RC21 Regional and Urban Development The XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology will be held in Toronto July 15-21, 2018, and RC 21 (Regional and Urban Development) will be present as usual. Submission of abstracts will end on September 30, 2017 24:00 GMT. Please check our sessions at the following website: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Symposium458.html *Sessions:* Author Meets Their Critics: Unequal Cities. the Challenge of Post-Industrial Transition in Times of Austerity <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10834.html> Biography and City <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session8410.html> Climate Change and Urban Transformations <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session8371.html> Ethnic Power in Metropolises: Local Channels and Responses <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10042.html> Ethnographies of Transnationalism, Gentrification, Displacement and Belonging: The Intersection of Lifestyle Migration/Residential Tourism and Urban Transformation <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10895.html> Housing Stigma <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session7856.html> In Search for a Global Urban Justice Movement through Theory and Praxis <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9868.html> Looking at Urban Centres As Sites of Power <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10642.html> Migration and Regeneration: Rebuilding the Uneven City <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9662.html> Putting the Financialisation of Housing in the ‘Rights’ Place: A Multi-Scalar Perspective <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10212.html> Reappraising Governance and Urban Development: Habitat III & the New Urban Agenda <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10612.html> The Future of Western Capitalism. Global Forces and Local Challenges <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9650.html> The Geography of Profits and Politics – How Developers Shape Urban Development and Policy Making <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session9684.html> The Power Struggle over Urban Space: Spatial Violence and (In)Justice <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session8521.html> The Transformative Turn in Urban Studies: The Sdgs, the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement and their Impact on Urban Sociology and Planning <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session8958.html> Urban Violence and Criminality <https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10245.html> If you are interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract on-line before the deadline of *September 30, 2017*. For more details, please see Abstract submission guidelines http://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/toronto-2018/call-for-abstracts/ <http://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/toronto-2018/call-for-abstracts>