Urban Research & Practice

2014 - 2025

Current editor(s): Professor Rob Atkinson

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Volume 18, issue 1, 2025

Editorial (reflecting on the past and focusing on the future) pp. 1-5

Cristiana Rossignolo and Paula Russell

Conceptualising nature-based solutions: addressing environmental challenges in the city of Amman, Jordan pp. 6-28

Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Salam Mare’e, Rawan Khattab, Hadeel Alqatamin, Ahmad Younis, Kate Crinion, Hua Zhong, Ibrahim Zakarya Kaddour and Tania Sharmin

Typologies of informal adaptations of communal spaces:a comparative study between different socio-economic spatial settings in Amman pp. 29-58

Amro Yaghi, Lama Abuhassan, Dana Hamdan, Lubna Aalwneh, Lama Khushamn, Saba Tarawneh and Jawdat Goussous

Evaluating ‘pocket’ public spaces in Al Wehdat refugee camp, Jordan: challenges and opportunities pp. 59-84

Dana M.A. Hamdan, Bayan El Faouri, Tarek Teba and Amro Yaghi

Pockets of survival and alleys of livelihood: tracking local practices to sustain urban vitality in cities during and post-conflict in the city of Homs/Syria pp. 85-105

Abeer Abdelal, Tarek Teba and Barrak Gharbi

Planning the metropolitan region in the era of governance: three Latin American cases pp. 106-129

Pablo Elinbaum, Magdalena Vicuña and Luis Miguel Valenzuela Montes

Earthquake disaster-induced urban policies: paradoxes and challenges in Turkey pp. 130-141

Dicle Kizildere

Reflecting on the practice of citizen science projects for cities – the case of ‘Colouring Dresden’ in Germany pp. 142-150

Tabea Danke, Robert Hecht and Gérard Hutter

Volume 17, issue 5, 2024

Correction pp. iii-iii

The Editors

Towards new geographies of cohesion in a context of growing inequalities: insights from two social innovation projects in Milan metropolitan area pp. 631-653

Luca Lazzarini and Carolina Pacchi

Airbnb and urban population change: an empirical analysis of the case of Stockholm, Sweden pp. 654-680

Czesław Adamiak and Roger Marjavaara

How divided government challenges strong mayors: the case of Poland pp. 681-696

Martyna Zawadzka

Navigating in unknown waters: planners’ involvement in negotiated developer obligations in Turkey pp. 697-719

Fatma Belgin Gumru and Sevkiye Sence Turk

Operationalizing spatial justice in urban planning: bridging theory with practice pp. 720-736

Fillipe Oliveira Feitosa, Jan Hendrik Wolf and João Lourenço Marques

Framing Europe on the local level – policy networks in German cities and their activities for political cohesion in Europe pp. 737-757

Renate Reiter, Dorothee Riese, Stephan Grohs and Benjamin Gröbe

Compensation as a planning compass: decision making in light of future claims and lawsuits pp. 758-776

Eynat Mendelson-Shwartz and Nir Mualam

The production of Asian public space: the role of the transnational developer pp. 777-784

Jillian Walliss and Ruiqi Shen

Geographic information systems in urban planning and management pp. 785-786

Musyaffa’ Ahmad and Desy Permatasari

Volume 17, issue 4, 2024

Leadership, urban structure and place: evidence from Bristol and Dorset pp. 477-496

Rob Atkinson, Andrew Tallon and Maria Casado-Diaz

From the Garden City of West Africa to a landscape of urban crises pp. 497-514

Ebenezer Owusu-Sekyere, Alfred Toku and Anthony Kwabena Sarfo

The ‘capability’ of South African energy governance to deliver urban sustainable transitions pp. 515-542

Stephen Essex, Federico Caprotti, Jiska de Groot, Jon Phillips, Lucy Baker, Peta Wolpe and Yachika Reddy

Putting inclusion into practice: how urban professionals give shape to participatory governance approaches in marginalized neighborhoods pp. 543-563

Simone van de Wetering and Martijn Groenleer

Prefigurative urbanization: housing cooperatives, social movements, and the urban transformation question in Harare (Zimbabwe) pp. 564-587

Elmond Bandauko and Robert Nutifafa Arku

The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023 pp. 588-605

Mariona Tomàs

The emerging role of cooperatives in the management of public housing in Italy. Opportunities and limitations of the ”Valorization-alternative-to-sale” policy in Lombardy pp. 606-616

Massimo Bricocoli, Marco Peverini and Anna Tagliaferri

EU awareness: unlocking the European potential of cities and regions pp. 617-627

Tibor Hargitai

The routledge handbook of urban design research methods pp. 628-630

Christine Mady

Volume 17, issue 3, 2024

Café culture and retail gentrification: a nonlinear canonical correlation analysis of intraclass diversity and bivalent class narratives in Cluj, Romania pp. 307-328

Norbert Petrovici and Vlad Bejinariu

Size matters: action space for sustainability transition among planners in Swedish municipalities pp. 329-346

Karin Skill, Mosen Farhangi and Kristina Trygg

The role of municipalities in promoting housing affordability: an analysis of three Finnish cities pp. 347-370

Elina Sutela

Capturing spatial inequalities: an analysis of walkable access to open spaces in Lima pp. 371-392

Viviana Silva and Elek Pafka

Green gentrification and changing planning policies in Vienna? pp. 393-415

Michael Friesenecker, Thomas Thaler and Christoph Clar

How do urban policies shape atmosphere? A multimethod inquiry of the sonic environment pp. 416-437

Nicola Di Croce and Edda Bild

Informality as a safety net: civic agency and the crisis of local governments in Hungary pp. 438-455

Luca Sára Bródy

Johannesburg’s transit revolution: a critical report on transit-oriented development strategy pp. 456-464

Yiming Han

Heat waves and urban vulnerability: climate shelters, public services and innovative solutions. Lessons from Barcelona pp. 465-471

Elena Camila Pede

Urban policy in the framework of the 2030 agenda: balance and perspectives from Latin America and Europe pp. 472-473

Anthony Boanada-Fuchs

The urban now: living in an age of urban globalism pp. 473-475

Ran Yi

Correction pp. 476-476

The Editors

Volume 17, issue 2, 2024

Brownfield regeneration and the shifting of financial risk: between plans and reality in public-private partnerships pp. 149-170

Martijn van den Hurk, David Williams, Alvaro Luis dos Santos Pereira and Andrew Tallon

Retooling local economies: Practitioners’ experiences with and perspectives on plant closures in Ontario pp. 171-194

Jesse Sutton, Evan Cleave, David Bailey, Godwin Arku and John Hutchenreuther

Understanding experimental governance of urban regeneration from the perspective of social learning – the case of Kingway Brewery in Shenzhen pp. 195-217

Xiaohong Tan, Uwe Altrock, Jia Wang and Jun Yue

Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process pp. 218-239

Matthijs van Oostrum and Kim Dovey

Winning city competition with a social agenda. The competition imaginary in Viennese urban development plans pp. 240-259

Carina Altreiter, Susanna Azevedo, Laura Porak, Stephan Pühringer and Georg Wolfmayr

Is the effect of Airbnb on the housing market different in medium-sized cities? Evidence from a Southern European city pp. 260-279

Imanol Mozo Carollo, Jon Morandeira-Arca, Aitziber Etxezarreta-Etxarri and Julen Izagirre-Olaizola

Co-producing maintenance and repair: hybrid labor relations in water supply in Accra, Ghana pp. 280-302

Lazarus Jambadu, Francesca Pilo’ and Jochen Monstadt

Beyond the Neoliberal Creative City: Critique and Alternatives in the Urban Cultural Economy pp. 303-304

Anupreet Singh Tiwana and Amol Nimsadkar

Beyond the informal understanding Self-organized Kampungs in Indonesia pp. 305-306

Tarpin Juandi, Angga Kurniawansyah, A. Siti Namirah Bunyamin, Ach. Firyal Wijdani, Aulia Riski and Dessy Ayu Wijayanti

Volume 17, issue 1, 2024

Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through smart specialization strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal pp. 1-28

Pedro Silva, Sara Moreno Pires, Filipe Teles, Alexandra Polido and Carlos Rodrigues

From climate policy pioneers to climate policy leaders? The examples of the eastern German cities of Potsdam and Rostock pp. 29-50

Wolfgang Haupt, Kristine Kern and Janne Lis Irmisch

Gatekeepers of local environmental progress? Self-referencing practices of urban bureaucracy pp. 51-71

Renata Putkowska-Smoter, Mateusz Smoter and Krzysztof Niedziałkowski

Sustainable mobility transitions in suburbia – exploring (dis)connections between transport planning and daily mobility pp. 72-95

Ragnhild Dahl Wikstrøm and Per Gunnar Røe

Patchy neighbourhood changes from street micro level: an insight from residents and businesses pp. 96-117

Raluca Popescu

Women Leadership at the Apex. The Distinctiveness of Urban Women Mayors in Europe pp. 118-138

Lluís Medir, Carmen Navarro, Annick Magnier and Marcello Cabria

Housing refugees from Ukraine: preliminary insights and learnings from the local response in five European cities pp. 139-145

Annegret Haase, Ivette Arroyo, Giovanna Astolfo, Yvonne Franz, Karlis Laksevics, Valeria Lazarenko, Bahanur Nasya, Ursula Reeger and Anika Schmidt

Correction pp. 146-148

The Editors