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Residential segregation and school segregation of foreign students in Barcelona by Xavier Bonal, Adrián Zancajo and Rosario Scandurra

This article is part of the forthcoming Special Issue: School segregation in contemporary cities: Socio-spatial dynamics and urban outcomes

Residential segregation and educational segregation are two interrelated phenomena in Barcelona.

Housing, urban growth and inequalities: The limits to deregulation and upzoning in reducing economic and spatial inequality Debates Paper by Andrés Rodríguez-Pose and Michael Storper

Rodríguez-Pose and Storper argue the basic motors of features of the economy are the current geography of employment, wages and skills.

Transformative city branding and the evolution of the entrepreneurial city: The case of ‘Brand New Helsinki’ by Salla Jokela

Analysing Helsinki's recent city branding endeavour in the context of the qualitative urban transformation of the entrepreneurial city.

Standardised difference: Challenging uniform lighting through standards and regulation by Casper Laing Ebbensgaard

New article argues that lighting design can play a more prominent role in ensuring socially and environmentally just forms of urban illumination.

An exploratory factor analysis model for slum severity index in Mexico City by Debraj Roy, David Bernal and Michael Lees

Using exploratory factor analysis to define an index of shelter deprivation in Mexico City: the Slum Severity Index (SSI).