Dr Juan Miguel Kanai

School of Geography and Planning

Senior Lecturer in Human Geography

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Dr Juan Miguel Kanai
School of Geography and Planning
C5a
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
91直播
S3 7ND
Profile

J. Miguel Kanai is an urban geographer. His work engages the urbanisation of the world under contemporary globalised capitalism. He is specifically concerned with the consequences of intensified inter-territorial competition and the various entrepreneurial strategies adopted by cities and regions in the global South as these are pressured to achieve economic upgrading and provide world-class infrastructure amidst unmet social needs and political contentiousness.

His previously published work includes multiple peer-reviewed articles in international geography and interdisciplinary journals taking stock of the consequences and motivations of culture-led regeneration schemes in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well as the rise of eco-entrepreneurialism in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and the urban and regional implications of Manaus鈥 rise as a city with global aspirations. He has also published collaborative work questioning urban entrepreneurial strategies in the United States and Morocco, and is currently engaged in a bibliometric project taking stock of the cosmopolitan turn in urban globalization research since the turn of the twenty-first century.

Before moving to the University of 91直播, he taught at the University of Miami (2008-2015) and was a research officer at the London School of Economics affiliated with the Urban Age project (2005-2006). His teaching experience also includes short-term appointments in planning departments at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Southern California as well as international experience lecturing at the Federal University of Amazonas (Brazil) and Henan University (People鈥檚 Republic of China). He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles (2008).

His paper 鈥淧aving (through) Amazonia: neoliberal urbanism and the reperipheralization of Roraima鈥 (Environment and Planning A) co-authored with the late Rafael da Silva Oliveira received an Ashby Prize in 2014.

Research interests
  • Neoliberal Urbanism
  • City-regional Politics and Regional Development in the Global South
  • The Urbanisation of the world
  • The Cosmopolitan Turn in Urban Globalisation Research
     
Publications

Books

  • Mar铆n JJ, L贸pez-Lizarazo LM, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, D铆az-Arevalo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Staples H & Turton HL (2023) Participating in peace: violence, development and dialogue in Colombia. Bristol University Press. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Kumar A, Butcher S, Hammett D, Barragan-Contreras S, Burns V, Chesworth O, Cooper G, Kanai JM, Mottram H, Poveda S & Richardson P (2024) . International Development Planning Review, 46(2), 227-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wild T, Baptista M, Wilker J, Kanai JM, Giusti M, Henderson H, Rotbart D, Amaya Espinel J-D, Hernandez Garcia J, Thomasz O & Kozak D (2023) . Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barrera V, L贸pez C谩rdenas MB, Staples H & Kanai M (2022) . Political Geography, 98, 102729-102729. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Redondo Berm煤dez MDC, Kanai JM, Astbury J, Fabio V & Jorgensen A (2022) . Sustainability, 14(7). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Diaz JM, Staples H, Kanai JM & Lombard M (2021) . Geoforum, 118, 106-116. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fabio V, Kanai JM & Astbury J (2020) . 4D Journal of Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, 55-56, 54-64. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schindler S & Kanai JM (2019) . Regional Studies. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Schindler S (2018) . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 42(5), 828-844. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Schindler S (2018) . Environment and Planning A. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM, Grant R & Jianu R (2017) . Urban Studies (Sage). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2016) . Geoforum, 69, 160-170. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Kenttamaa-Squires K (2015) . Urban Geography, 36(3), 385-402. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clement D & Kanai M (2015) . American Behavioral Scientist, 59(3), 369-385. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2015) . Antipode, 47(3), 652-670. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2014) . Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32(6), 1071-1087. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Miguel Kanai J (2014) . Geoforum, 56, 1-5. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai M (2014) . Urban Geography, 35(8), 1111-1117. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & da Silva Oliveira R (2014) . Environment and Planning A, 46(1), 62-77. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2014) . Urban Studies, 51(11), 2387-2405. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Kutz W (2013) . Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 31(1), 80-98. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM, Oliveira RDS & Silva PRDF (2012) . Sociedade & Natureza, 24(1), 67-81. RIS download Bibtex download
  • KANAI M & KUTZ W (2011) . Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 102(3), 346-360. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2011) . Political Geography, 30(4), 225-235. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2010) . Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 42(8), 1887-1901. RIS download Bibtex download
  • KANAI M & ORTEGA-ALC脕ZAR I (2009) . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 33(2), 483-501. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2009) . Bulletin of Latin American Research, 28(3), 441-443. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM, Fabio V, Mir谩s M & Gastiarena L () . Sustainability, 16(16), 6981-6981. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schindler S, Kanai JM & Diaz Bay J () . Urban Studies, 004209802211427-004209802211427. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Schindler S () . Urban Studies, 004209802110641-004209802110641. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schindler S, Gillespie T, Banks N, Bay谋rba臒 MK, Burte H, Kanai JM & Sami N () . Area Development and Policy, 1-22. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Kanai JM & Schindler S (2023) , The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Global Urban Studies (pp. 452-463). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 57-82). Bristol University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. vii-viii). Bristol University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jaramillo-Mar铆n J, L贸pez-Lizarazo LM, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, D铆az-Ar茅valo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Shesterinina A & Turton HL (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 1-10). Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 1-10). Bristol University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jaramillo-Mar铆n J, L贸pez-Lizarazo LM, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, D铆az-Ar茅valo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Shesterinina A & Turton HL (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 83-116). Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 11-35). Bristol University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jaramillo-Mar铆n J, L贸pez-Lizarazo LM, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, D铆az-Ar茅valo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Shesterinina A & Turton HL (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 57-82). Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jaramillo-Mar铆n J, L贸pez-Lizarazo LM, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, D铆az-Ar茅valo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Shesterinina A & Turton HL (2023) , Participating in Peace (pp. 11-35). Policy Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jaramillo-Marin J, Mery Lopez-Lizarazo L, Ruiz-Galvan A, Bishop ML, Diaz-Arevalo JM, Kanai JM, Lombard M, Rushton S, Shesterinina A, Staples H & Turton HL (2023) PARTICIPATING IN PEACE Violence, Development and Dialogue in Colombia Introduction, PARTICIPATING IN PEACE (pp. 1-+). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM (2020) , International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 159-162). Elsevier RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kanai JM & Schindler S (2018) Regional urbanization: Emerging approaches and debates, Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories (pp. 322-331). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schindler S, Kanai JM & Rwehumbiza D (2018) The twenty-first century rediscovery of regional planning in the global south, Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories (pp. 346-357). RIS download Bibtex download

Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries

  • Kanai JM (2015) . In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Elsevier. RIS download Bibtex download

Datasets

  • Gorrell G, Maynard D, Bakir M, Kanai J, Temple L, Harrison J & Bontcheva K . RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Gorrell G, Bakir ME, Temple L, Maynard D, Cifariello P, Harrison J, Kanai JM & Bontcheva K (2019) Local Media and Geo-situated Responses to Brexit: A Quantitative Analysis of Twitter, News and Survey Data, arXiv. RIS download Bibtex download
Teaching interests

J. Miguel Kanai teaches concentrates within the International Development cluster and his teaching interests include the following:

  • Urbanisation, Development and the Environment
  • Research Methods
  • International Field Courses
  • Development in Practice