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Hydrating Hyderabad: Rapid urbanisation, water scarcity and the difficulties and possibilities of human flourishing by Diganta Das and Tracey Skelton

This article is part of the forthcoming Special issue: Environmental governance for urban resilience in the Asia-Pacific

In this Special Issue article, Das and Skelton explore whether aspects of urban flourishing and resilience are possible in Hyderabad, India through an examination of the past, present, and future of the city’s water.

An international housing market in the British Isles: Evidence from business and medium-term cycles using a Friedman test by David Gray

Gray examines the international housing market in the British Isles using a Friedman test to analyse business and medium-term cycles.

How sensitive are measures of polycentricity to the choice of ‘centres’? A methodological and empirical exploration by Weiyang Zhang and Ben Derudder

Using the case of ‘polycentric urban regions’, Zhang and Derudder empirically examines the sensitivity of the ‘level’ of polycentricity to the number of cities included in the analysis by stepwise measuring the polycentricity of the Yangtze River Delta, China.

Urban resilience through progressive governance: The case of the ‘One Less Nuclear Power Plant’ policy, Seoul, Korea by Myung-Rae Cho

This article is part of the forthcoming Special issue: Environmental governance for urban resilience in the Asia-Pacific

The ‘One Less Nuclear Power Plant (OLNPP)’ policy was adopted by Seoul Mayor in 2012 aiming to cut energy use by 2 million TOE – equivalent to a nuclear power plant. Cho unpacks OLNPP as an experiment for urban transition to a resilient energy regime.

An investigation of migrants’ residential satisfaction in Beijing by Yu Chen, Yunxiao Dang and Guanpeng Dong

This article is part of the forthcoming Special issue: New directions of urban studies in China

Dang examines the factors influencing migrants’ residential choices in Beijing, in particular focusing on urban villages versus other neighbourhood types and the sources of residential satisfaction.