Despite growing interest in the application of evolutionary concepts to research questions in human geography, the literature is largely characterised by metaphors or analogies that are disconnected from a broader evolutionary theoretical framework. This paper takes initial steps toward developing such a framework for the subfield of urban geography by defining critical elements and relationships from Darwinian and multilevel selection theories. It then synthesises those components in an

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... tion to the issues of urban blight and disorder, to demonstrate how an evolutionary understanding of urban spatial phenomena -an "evolutionary urban geography" -can produce new insights for managing complex processes.