This article explores the implications of a growing middle‐income population on the cities of the global South. The emergence of this group, situated between the poor and the very rich, long the standard binary categorization of understanding the global urban South, has important implications for physical reconfigurations and changing social structures. We discuss the reasons behind the rise of this middle‐income category, note some of its characteristics and review its urban impacts. We focus on just three themes: new consumption patterns, housing markets and, urban politics. We contribute to broader theories of global urbanism by highlighting how an expanding middle‐income‐class are shaping and configuring a new urban realm in the global South.

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全球南部新兴中产阶级的城市影响

本文探讨了日益增长的中等收入人口对全球南方城市的影响。这个位于穷人和非常富人之间的群体的出现，长期以来是理解全球城市南部的标准二元分类，对人的身体结构调整和社会结构变化具有重要意义。我们讨论了中等收入类别崛起的原因，指出了其一些特征并回顾了其对城市的影响。我们仅关注三个主题：新的消费模式，住房市场和城市政治。我们通过强调不断壮大的中产阶级如何塑造和配置全球南方的新城市领域，为更广泛的全球城市主义理论做出贡献。