Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability

2013 - 2026

Current editor(s): Matthew Hardy and Emily Talen

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Volume 19, issue 1, 2026

“They are deconstructing the city”: a typology of media narratives on tactical urbanism pp. 1-20

Samuel Nello-Deakin

Older adults’ multi-sensory experience: an eye-tracking study of high-density residential neighbourhoods in Singapore pp. 21-60

Zdravko Trivic

Urban morphology in architecture and urban design education pp. 61-80

Vítor Oliveira and Cui Liu

Changing gears? Gendered messaging in Australian car advertisements since the 1950s pp. 81-102

Naomi Thomas and Dorina Pojani

Academic and Australian practitioners’ perspectives on placemaking praxis pp. 103-126

Avita Streatfield, Cristina Hernandez-Santin and Iderlina Mateo-Babiano

Terms of engagement: mobilising citizens in edible nature-based solutions pp. 127-148

Ferne Edwards, Maximilian Manderscheid and Susan Parham

The relation between walkability in hot arid regions and the built environment: the case of Kuwait in the Arabian Gulf pp. 149-173

Sharaf AlKheder

Where to live and whom to live with? Examining neighborhood preferences for living with immigrants and urban form in Copenhagen, Denmark pp. 174-193

Shriya Thakkar, Kevin T. Smiley and Michael O. Emerson

Measuring Urban mixed-use conditions and their impact on street vitality: a mixed-method approach tested in the context of Hong Kong’s New Towns pp. 194-221

Sifan Cheng and Jeroen Van Ameijde

Unpacking human activities and the social attributes shaping street vitality in a Chinese context – a microscale analysis pp. 222-244

Aura-Luciana Istrate

Delineating the urban walking environment in modern China: a descriptive assessment of pedestrian permeability around subway stations in central Hangzhou pp. 245-267

Yi Zhang, Jiayin Guo, Di Wu and Qingyang Sun

COVID-19 causes and influences: rethinking neighborhood design in Jordan pp. 268-290

Shereen Ghishan, Raed Al-Tal and Rania Aburamadan

Affordable housing and public administration of a historic city: the perspective of a local community in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, George Town, Penang State of Malaysia pp. 291-319

Kuan Heong Woo and Suet Leng Khoo

Strange familiar: unpacking al-'Imara typology in Cairo pp. 320-341

Hazem Ziada

Pemba: spontaneous living spaces pp. 342-343

Paul Jenkins

Wartime urbanism: three rules for protecting city places pp. 344-347

Hisham Abusaada and Abeer Elshater

Volume 18, issue 4, 2025

Special issue “The design of the public realm: emerging theories and practices” pp. 553-553

Matthew Hardy

Introduction to the Special IssueThe design of the public realm: emerging theories and practices pp. 554-563

Patricia Aelbrecht and Ceren Sezer

Human congestion in new designed public spaces: researching its social interactional potential pp. 564-594

Patricia Simoes Aelbrecht

Participatory design practice, event (s) and the activation of public space pp. 595-612

David McGillivray, Severin Guillard, Graham Ross and Peter McCaughey

Understanding the capacities of urban street spaces by mapping Melbourne’s parklets pp. 613-636

Quentin Stevens, Merrick Morley and Kim Dovey

Soundscape and public realm – a quasi-experimental comparison between Individual Vocabulary Profiling and Public Space Index assessments during COVID-19 lockdown pp. 637-667

Josep Llorca-Bofí and Ceren Sezer

Gendered mobility in Greater Cairo Region: a spatial analysis of safety perceptions and behavioural differences in Giza mass transit nodes pp. 668-691

Reem Cherif and Dalia Wahdan

Construction of place: social and institutional drivers of informal settlements’ public realm in Caracas pp. 692-713

Gabriela Quintana Vigiola

Volume 18, issue 3, 2025

Mapping the Spatiality of Informal Street Vending pp. 329-348

Nastaran Peimani and Hesam Kamalipour

What does it mean for a transitioning urban waterfront to “work” from a sustainability perspective? pp. 349-372

Catherine Evans, Mike S. Harris, Anne Taufen, Stephen J. Livesley and Laura Crommelin

A rapid-mapping methodology for local food environments, and associated health actions: the case of Penrith, Australia pp. 373-392

Ruvimbo Timba, Nicky Morrison and Greg Paine

Working from home in Australian cities as a catalyst for place-making? pp. 393-418

Stephen Glackin and Magnus Moglia

Infrastructural reuse projects, lost spaces, and spaces of homelessness: a case study on the Bentway in Toronto pp. 419-438

P. Hess and C. Stevenson-Blythe

Popular press framing of sustainable communities: vibrant, innovative, ecological, and resilient pp. 439-457

Nermin Dessouky and Stephen M. Wheeler

On the discovery of a typology of informally-produced public spaces pp. 458-482

Stella Schroeder and Ignacio Bisbal Grandal

Design Highs and Policy Lows in the Making of New Public Space in Mexico City pp. 483-506

Joseph Heathcott and David López García

Changing urban morphology, colonial and neoliberal footprints: a case from West Bank, Palestine pp. 507-533

Salem Thawaba and Hiba Hassoun

Environmental equity and access to parks in Greater Montreal: an analysis of spatial proximity and potential congestion issues pp. 534-552

Victoria Jepson, Philippe Apparicio and Thi-Thanh-Hien Pham

Volume 18, issue 2, 2025

Morphological indicators of the building fabric: Towards a Metric Typomorphology pp. 165-194

Olgu Çalışkan, Bardia Mashhoodi and Mert Akay

Spaces of the maybe: fragments as new urban possibilities in Cairo’s extended urbanisation pp. 195-215

Momen El-Husseiny

The environment around bus rapid transit stops in Indore and Ahmedabad, India pp. 216-239

C. Erik Vergel-Tovar

Mixed-use contextualized: understanding the spatial characteristics of mixed-use in Kansas City, MO pp. 240-259

Sungduck Lee and Jong Bum Kim

Investigating participatory design and community attachment: a case study of Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong pp. 260-279

Wing Fai Chan and Jessica A. Diehl

Public open space in high density cities: the case of Hong Kong pp. 280-302

Francesco Rossini

The feasibility of residential microgrids: a hypothetical neighborhood in Davis, California pp. 303-322

John Mooyman and Stephen M Wheeler

Mike Davis – the Storyteller (1946-2022) pp. 323-325

Sankar Varma

Food Urbanism; Typologies, Strategies, Case Studies pp. 326-328

Mohammad Reza Khalilnezhad and Majid Amani-Beni

Volume 18, issue 1, 2025

Measuring child-friendly cities: developing and piloting an indicator assessment tool for sustainable neighborhood planning pp. 1-27

Nelya Rakhimova, Devon McAslan and David Pijawka

Designing an equitable city: confronting gentrification in studio pedagogy pp. 28-51

Aseem Inam

The sidewalk ballet in the age of social distancing: interactive geospatial mapping to study NYC’s pandemic urbanism pp. 52-74

Sharon Yavo-Ayalon, Cheng Gong, Harrison Yu, Ilan Mandel and Wendy Ju

Lost in translation: colonial heritage and Amnesia in an African city: Maputo’s City of Cement pp. 75-97

Lisandra Franco de Mendonça

Italian neologisms to name diffuse urbanization. Relationships between specialised language and urbanism actions pp. 98-111

Chiara Barattucci

Urban policy transfer and paradigm shift: the City of Sydney Strategic Plan 1971 pp. 112-131

Robert Freestone and Sarah Baker

Adaptive urban design to cope with heavy rainfall in the Historic Centre: a masterplan for Ferrara (Italy) pp. 132-152

Marika Fior

Unparalleled prospect: COVID-19 and the expansion of public space pp. 153-156

Vikas Mehta

COVID-19’s impact on local planning and urban design practice: focusing on tactical urbanism and the public realm with respect to low income communities pp. 157-163

Joongsub Kim