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April 2026

394 items published.

Urban Society & Demography · 93Climate, Environment & Resilience · 74Transport & Mobility · 74Urban Ecology & Green Space · 71Land Use & Urban Form · 68Urban Data Science & Methods · 50Housing & Real Estate · 48Health & Wellbeing · 44Urbanisation & the Global South · 40Urban & Regional Economy · 25Infrastructure, Energy & Services · 22Smart Cities & Digital Urbanism · 14Governance, Policy & Finance · 12Culture, Heritage & Public Space · 9Urban Theory & History · 8
Journal article Open

Planning deregulation and commodification: How is housing precarity structurally encouraged through Permitted Development Rights?

Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
Journal article Open

Rethinking the X-minute city for older adults: Temporal thresholds, hierarchical needs and age-specific walking accessibility

Journal of Transport Geography
Journal article East Asia Open

Revisiting the gravity model: A multi-level comparison of physical and virtual flows among 296 Chinese cities

Applied Geography
Journal article Latin America & Caribbean Open

A life cycle perspective on smart city innovation ecosystem: the case of Florianopolis

Applied Geography
Journal article Sub-Saharan Africa

Port cities, shipping lines and hinterlands in the Southern African mining economy c.1890–1950

Urban Geography
Journal article East Asia Open

Statist forms of entrepreneurialism: financing and managing urban ecological spaces in China

Urban Geography
Journal article East Asia

Heatwaves in coastal Shanghai megacity, China: Spatiotemporal characteristics, roles of atmospheric circulation and sea-land breezes

Urban Climate
Journal article

The Politics of Participatory Rollback in Urban Water Remunicipalization: Paris and Naples

Urban Affairs Review
Journal article Europe Open

Older people's perceptions of emerging transport technologies and intentions to use them: Are mobility innovations like AVs and MaaS ageing-friendly?

Transport Policy
Journal article East Asia Open

Public open space as a catalyst for income sorting in high-density urban areas: Evidence from Hong Kong

Land Use Policy
Journal article East Asia

Temporal dynamics of housing market discrimination against migrants from COVID-19 epicenters in Chinese megacities

Journal of Housing Economics
Journal article East Asia Open

A move towards regulation flexibility and pragmatism? State entrepreneurialism in China’s pilot development zone

Urban Studies (SAGE) · Urban Studies
Journal article Latin America & Caribbean Open

A feasibility methodology for selecting and locating urban nature-based solutions (NbS) considering socio-economic criteria

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Urban forestry & urban greening
Journal article Latin America & Caribbean Open

Environmental injustice and pedestrian accessibility to urban parks: A comparative case study in São Paulo, Brazil

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Urban forestry & urban greening
Journal article Latin America & Caribbean Open

Science supporters as key actors in urban biodiversity research: stories and lessons from bird acoustic monitoring in coastal Chile

Urban Ecosystems
Journal article Europe Open

What role can cemeteries play in conserving plant biodiversity in different urbanisation contexts?

Urban Ecosystems
Journal article Open

Beyond adoption: Linking built environment and attitudes to electric two-wheeler usage

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment · Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
Journal article

Review: Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning , by Sanchez, Thomas SanchezThomas.2026. Artificial Intelligence for Urban Planning. New York: Routledge. 254 pp. $51.99 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-03276-046-9.

Journal of Planning Education and Research
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Car supremacy: Deconstructing the ideology driving our modal hierarchy

Urban Studies (SAGE) · Urban Studies
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Un-guided journeys: Tracing the multi-layered temporalities of Amager Commons in Copenhagen, Denmark

Urban Studies (SAGE) · Urban Studies
Journal article Open

Quantifying the hydraulic safety of urban trees: Do street environments impose greater strain than parks?

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Urban forestry & urban greening
Journal article East Asia Open

Effect of land use change on urban surface energy budget and future prediction: A case study of four typical cities in latitudinal distribution of the Yangtze River in China

Urban Climate
Journal article Open

Understanding the impacts of decentralized circular water strategies for combined sewer overflow and urban flooding

Urban Climate
Journal article

What Drives Local Action? Proactive Reception and Early Integration for Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Polish Cities: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Urban Affairs Review
Journal article South Asia

Institutional inertia in a model capital: environmental health indicators and fragmented urban governance in Islamabad

Cities & Health
Journal article

Bio-reconciliation in architectural design: a dialectical synthesis of biophilia and biophobia for urban health and sustainability

Cities & Health
Journal article East Asia Open

Aging in place in China: contextualizing perceptions about whether and how to age at home

Cities & Health
Journal article Open

Mean radiant temperature in outdoor urban environments: From radiative physics to data-driven and hybrid modelling frameworks

Building and Environment
Journal article

Nonlinear and spatially varying impacts of the built environment on building operational carbon emissions using geographic explainable AI

Applied Geography
Journal article North America

The difference a backyard makes? Governing pandemic structures in Toronto, Canada

Urban Studies (SAGE) · Urban Studies
Journal article Open

Rethinking employee housing: An evaluation of an old tool for tackling recent challenges in urban development

Urban Studies (SAGE) · Urban Studies
Journal article Europe Open

Not Just Shrinkage: Left‐Behind Places, the Polycrisis, and Populist Politics

Urban Planning (Cogitatio) · Urban Planning
Journal article East Asia

Grower-squatters in a Shenzhen urban garden: enduring informality

Urban Geography
Journal article East Asia

An assessment of urbanization-induced precipitation changes in China

Urban Climate
Journal article East Asia

Understanding the relationship between built environment and emerging mobility services: Evidence from designated driving and ride-hailing in Beijing

Transport Policy
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Long-term bike-sharing demand forecasting and interpretability analysis considering Urban Heat Island (UHI)

Transport Policy
Journal article Open

Leveraging connected vehicle data for near-crash detection and analysis in urban environments

Journal of Transport Geography
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Anchoring Diversity? Public Housing and Racial Stability in White Gentrifying Neighborhoods

Housing Policy Debate
Journal article

Moving Into Debt: Impacts of Housing Affordability and Transportation Access on Consumer Credit Outcomes

Housing Policy Debate
Journal article East Asia Open

Impacts of nature-inclusive urban development on well-being and fairness perceptions

Nature Cities
Journal article Open

When quiet streets are more toxic: The paradox of low-traffic urban canyons

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening · Urban forestry & urban greening
Journal article East Asia Open

Can new energy vehicles cut carbon emissions? Evidence from 201 Chinese cities

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment · Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
Journal article East Asia

Modelling the city choices of real estate developers in China

Land Use Policy
Journal article Open

Uncertain refuge: experiences of tenure security in a precarious housing system

Housing Studies
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Cultural clusters in Istanbul: location preferences of the Istanbul film industry

European Planning Studies
Journal article Open

Low-energy miniature wearable air-conditioner with direct cold-air delivery: A novel water–electricity hybrid energy system

Building and Environment
Journal article Open

Assessing Public Perceptions and Technical Potential of Waste-to-Energy in Kuwait’s Residential Sector

Urban Science (MDPI) · Urban Science
Journal article Open

The Spatial Data Generating Process Matters: Re-Evaluating Socio-Economic and Demographic Drivers of Environmental Justice of Urban Tree Ecosystem Services in Two Mediterranean Cities

Urban Science (MDPI) · Urban Science
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CAPITAL BATTLES , HABITUS AND SPACE : Urban Segregation in Bursa, Türkiye

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal article Oceania Open

Sustainable Practices for Building Construction in New Zealand

Urban Science (MDPI) · Urban Science