Urban Studies
Sunit Bagree explains how inclusive urbanisation is all very well, but only if accessibility is affordable for the urban poor, and their human rights are considered. …Read more
On Transforming Society, Julia Mortimer and Sarah Bird celebrate a year of the Global Social Challenges Journal and discuss its transformative mission to publish Open Access articles that respond to pressing global societal challenges.…Read more
Aiming to change perspectives on public housing, John Bissett talks about what life is like for the people who live on the estate and how it is shaped by gender and class, not simply deprivation.…Read more
Tony Manzanetti reviews 'End of the Road: Remaking the Street as the Heart of the City' by William Riggs, a book that illuminates the importance of streets as an economic, social and natural space.…Read more
Mark Pendras and Charles Williams consider what the COVID-19 effect will be on urban configurations, as health anxieties and working from home norms cause demographic shifts to secondary cities, compounding gentrification and displacement.…Read more
Tim Dixon and Mark Tewdwr-Jones explain how crucial it is for cities to reimagine how people will want to live, work and play in urban environments in 2040 and beyond.…Read more
Launching his new book ‘Cities and Communities beyond COVID-19’, Robin Hambleton calls for a harnessing of the response shown by local communities during the pandemic, in line with the theme of UN World Cities Day 2020.…Read more
On the publication of 'Comparative Urban Research from Theory to Practice: Co-Production for Sustainability', lead editor David Simon reflects on the value of ‘deep’ forms of participation in addressing urban sustainability and the innovative approach taken by Mistra Urban Futures based in Gothenburg, Sweden.…Read more
Urban Food Sharing : Rules, tools and networks by Anna Davies is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence on OAPEN. In May 2019, The Guardian reported that a third of adults in the UK regularly eat alone; a figure which rises to almost half of all adults within London. This pattern of eating marks a Read More
Robin Hambleton reports on how Bristol’s innovations in city governance are seen abroad and on how academic analysis can contribute to policy-making.…Read more