Latest Urban Studies news 19/06/23

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Repurposing retail space: Exploring stakeholder relationships by Cath Jackson, Victoria Lawson, Allison Orr and James White

New open access study by Jackson et al reveals that repurposing retail property into mixed-use sounds good for the high street, but to be enduring the uses must be in symbiosis, leaving developers reluctant to include residential.

The local multiplier of income support paid in a complementary currency: Comparative evaluation in the city of Barcelona by Mercè Roca, Marta Segura, Jordi Puig and Susana Martín Belmonte

Results from Roca et al's new study show that the local impact of public income support can be enhanced when paid in a complementary currency.

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The politics of urban densification in Oslo by Kristin Kjærås

Latest open access research from Kristin Kjærås contributes to a discussion of how economically, socially and environmentally different kinds of urban densities may be assembled.

School and residential segregation in the reproduction of urban segregation: A case study in Buenos Aires by Pablo Santiago Serrati

Pablo Santiago Serrati argues for a multi-domain approach to understand how different domains work to reinforce urban segregation.