Frontmatter and Editorial

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of the editorial:

The majority of the world’s population today live in urban habitats. In fact, cities have grown ever so rapidly into metropolises and even megalopolises that it seems difficult to keep track of their complex developments. Urban Studies as an interdisciplinary field of research has proliferated immensely in recent years and has reached out, from its grounding in the social sciences, to encompass such disciplines as history and literary studies, for instance. This on-going turn to space has brought forth an abundance of explorations into the construction and perpetual re-construction of urban space/s through urban dwellers’ practices of habitation. It is gendered experiences, perceptions and performances of and in urban space/s that play a decisive role in these processes. The four contributions of this issue aim to shed new light upon the intersections of gender and urban space/s by highlighting the intricate interdependences between constructions of gender and constructions of urban space/s.