Urban diaspora space: Rural–urban migration and the production of unequal urban spaces
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.04.003
Abstract: Abstract Rural–urban migration contributes to urban growth across the world. However, the processes of becoming urban are not equal for all migrants, nor are their role in producing and transforming urban space. By regarding the… read more here.
Keywords: paper; space; urban diaspora; diaspora space ... See more keywords
Ordinary land grabbing in peri-urban spaces: Land conflicts and governance in a small Colombian city
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.05.018
Abstract: Abstract Emerging scholarship on urban land grabbing has urged researchers to take more nuanced perspectives on land appropriation. There is the need to understand the actions of and interactions amongst a multiplicity of local actors—beyond… read more here.
Keywords: land grabbing; peri urban; land; urban spaces ... See more keywords
Experimental and simulation studies on the thermal behavior of vertical greenery system for temperature mitigation in urban spaces
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2018.07.024
Abstract: Abstract Vertical greenery system (VGS) can provide a cooling effect on urban spaces. This paper conducted an experimental and simulation approach using the data logger and ENVI-met software during the summer and winter conditions in… read more here.
Keywords: vertical greenery; temperature; thermal behavior; experimental simulation ... See more keywords
Encountering not-so-smart technologies in urban spaces: QR codes, screens and the idiocy of smart living
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DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2025.2455055
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article investigates people’s lived experiences of encountering the idiocy of digital technologies in their ordinary lives in smart cities. It regards the concept of “idiocy” as both the limited smartness in the digital… read more here.
Keywords: smart technologies; technologies urban; urban spaces; encountering smart ... See more keywords
Engendering cities: designing sustainable urban spaces for all
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DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2020.1841559
Abstract: Since the 1970s, women and gender have had a complex relationship with urban planning and architecture. From then until now, women have played an important role as social reformers; however, histor... read more here.
Keywords: engendering cities; designing sustainable; sustainable urban; urban spaces ... See more keywords
How to transform urban spaces and mobility: a framework for analysing street experiments
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DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2024.2320918
Abstract: ABSTRACT Street experiments have become a popular tool in urban and mobility planning and are increasingly studied in academia. Yet, systematic analysis is limited. This paper presents an assessment framework to collect information on street… read more here.
Keywords: street; urban spaces; transform urban; street experiments ... See more keywords
China’s urban ideology: new towns, creation cities, and contested landscapes of memory
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DOI: 10.1080/15387216.2019.1668815
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper argues that “the urban” has emerged as the most significant ideological realm in contemporary China. In developing this argument, I suggest an alternative approach to how we theorize urbanization in China. Seeking… read more here.
Keywords: new towns; ideology; china urban; ideology new ... See more keywords
Transnational migrants and the socio-spatial superdiversification of the global city Tokyo
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980221114213
Abstract: Tokyo illustrates a particularly interesting case of differential inclusions of transnational migrants in urban spaces, as the novel turn in migration policy in coordination with urban economic development has induced the arrival and diversification of… read more here.
Keywords: city tokyo; urban spaces; transnational migrants; socio spatial ... See more keywords
Improvising urban spaces, inhabiting the in-between
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DOI: 10.1177/0263775820922235
Abstract: This paper discusses improvisation as a liminal practice of inhabiting the in-between that marks urban spaces from squats and brownfields to communal gardens, from infrastructural maintenance and urban living labs to political protest and solidarity… read more here.
Keywords: spaces inhabiting; urban spaces; improvising urban;
Co-initiation of Collaborative Innovation in Urban Spaces
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DOI: 10.1177/1078087416651936
Abstract: Efforts are intensifying to spur innovation in the public sector, and multiactor collaboration seems to offer a viable strategy for doing so. However, though government actors are relatively keen to involve citizens and civil society… read more here.
Keywords: innovation urban; innovation; collaborative innovation; urban spaces ... See more keywords
Classification of Urban Spaces: An Attempt to Classify Al-Baha City Urban Spaces Using Carmona’s Classification
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221097892
Abstract: Due to an increasingly complex mixture of different types of public spaces and their functions in cities, the role of public spaces can be enhanced to serve users under certain circumstances. This paper examines Carmona’s… read more here.
Keywords: carmona classification; urban spaces; classification; space ... See more keywords