizontality. Sternberg Press (in collaboration with MIT Press).
2019
The Future of Streets (with Andres Sevstuk)
In Luca Acci (ed.), Mathematics of Urban Morphology. Springer/Birkhauser publishers.
2019
Urban Transport and Transformative Change: Relations Between Processes and Outcomes.In Diane E. Davis and Alan Altshuler (eds.), Transforming Urban Transport. Oxford University Press.
2019
Governmental Capacity and the Smart Mobility TransitionLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March)
2019
Contending Planning Cultures and the Built Environment in Mexico CityIn Bishwapriya Sanyal (ed.), Comparative Planning Cultures. New York: Routledge.
2019
Reverberations: Mexico City’s 1985 Earthquake and the Transformation of the CapitalIn Lawrence Vale and Tom Campanella (eds.), The Resilient City. Oxford University Press.
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Diane E. Davis
About
Contact
Research /
Urban Policy and Planning
Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Aerial view of Mexico // Photo by Julie Ricard
Journal Articles
2020
The Phenomenology of Change: How Conflict Drives Urban Transformation (with Nanke Verloo)
Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2020
Beyond appearances: Community activism and New York City’s High Line (with Stephen F. Gray)Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2020
Implementing a Progressive Urban Agenda through Innovations in the Design of Social Housing: Scalar Mismatches (with Maria Atuesta)
Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2017
Informality and State Theory: Some Concluding RemarksCurrent Sociology 65/2: 315–324. [referred]
2017
Expanding the Scope of Sustainability Planning: Lessons from Stockholm’s Congestion Charging Policy (with Amy Rader Olsson)Urban Planning (Volume 2, Issue 4): 81–92. [referred]
2016
Reflections on the Relations between Urbanization and Development: Past trajectories and future prospectsInternational Journal on Urban Sciences, vol. 20 no. 1: 1–14. [referred]
2014
Competing Globalizations in Mexico’s Historic Centre
Scapegoat 6 (Special Issue on Mexico, DF/ NAFTA): 156–166
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76
2011
The Right to Vision: A New Planning Praxis for Conflict Cities (with Tali Hatuka)
Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 20 (10): 1–17. [referred]
2004
Whither the Public Sphere: Local, National, and International Influences on the Planning of Downtown Mexico City, 1910-1950Space and Culture, vol. 7 no. 2 (May): 1–29.
Book Chapters
2020
Making Room for Conflict: Agonistic Urbanism and the Struggle for a More Inclusive CityIn Markus Miessen (ed.), Agonistic Assemblies: On the Spatial Politics of Horizontality. Sternberg Press (in collaboration with MIT Press).
2019
The Future of Streets (with Andres Sevstuk)
In Luca Acci (ed.), Mathematics of Urban Morphology. Springer/Birkhauser publishers.
2019
Urban Transport and Transformative Change: Relations Between Processes and Outcomes.In Diane E. Davis and Alan Altshuler (eds.), Transforming Urban Transport. Oxford University Press.
2019
Governmental Capacity and the Smart Mobility TransitionIn Greg Marsden and Louise Reardon (eds.), Governing the Smart Mobility Transition. Elsevier, Ltd.
2019
Contending Planning Cultures and the Built Environment in Mexico CityIn Bishwapriya Sanyal (ed.), Comparative Planning Cultures. New York: Routledge.
2019
Reverberations: Mexico City’s 1985 Earthquake and the Transformation of the CapitalIn Lawrence Vale and Tom Campanella (eds.), The Resilient City. Oxford University Press.
© Copyright 2026. All rights reserved.
Designed by Adi Meira
Diane E. Davis
About
Contact
Research /
Urban Policy and Planning
Examination of inter- and intra-urbanization patterns and their relationship to the political economy of urban and national development

Aerial view of Mexico // Photo by Julie Ricard
Journal Articles
2021
The Phenomenology of Change: How Conflict Drives Urban Transformation (with Nanke Verloo)
Built Environment vol. 47 no. 1: 119–135.
2020
Beyond appearances: Community activism and New York City’s High Line (with Stephen F. Gray)Journal of Landscape Architecture, Volume 14, 2019 - Issue 3
2020
Implementing a Progressive Urban Agenda through Innovations in the Design of Social Housing: Scalar Mismatches (with Maria Atuesta)
Planning Theory and Practice (August 2020).
2017
Informality and State Theory: Some Concluding RemarksCurrent Sociology 65/2: 315–324. [referred]
2017
Expanding the Scope of Sustainability Planning: Lessons from Stockholm’s Congestion Charging Policy (with Amy Rader Olsson)
Urban Planning (Volume 2, Issue 4): 81–92. [referred]
2016
Reflections on the Relations between Urbanization and Development: Past trajectories and future prospectsInternational Journal on Urban Sciences, vol. 20 no. 1: 1–14. [referred]
2014
Competing Globalizations in Mexico’s Historic CentreScapegoat 6 (Special Issue on Mexico, DF/ NAFTA): 156–166
2013
Zero-Tolerance Policing, Stealth Real Estate Development, and the Transformation of Public Space: Evidence from Mexico CityLatin American Perspectives Volume 40 Issue 2 (March): 53–76
2011
The Right to Vision: A New Planning Praxis for Conflict Cities (with Tali Hatuka)
Journal of Planning Education and Research, vol. 20 (10): 1–17. [referred]
2004
Whither the Public Sphere: Local, National, and International Influences on the Planning of Downtown Mexico City, 1910-1950Space and Culture, vol. 7 no. 2 (May): 1–29.
Book Chapters
2024
Making Room for Conflict: Agonistic Urbanism and the Struggle for a More Inclusive CityIn Markus Miessen (ed.), Agonistic Assemblies: On the Spatial Politics of Horizontality. Sternberg Press (in collaboration with MIT Press).
2019
The Future of Streets (with Andres Sevstuk)
In Luca Acci (ed.), Mathematics of Urban Morphology. Springer/Birkhauser publishers.
2018
Urban Transport and Transformative Change: Relations Between Processes and OutcomesIn Diane E. Davis and Alan Altshuler (eds.), Transforming Urban Transport. Oxford University Press.
2018
Governmental Capacity and the Smart Mobility TransitionIn Greg Marsden and Louise Reardon (eds.), Governing the Smart Mobility Transition. Elsevier, Ltd.
2005
Contending Planning Cultures and the Built Environment in Mexico CityIn Bishwapriya Sanyal (ed.), Comparative Planning Cultures. New York: Routledge.
2004
Reverberations: Mexico City’s 1985 Earthquake and the Transformation of the CapitalIn Lawrence Vale and Tom Campanella (eds.), The Resilient City. Oxford University Press.
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Designed by Adi Meira