Latest Urban Studies news 16/10/23

New issue out now

The November 2023 issue (Volume 60 Issue 14) of Urban Studies Journal is now available online. Read the full issue here. 

Articles include:

Framing urban threats: A socio-spatial analysis of urban securitisation in Latin America and the Caribbean by Alexandra Abello Colak, Melanie Lombard and Valeria Guarneros-Meza

This open access debates paper from Alexandra Abello Colak, Melanie Lombard and Valeria Guarneros-Meza calls for further multidisciplinary analyses that account for the socio-spatial and historical particularities of contemporary forms of urban securitisation. 

Beyond the pale: Fencing off parks for festivals by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith discusses whether the installation of temporary fencing in public parks to secure ticketed festivals is now beyond the pale in this open access critical commentary.

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The urbanisation of controlled environment agriculture: Why does it matter for urban studies? by Simon Marvin, Lauren Rickards and Jonathan Rutherford

In this open access debates paper, Simon Marvin, Lauren Rickards and Jonathan Rutherford show how urban controlled environment agriculture (CEA) selectively extends existing logics of urban and rural agriculture.

Character contradiction: The exclusionary nature of preservationist planning restrictions by Rachel Gallagher, Thomas Jason Sigler and Yan Liu

In their new open access study, Rachel Gallagher, Thomas Jason Sigler and Yan Liu analyse land use conversion of almost 6000 lots in Brisbane, Australia.

Read the accompanying blog post here.

Burden or benefit: Is retail marijuana facility siting influenced by LULU- or gentrification-related neighbourhood characteristics? by Dwayne Marshall Baker

Dwayne Marshall Baker’s latest study examines how neighbourhood change associated with locally unwanted land uses (LULU) and gentrification influences the amount of retail marijuana facilities across Denver, Portland and Seattle.