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Spatial and social disparities in the decline of activities during the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater London by Terje Trasberg and James Cheshire

This article is part of the forthcoming special issue: Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic

Using data obtained from mobile applications, Trasberg and Cheshire analyse how the lockdown guidelines have exposed the socio-spatial fragmentation between urban communities.

Read the accompanying blog post here.

Problematising concepts of transit-oriented development in South African cities by Astrid Wood

This latest article by Wood analyses the steps taken in Cape Town and Johannesburg to develop Transit-Oriented Development schemes.

Haphazard urbanisation: Urban informality, politics and power in Egypt by Deen Sharp

In a critical reading of the first major study of informality in Egypt, Sharp shows how the urban was divided into the formal and informal through outdated laws.

Read the accompanying blog post here.

Generational variations in the timing of entry into homeownership in Shanghai: The role of family formation and family of origin by Xueying Mu, Can Cui, Wei Xu and Junru Cui

Mu et al's latest study explores the changing role of Family Formation and Family of Origin, which are shaped by institutional and cultural transformations in China.

Locked down by inequality: Older people and the COVID-19 pandemic by Tine Buffel, Sophie Yarker, Chris Phillipson, Luciana Lang, Camilla Lewis, Patty Doran and Mhorag Goff

This article is part of the forthcoming special issue: Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic

This article from Buffel et al develops the argument that post COVID-19 recovery strategies need to focus on building back fairer cities and communities.

Making ways for ‘better education’: Placing the Shenzhen-Hong Kong mobility industry by Maggi WH Leung, Johanna L Waters and Yunyun Qin

This article is part of the forthcoming special issue: Making Cities through Migration Industries

This latest article from Maggi Leung et al illustrates the role of the Shenzen - Hong Kong Mobility Industry in the making of the political-economy and socio-culture of the border area.

Internal migration industries: Shaping the housing options for refugees at the local level by Matthias Bernt, Ulrike Hamann, Nihad El-Kayed and Leoni Keskinkilic

This article is part of the forthcoming special issue: Making Cities through Migration Industries

Bernt et al focus on ways in which 'internal #migration industries' shape the housing location of refugees, using German cities as a case study in this Special Issue article.

A posteriori comparisons, repeated instances and urban policy mobilities: What ‘best practices’ leave behind by Sergio Montero and Gianpaolo Baiocchi

This article is part of the forthcoming special issue: Comparative methods for global urban studies

This latest article from Montero and Baiocchi shows the potential of a posteriori comparisons to analyse contemporary global urban dynamics.

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