Archive - Urban Studies

Aerial Photography of the Jiaozi Ring of Chengdu in China

Migration across the urban hierarchy: Has China’s …

What is the current stage of China’s urbanisation …

Jun Wen, Sylvia JT Jansen, Harry van der Heijden … 31st July 2024

Agglomeration/Urbanisation Demographics Development Migration Planning

People walking under trees. Brisbane, Australia. Renee Zahnow and Jonathan Corcoran Figure 1

Familiar stranger encounters in everyday urban life: …

Zahnow and Corcoran draw on a survey of 278 …

Renee Zahnow and Jonathan Corcoran 31st July 2024

Built Environment Community Diversity/Cohesion/Segregation Neighbourhood Public Space

Unequal access to childcare in cities: Is equal public …

Anyone who has children knows how important and …

Astrid Pennerstorfer, Dieter Pennerstorfer and … 30th July 2024

Education Inequality Infrastructure Neighbourhood Policy

Examining collaborative planning processes and …

How does collaborative planning unfold in China? …

Xiaomeng Zhou, Yanliu Lin, Jochen Monstadt, … 27th July 2024

Governance Planning Redevelopment/Regeneration

Scandinavian House in Efrem, Sweden. Jönköping, Jonkoping County, Sweden. Photo by Efrem Efre via Pexels.

Seeking opportunity or socio-economic status? Housing …

Residential mobility is tied to school choice, …

Fredrik W Andersson, Selcan Mutgan, Axel Norgren … 26th July 2024

Community Demographics Diversity/Cohesion/Segregation Education Housing

Figure 1. Physical characteristics of the selected gated communities in Zhanjiang, China.

Invisible fish: Invisible citizens in the new Chinese …

Yixin Liu and Rowland Atkinson reflect on their …

Yixin Liu and Rowland Atkinson 25th July 2024

Built Environment Class Housing Inequality Public Space

A View of Buildings in Beijing, China. Photo by zhang kaiyv via Pexels.

Local state leadership: State-leading groups in …

China’s urban development has been …

Jie Guo, Hong’ou Zhang, and Yongchun Yang 28th May 2024

Governance Local Government Politics Redevelopment/Regeneration

Blue Cylindrical Building of National Arts Center in Mexico City

Infrastructural politics: A conceptual mapping and …

When reading the literature on infrastructure, …

León Felipe Téllez Contreras 15th May 2024

Infrastructure

The role of analytical models and their circulation in …

Using and building analytical models of cities …

Clémentine Cottineau, Michael Batty, Itzhak … 17th April 2024

Agglomeration/Urbanisation Economic Processes Migration Networks Theory

Automatic for the people? Problematising the potential …

Cities, and the planning thereof, have …

Ruth Potts, Alex Lord, and John Sturzaker 16th April 2024

Community Inequality Planning Technology/Smart Cities Theory

Unbundling tenure security and demand for property …

Many developing countries invest in programmes of …

Martina Manara and Tanner Regan 10th April 2024

Development Informality Policy

Contemporary skyscrapers located in city. London, UK.

Urban poverty and the role of UK food aid …

Austerity-based policy measures have exacerbated …

Morven G. McEachern, Caroline Moraes, Lisa … 20th March 2024

Diversity/Cohesion/Segregation Place Branding Poverty/Exclusion

A House with a Wooden Door. Albarracín, Spain

Accommodating ‘generation rent’: Unsettling …

In contemporary urban areas, a growing ‘…

Lorenzo Vidal, Javier Gil, and Miguel A Martínez 5th March 2024

Housing Inequality Policy Politics

Hukou type, hukou place, and labour market …

The household registration (hukou) system in …

Qiujie Shi, Tao Liu and Rongxi Peng 29th January 2024

Employment/Labour Inequality Policy

View of the Estatua de Tiradentes between Trees and Apartment Buildings in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Informality through the state: How overregulation and …

The relationship between the state and informal …

João Tonucci 24th January 2024

Informality Land Use Policy Politics Real Estate

Stone Sheep Statues on Pavement. Lahti, Päijät-Häme, Finland.

Mapping policy pathways: Urban referencing networks in …

Our paper, “Mapping policy pathways: Urban …

Noga Keidar and Daniel Silver 20th December 2023

Culture/Arts/Creativity Globalisation Networks Policy Public Space

Traffic on the Freeway in Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA

How land use patterns keep driving cheap: Geographic …

Urban planners often prescribe compact, walkable …

Adam Millard-Ball and Purva Kapshikar 18th December 2023

Built Environment Environment/Sustainability Land Use Transport

Cities for citizens! Public value spheres for …

In the pursuit of achieving the UN’s …

Rico H Herzog, Juliana E Gonçalves, Geertje … 4th December 2023

Planning Policy Public Space Theory

For whom do we densify? Explaining income variation …

Compact urban development plays a crucial role in …

Vera Götze, Josje Anna Bouwmeester and Mathias … 7th November 2023

Built Environment Displacement/Gentrification Housing Planning

Conceptualising ‘street-level’ urban design …

Today’s cross-cutting policy challenges, …

Robert Richardson 3rd November 2023

Built Environment Governance Local Government Planning Policy

Character contradiction: The exclusionary nature of …

Brisbane, Australia, is a subtropical city at …

Rachel Gallagher, Thomas Jason Sigler and Yan Liu 9th October 2023

Built Environment Development Housing Land Use Planning

Hot Climates in Urban South Asia: negotiating the …

With global warming, temperatures are rising in …

Soha Macktoom, Nausheen H Anwar and Jamie Cross 13th September 2023

Built Environment Environment/Sustainability Inequality Planning Public Space

‘Beyond GDP’ in cities: Assessing alternative …

Decades of traditional growth-oriented urban …

Richard Crisp, David Waite, Anne Green, Ceri … 14th August 2023

Community Economic Processes Governance Local Government Policy

Reimagining Urban Living Labs: Enter the Urban Drama …

Urban Drama Lab pilot in Drammen, Norway. Photo …

Cecilie Sachs Olsen 3rd August 2023

Culture/Arts/Creativity Method Planning Policy Politics

Sector connectors, specialists and scrappers: How …

In recent years, Tijs, David and I have all been …

Darius Ornston, Tijs Creutzberg, and David A Wolfe 3rd August 2023

Development Economic Processes Governance Networks Technology/Smart Cities

A performing arts centre for whom? Rethinking the …

The Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC) is a new …

Inge Goudsmit, Maria Kaika, and Nanke Verloo 31st July 2023

Architecture Built Environment Place Branding Politics Public Space

Libertecture: A catalogue of libertarian spaces

We started writing this article by observing what …

Rowland Atkinson and Liam O’Farrell 24th July 2023

Architecture Finance/Financialisation Globalisation Governance Inequality

Carceral connections: The role of policing in the …

Growing up in New York City public housing, I …

James Rodriguez 20th July 2023

Crime/Social Order Displacement/Gentrification Housing Local Government Policy

Who owns the city? Neoliberal urbanism and land …

Real estate is the world’s most significant …

Meher Bhagia and Mallika Bose 18th July 2023

Housing Inequality Land Use Planning Real Estate

The Right to the Smart City in the Global South: A …

This paper is personal to us. While writing it, …

Alizadeh Tooran and Deepti Prasad 14th July 2023

Inequality Informality Planning Theory

The local multiplier of income support paid in a …

Emerging from social activism, ‘new-…

Mercè Roca, Marta Segura, Jordi Puig and Susana … 15th June 2023

Development Local Government Method Policy Poverty/Exclusion

How does exposure to diverse community leaders …

During 2018 we were engaged in a peacebuilding …

Noam Brenner 1st June 2023

Community Diversity/Cohesion/Segregation Governance Neighbourhood Politics

Cycling equity and the city

Cycling is not only good for the environment, but …

Ansgar Hudde 31st May 2023

Environment/Sustainability Inequality Transport

Obliged smart freedom: The Singaporean experience of …

This paper grew out of my interest in technology …

Aisha Sobey 9th May 2023

Governance Networks Place Branding Public Space Technology/Smart Cities

Gentrifying with family wealth: Parental gifts and …

Previous studies have shown that young adults …

Wouter Van Gent, Rik Damhuis and Sako Musterd 25th April 2023

Class Displacement/Gentrification Housing Inequality

Writing to Publish Workshop

Date: 9-14 June 2023 Location: International …

4th April 2023

How buses alleviate unemployment and poverty

Between March 2020 and April 2021, the …

Fei Li and Chris Wyczalkowski 23rd March 2023

Employment/Labour Inequality Infrastructure Neighbourhood Poverty/Exclusion Transport

Citizen security and urban commuting in Latin America

During recent decades, there have been many …

Lucía Echeverría, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal and … 22nd March 2023

Crime/Social Order Neighbourhood Transport

Urban commoning, degrowth and parks in Asia

As the debate on the best strategies to avert …

Manisha Anantharaman and Marlyne Sahakian 14th February 2023

Agglomeration/Urbanisation Displacement/Gentrification Environment/Sustainability Inequality Public Space

Storage as infrastructure: Water and electricity …

Figure 1: Water storage items in Pipeline, Buru …

Moritz Kasper 2nd February 2023