Search Results - "Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)"

Cities in a post-COVID world by Florida, Richard, Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés, Storper, Michael

“…This paper examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related economic, fiscal, social and political fallout on cities and metropolitan regions. We…”
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Green gentrification or ‘just green enough’: Do park location, size and function affect whether a place gentrifies or not? by Rigolon, Alessandro, Németh, Jeremy

“…Recent research shows that the establishment of new parks in historically disinvested neighbourhoods can result in housing price increases and the displacement…”
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The global urban housing affordability crisis by Wetzstein, Steffen

“…This critical commentary confronts and explores the – so far under-recognised and under-researched – emergent global crisis of urban housing affordability and…”
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Stretching the concept of 'borrowed size' by Meijers, Evert J, Burger, Martijn J

“…'Borrowed size' is an emerging policy concept in several European countries, presenting theoretical potential to explain contemporary urban dynamics…”
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From sustainable urbanism to climate urbanism by Long, Joshua, Rice, Jennifer L

“…As the negative impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent, many city leaders and policymakers have begun to regard climate action as both a fiscal…”
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Locked down by inequality: Older people and the COVID-19 pandemic by Buffel, Tine, Yarker, Sophie, Phillipson, Chris, Lang, Luciana, Lewis, Camilla, Doran, Patty, Goff, Mhorag

“…This paper develops the argument that post-COVID-19 recovery strategies need to focus on building back fairer cities and communities, and that this requires a…”
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Developing a critical understanding of smart urbanism? by Luque-Ayala, Andrés, Marvin, Simon

“…Smart urbanism is emerging at the intersection of visions for the future of urban places, new technologies and infrastructures. Smart urbanism discourses are…”
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Repopulating density: COVID-19 and the politics of urban value by McFarlane, Colin

“…How might concepts of ‘value’ and ‘population’ illuminate the present and future of urban density? The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a public debate on density in…”
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Touristification, transnational gentrification and urban change in Lisbon: The neighbourhood of Alfama by Sequera, Jorge, Nofre, Jordi

“…The Great Recession (2008–2014) and the consequent crises in both the national financial and production systems have led the Portuguese administration to adopt…”
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Is compact city livable? The impact of compact versus sprawled neighbourhoods on neighbourhood satisfaction by Mouratidis, Kostas

“…Low-density urban forms are often considered more livable than compact ones. Yet, studies investigating the relationship between compact cities and livability…”
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Critical Commentary: Repopulating density: COVID-19 and the politics of urban value by McFarlane, Colin

“…How might concepts of ‘value’ and ‘population’ illuminate the present and future of urban density? The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a public debate on density in…”
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Understanding the global ecosystem of city networks by Acuto, Michele, Leffel, Benjamin

“…Cities are formalising collaborations across borders at an unprecedented rate: ‘city networks’ now form a wide ecosystem of global partnerships between local…”
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Determinants of urban sprawl in European cities by Oueslati, Walid, Alvanides, Seraphim, Garrod, Guy

“…This paper provides empirical evidence that helps to answer several key questions relating to the extent of urban sprawl in Europe. Building on the monocentric…”
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Circular cities by Williams, Joanna

“…A circular approach to the way in which we manage the resources consumed and produced in cities – materials, energy, water and land – will significantly reduce…”
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Neighbourhood effects and beyond: Explaining the paradoxes of inequality in the changing American metropolis by Sampson, Robert J

“…American cities today are simultaneously the same and different from Wilson’s classic portrayal in The Truly Disadvantaged ([1987] 2012), first published over…”
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Settlement scaling theory: Bridging the study of ancient and contemporary urban systems by Lobo, Jose, Bettencourt, Luis MA, Smith, Michael E, Ortman, Scott

“…A general explanatory framework for the social processes underpinning urbanisation should account for empirical regularities that are shared among contemporary…”
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Disambiguating the southern urban critique: Propositions, pathways and possibilities for a more global urban studies by Lawhon, Mary, Truelove, Yaffa

“…Scholarship engaging with (northern) urban theory from the south has troubled the core of urban studies. At this critical juncture, we argue that it is…”
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The back-to-the-city movement: Neighbourhood redevelopment and processes of political and cultural displacement by Hyra, Derek

“…While certain US cities are still depopulating, others have experienced a reversal of aggregate out-migration patterns. Some scholars, politicians and real…”
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Understanding urban gentrification through machine learning by Reades, Jonathan, De Souza, Jordan, Hubbard, Phil

“…Recent developments in the field of machine learning offer new ways of modelling complex sociospatial processes, allowing us to make predictions about how and…”
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‘Does Africa not deserve shiny new cities?’ The power of seductive rhetoric around new cities in Africa by Côté-Roy, Laurence, Moser, Sarah

“…This paper explores the emerging new master-planned city-building trend on the African continent. Situating our research within urban policy mobilities…”
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