Thomas Betschart
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Betschart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Betschart |
| SIGNATURE | BETSCHART T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Basel |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-3397-9883 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interim urban uses and the politics of safety
Formally sanctioned interim uses have become increasingly popular in European cities. They have also become linked more closely to debates on (in-)security, however, giving rise to specialized scholarly and practitioner literatures on that linkage. This commentary critically interrogates the directions of this emergent knowledge base. It situates the literatures and ponders the clarity with which they define their core concepts of security and in…
Fuelling the developmental state
This article examines the relationship between everyday practices of fuel distribution and the infrastructural politics of Ethiopian state developmentalism. Infrastructure-led urbanization in Ethiopia's southern Sidama Region reveals a contradictory regime of mobility: seamless movement for government and industry, contrasted by growing struggles for mobility among much of the everyday population. The empirical analysis demonstrates how the secur…
Fuelling the developmental state
This article examines the relationship between everyday practices of fuel distribution and the infrastructural politics of Ethiopian state developmentalism. Infrastructure-led urbanization in Ethiopia's southern Sidama Region reveals a contradictory regime of mobility: seamless movement for government and industry, contrasted by growing struggles for mobility among much of the everyday population. The empirical analysis demonstrates how the secur…
Fuelling the developmental state
This article examines the relationship between everyday practices of fuel distribution and the infrastructural politics of Ethiopian state developmentalism. Infrastructure-led urbanization in Ethiopia's southern Sidama Region reveals a contradictory regime of mobility: seamless movement for government and industry, contrasted by growing struggles for mobility among much of the everyday population. The empirical analysis demonstrates how the secur…
Interim urban uses and the politics of safety
Formally sanctioned interim uses have become increasingly popular in European cities. They have also become linked more closely to debates on (in-)security, however, giving rise to specialized scholarly and practitioner literatures on that linkage. This commentary critically interrogates the directions of this emergent knowledge base. It situates the literatures and ponders the clarity with which they define their core concepts of security and in…
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work) · CLARITY (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Differential (mechanical device (1 work) · Economic geography (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Global Security and Public Health (1 work) · Interim (1 work) · International Development and Aid (1 work) · Knowledge base (1 work)