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Book Review

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
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Article

Defensive for whom? Rethinking value in urban public ...

A deep dive into Gothenburg’s Brunnsparken reveals how defensive urban design ...

Stefan Molnar and Karl de Fine Licht 25th February 2025
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Book Review

Book review: Urban Culture and the Modern City: ...

Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász (eds), Urban Culture and the Modern City: ...

Gábor Patkós 13th January 2025
Figure 5. Olav Selvaags plass (Tjuvholmen), Oslo. Source: Sverre Bjerkeset.
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Hello, stranger? How attraction trumps interaction in �...

New blog post by Sverre Bjerkeset discusses his new paper on strangers' ...

Sverre Bjerkeset 16th December 2024
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Book Review

Book Review: Markets, Capitalism and Urban Space in ...

Anirban Acharya, Markets, Capitalism and Urban Space in India: Right to Sell, ...

Pitri Yanti, Imanirrahma Salsabil, and Asni ... 15th November 2024
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Podcast

1. Walking the city with… Colin McFarlane and crowds

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2nd September 2024
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Familiar stranger encounters in everyday urban life: ...

Zahnow and Corcoran draw on a survey of 278 residents in Brisbane, Australia to ...

Renee Zahnow and Jonathan Corcoran 31st July 2024
Figure 1. Physical characteristics of the selected gated communities in Zhanjiang, China.
Article

Invisible fish: Invisible citizens in the new Chinese ...

Yixin Liu and Rowland Atkinson reflect on their new article: Invisible fish: ...

Yixin Liu and Rowland Atkinson 25th July 2024
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Book Review

Book review: Urban Surfaces, Graffiti, and the Right ...

Sabina Andron, Urban Surfaces, Graffiti, and the Right to the City: Space, ...

Tim Cresswell 13th June 2024
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Book Review

Review essay: Recent books on urban India

New book review essay by Michiel Baas discusses recent books on urban India ...

Michiel Baas 13th June 2024
Book Review

Book review: The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design ...

Hesam Kamalipour, Patricia Aelbrecht, and Nastaran Peimani (eds), The ...

Tim G Townshend 17th May 2024
Book Review

Book review: Lively Cities: Reconfiguring Urban Ecology

Maan Barua, Lively Cities: Reconfiguring Urban Ecology, Minneapolis, MN: ...

Ayushi Chauhan 25th January 2024