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Background of blue world map showing lights of cities at night. White and yellow text reads: CRITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ADVANCES IN URBAN STUDIES: CALL FOR PAPERS. The Urbanisation of Conflict and Conflict Urbanisation. In this inaugural call for papers, which focuses on armed conflict, the Journal invites both empirical and conceptual papers on the urbanisation of conflict and conflict-driven urbanisation. Visit urbanstudiesonline.com/callforpapers for details
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Call for Papers: The Urbanisation of Conflict and ...

The manuscript submission deadline for The Urbanisation of Conflict and ...

8th May 2025
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From entrepreneurial to managerial statecraft: New ...

New blog post by Wu et al explains the political-economic origin of emerging ...

Fulong Wu, Handuo Deng, Yi Feng, Weikai Wang, ... 1st May 2025
Book cover of Build: Investing in America’s Infrastructure. Illustration of bridges in front of a city
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Book review: Build: Investing in America’s ...

In "Build: Investing in America’s Infrastructure", Sadek Wahba contributes a ...

Saira Hafeez 2nd April 2025
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Book review: The Spatial Logic of Informal Urbanism: ...

This book provides a nuanced perspective on how informal urban practices work ...

Hesam Kamalipour 1st April 2025
Political Ecologies of Landscape: Governing Urban Transformations in Penang book cover. Red square with book details above a city skyline.
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Book Review Forum: Political Ecologies of Landscape: ...

"In this book review forum, we celebrate and reflect on Creighton Connolly’s ...

Calvin King Lam Chung, Jonathan Silver, Alex ... 14th March 2025
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Book review: Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and ...

"Betting on Macau is one of the first comprehensive monographs about urban ...

Dennis Zuev 25th February 2025
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Book Review: Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and ...

Amy Zhang, Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban ...

Ran Mei 12th February 2025
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Book Review: Tremor

Teju Cole, Tremor, London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 2023; 239 pp.: ISBN: ...

Nirmal Kumar M and L. Kavitha Nair 12th February 2025
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Making power visible: Business improvement districts ...

Schaller et al illustrate how Business Improvement Districts in Washington, DC ...

Susanna F. Schaller, Aaron Howe, Coy McKinney and ... 6th February 2025
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Subverting speculative urbanism: Cityscape in New ...

Blog post on new article: Subverting speculative urbanism: Cityscape in New ...

Ali Riza Taskale 27th January 2025
Book cover: Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh: The Production of Counterspace
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Book review: Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and ...

Lutfun Nahar Lata, Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood ...

Lipon Mondal 21st January 2025
Aerial view of a city. Book cover of "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City".
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Book review: Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, ...

Philipp Demgenski, Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage ...

Hangli Zeng 10th January 2025