Urban surroundings seem stuck in a state of emerging, shifting, budging and breaking.

With a global process of urbanization in full effect, substantive change in cities has become the status-quo.
Capitalism fuels a plethora of crises, from climate-change to a lack of adequate housing, that are now faced by most urban developments.

While acts of international solidarity between cities remain rare, new structures in local co-operation offer hopeful perspectives.