Experiencing research-creation in urban studies. Lessons from an inquiry on the making of public space
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.017
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines collaboration between artists and social scientists in urban studies. The author was a participant in experimental research commissioned by a new cultural institution, which examined how this institution might participate in… read more here.
Keywords: research; making public; experiencing research; public space ... See more keywords
INFRASTRUCTURAL EXTENSIONS: Rethinking Infrastructure in Urban Studies
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DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70023
Abstract: This essay explores how contemporary urban infrastructure is being conceptually and operationally extended into new domains. Across five key arenas—elemental, care, more‐than‐human, cyber‐physical and the neurotechnical—we trace how infrastructures are no longer confined to traditional… read more here.
Keywords: infrastructure; rethinking infrastructure; urban studies; infrastructural extensions ... See more keywords
Foreign in a domestic sense: Puerto Rico’s debt crisis and paradoxes in critical urban studies
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098018768483
Abstract: The 2017 Puerto Rican debt crisis is as instructive as it is sad, reflective of the familiar pressures of late modern capitalism (namely neoliberalisation, financialisation, crisis, and austerity) as well as its own unique dynamics… read more here.
Keywords: foreign domestic; debt crisis; puerto rico; urban studies ... See more keywords
Thinking through people: The potential of volunteered geographic information for mobility and urban studies
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020982251
Abstract: Despite the ‘mobility turn’ in urban studies, there is surprisingly little research into the role people’s everyday movements play in driving urbanisation processes. As this paper discusses, one reason this has not occurred is because… read more here.
Keywords: research; geographic information; mobility; volunteered geographic ... See more keywords
People, protest and place: Advancing research on the emplacement of LGBTQ+ urban activisms
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020986064
Abstract: There is a vibrant literature on LGBTQ+ urban geographies, as well as established traditions in sociology and political science on collective action, but research infrequently brings these interdisciplinary fields of sexualities, social movements and urban… read more here.
Keywords: research; emplacement lgbtq; lgbtq urban; people protest ... See more keywords
Book review: Connecting People, Place and Design
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980211006013
Abstract: In her book, Edmonds has set out a very useful way to do this and the book even concludes with a series of principles, making it an excellent urban planner's guidebook to participatory community-based work.… read more here.
Keywords: place design; book; connecting people; people place ... See more keywords
On urban studies in Brazil: The favela, uneven urbanisation and beyond
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098021993360
Abstract: This essay discusses some key ideas and debates about urban studies in Brazil, considered historiographically, from the mid-1900s to the present. It presents the main components and particularities... read more here.
Keywords: urbanisation beyond; uneven urbanisation; favela uneven; brazil favela ... See more keywords
Freight logistics and the city
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980231177265
Abstract: In this paper we argue that urban studies should consider freight logistics as an integral part of ongoing urban transformations. The movement of goods is increasingly shaping cities, and the implications for sustainability, liveability and… read more here.
Keywords: freight logistics; urban studies; freight; logistics city ... See more keywords
African Urban Studies: Contributions and Challenges
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980241239184
Abstract: Scholarship on African cities represents a growing yet still scarce subfield in urban studies, especially considering the scale and variety of African urbanisation patterns. The purpose of this Virtual Special Issue is to review the… read more here.
Keywords: african urban; scholarship; studies contributions; urban studies ... See more keywords
Amenities and housing market dynamics: Implications for population change, urban attractiveness, innovation, and productivity
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980241284480
Abstract: This introductory essay aims to provide a comprehensive overview of a collection of 17 articles, previously published in the Urban Studies journal, now consolidated as a ‘virtual special issue’. The articles contribute to numerous strands… read more here.
Keywords: population change; urban studies; change; housing ... See more keywords
The unending corridor: Critical approaches to the politics, logics and socio-technics of urban corridorisation
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980241301641
Abstract: Corridors entail and promote pervasive logics of (dis)connectivity. Over the years, corridors have become increasingly predominant across a range of spaces, places and territories. Their prevalence reflects a critical global shift in planning approaches, urban-regional… read more here.
Keywords: corridor critical; unending corridor; urban corridorisation; urban studies ... See more keywords