Displaced Urbanism

Gihan Karunaratne is an architect and academic with extensive experience teaching and lecturing in architecture, urban design, and interior design across various international contexts. Substantial research and publications on architectural and urban design theory mark his scholarly contributions. Karunaratne’s current research addresses the evolving dynamics of architecture and urban environments, focusing on cities undergoing continuous physical, economic, and social transformations. His research frequently examines the intersection of urban life and change, strongly emphasizing marginalized communities. A notable aspect of his work involves an in-depth investigation of the often-overlooked “underbelly” of cities, focusing on the complexities of informal settlements and the communities within them. His unwavering commitment to exploring the challenges and opportunities facing informal urban environments and their inhabitants, particularly in the Global South, inspires and motivates the wider academic and professional community. Through his research, Karunaratne contributes significantly to the discourse on urban transformation, spatial justice, and the lived experiences of underserved populations.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of contributorsIntroductionGihan KarunaratneSection 1: Everyday DisplacementChapter 1. Urbanisms of Displacement and Racial (bio)Politics in Cartagena de Indias, ColombiaFelipe HernandezChapter 2. Lagos, Nigeria: A Study in anarchy and negotiationFabienne HoelzelChapter 3. Exploring influential factors for decision-making in the directions of urban development: urban house displacement vs. urban heritage protectionAli Cheshmehzangi, Tong Zou, Tian Tang and Li XieChapter 4. Reversing displacement: The enforcement of Inclusionary land management instrumentsCynthia GoytiaSection 2: The Gentrified CityChapter 5. Displaced in situ: The communities left behind in Colombo's Urban Transformation Gihan Karunaratne, Jagath Munasinghe and Tanzil ShafiqueChapter 6. Evictability between extinction and emergence. Toward a collectivity otherwise Giovanna AstolfoChapter 7. Reaching for the stars: Boca Chica and interstellar colonialismLuis HernanChapter 8. The ill-defined city - post covid trends of dispersal and the emergence of the new, footloose citizen in a virtual worldPeter Bishop and Lesley WilliamsChapter 9. Occupations of Public Space and theArchitecture of Distributed Social Care in AthensAngeliki SakellariouSection 3: Displaced at the borderChapter 10. The Hostile Architecture of Hospitality: Designed Semi-carceral Facilities for MigrantsIrit KatzChapter 11. Displacement and the opaque infrastructures of inhabiting: a fugitive urbanism?Camillo BoanoChapter 12. Displaced democracy: Refugees, elections, and humanitarian management in northern UgandaRyan Joseph O'ByrneChapter 13. From Local to Global Policy: UNHCR and Urban Refugees in Nairobi, KenyaNeil J. W. CrawfordSection 4: Spaces of DiasporaChapter 14. Forced migration trajectories: Displacement and humanitarian migrants from Ukraine in AustraliaOlga Oleinikova and Iryna OleinikovaChapter 15. Diaspora Space and Nature-Based IntegrationAzadeh Fatehrad, Davide Natalinni, Hyab Yohannesand and Gianluca PalomboChapter 16. A City Rebuilds: A Family History of the Rust BeltThaddeus PawlowskiIndex