While cities often act as the engines of economic growth for developing countries, they are also frequently the site of growing violence, poverty, and inequalit

Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South seeks to identify the drivers of urban violence in the cities of the Global South and how they relate to and interac

Urban violence still has a peculiar standing within social and urban research. This book works to unpack the link between urban, violence, and security with thr

This book discusses the displacement of urban populations, inequality, and poverty in three cities in South Asia—Colombo, Jaffna in Sri Lanka, and Kochi in In