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{"title":"Refugee camps enacting agency: The case of Al Nasr refugee camp, Amman, Jordan","authors":"Nour-Lyna Boulgamh","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Today's realm of urban studies and planning is heavily marked by a dividing paradox. While substantial rapid urbanization is happening extensively in the global south, the urban planning theories implemented remain extensively entrenched in the developed world, constantly repeating the reprehensible narrative of “underdeveloped” nations' following the footsteps of the “developed” nations' urban growth management strategies. One counter-response to reject such a dichotomy is to ask what we, scholars, practitioners, and urban planners, can learn from the existing urban growth models and policy approaches in developing nations. (<span><span>AlSayyad &amp; Roy, 2004</span></span>, <span><span>Sanyal, 1990</span></span>). This paper traces such a route by delving deeper into a pivotal theme of third world urban research: informal refugee camps and how their urbanization processes construct and contribute to enacting agency. By deploying an interview-based grounded theory approach, this study analyzes the unique informality of refugee camps as a mode of metropolitan urbanization rather than as the binary “other” to the formal sector (<span><span>Connolly and Wigle, 2017</span></span>, <span><span>Roy, 2005</span></span>) and interrogates governments' role in defining the parameters of informality (<span><span>Azuela, 1978</span></span>). This paper revolutionizes the urbanization theory by arguing that refugee camps are an intrinsic organic component of metropolitan urbanization that proclaims agency. Given the global scale of displacement and the prevalence of refugee camps, the study not only contributes to the theoretical landscape by shifting the narrative from viewing refugee camps merely as crises to recognizing them as powerful governance nodes but also holds practical implications for policymakers, urban planners, and humanitarian organizations working in refugee settings. Through investigating the case study of Al Nasr refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, and interviewing 15 refugees accompanied with walk-photography and video footage of the camp, the study investigates the informal urban character beyond the existent pejorative connotations. It explains how the camp activates urbanization and contributes to Amman and Jordan's broader economic and social dynamics. Through exploring themes of governance, authority, and citizenship participation, this monograph articulates the urban dichotomies presented in the camp. It reconfigures notions of territoriality and physicality, considering the inter-spatial and intra-spatial informal ambiguity it entails.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 182-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing environmental degradation and socioeconomic inequities through sustainable urban planning in Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Khalid Anser ,&nbsp;Muhammad Zaheer Akhtar ,&nbsp;Ishfaq Ahmad ,&nbsp;Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro ,&nbsp;Imran Naseem ,&nbsp;Khalid Zaman","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pakistan's rapid urbanization has led to deforestation, habitat loss, water and air pollution, and other environmental damage, adversely affecting the country's green development agenda. The financial disparity between urban and rural communities perpetuates healthcare, education, and basic service shortages. This study examines Pakistan's sustainable urban design projects to address environmental issues, enhance urban living conditions, and eliminate socioeconomic inequities. The study uses a time-series dataset from 1973 to 2022 to explore how green energy adoption, transportation planning, and urban growth affect air quality. The study used the Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) regression approach for parameter estimates. The results show that renewable energy utilization, transportation planning, and urban population development severely influenced Pakistan's air quality. Community engagement and government subsidies considerably lowered social justice in Pakistan. However, social governance improved social justice in the nation. Urbanization causes environmental and social issues that need well-informed policies and strategiclc planning. The study concludes that coordinated, long-term urban planning is needed to balance development, sustainability, and social justice. Policymakers should emphasize sustainable infrastructure, community-driven urban initiatives, and institutional strengthening for long-term sustained growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 266-277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urban governance and political influence in contemporary urban settings of midsized cities in Nigeria","authors":"Etido Essien ,&nbsp;Ezekiel Elisha Jesse","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of urban governance on cities poses an enormous challenge to the developing regions. Especially in Nigeria, where there is limited empirical research on the impact of the relationship between local, state, and national governments on the implementation of city goals and the rule of law in urban governance. This creates a knowledgeable gap in urban literature in Africa. This study used a survey-driven data approach to seek and develop a scientific understanding of city governance in Nigeria. The analysis used extensive primary data collected in Sokoto, Akure, Calabar, and Umuahia, representing Nigeria's four major regions thereby making the study’s dataset more holistic. Our findings show enormous challenges in funding cities, such as urban politics, a fall in oil prices, a short tenure system, and state-milking city funds. We highlight the effects of a lack of stakeholder theories, such as segregated urban formation, urban unemployment, and low economic turnover. Although states have introduced different skill acquisition programs to empower the urban population, segmented urbanism often creates a wide gap between the rich and the poor, raising doubts about the direction of urban governance in Nigeria.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 169-181"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urban living labs as catalysts for innovation: Advancing urban ecosystems within the quintuple helix model","authors":"Fernando Almeida ,&nbsp;Nikolett Deutsch","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Innovation plays a key role in responding to increasingly interconnected and complex urban challenges, which require integrative approaches supported by technology, citizen participation, and collaborative governance. This study explores the transformative role of Urban Living Labs in shaping urban innovation ecosystems through the Quintuple Helix Model. By examining the interaction between academia, industry, government, civil society, and the natural environment, this research explores how Urban Living Labs can act as catalysts for collaborative knowledge production, co-creation, and policy integration. It employs a qualitative analysis based on action research considering three Urban Living Labs carried out in Portugal between May 2023 and November 2024. The findings emphasize that Urban Living Labs reduce uncertainties before large-scale implementation of urban solutions, but diverse stakeholder interests require mediation mechanisms for effective co-creation. Additionally, Urban Living Labs accelerate digital transformation, fostering more participatory urban development. Although the natural environment appears less frequently in discussions, its role in sustainability and resilience is crucial. The study reinforces that aligning technological and economic progress with knowledge, public policies, and ecological solutions is essential for long-term urban innovation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 133-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating low impact development practices with GIS and SWMM for enhanced urban drainage and flood mitigation: A case study of Gurugram, India","authors":"Simran Sehrawat,&nbsp;Sulochana Shekhar","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban flooding presents a critical challenge in rapidly urbanizing regions due to the proliferation of impervious surfaces and inadequate traditional drainage systems. The integration of Low Impact Development (LID) strategies offers a promising approach to mitigate these issues by enhancing decentralized stormwater management. This study investigates the efficacy of LID practices in mitigating urban flooding within Gurugram, India, a rapidly urbanizing city facing challenges from inadequate drainage infrastructure and increased impervious surfaces. Utilizing the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the study simulated runoff dynamics across eight high-runoff sub-catchments under five scenarios: a baseline (no LID) and four incorporating green roofs, permeable pavements, rain barrels, and a combination of all three. Results demonstrate significant reductions in runoff volume and peak discharge across all LID scenarios, with green roofs exhibiting the highest individual effectiveness (maximum 52.92% runoff reduction). The combined LID approach yielded the most substantial improvements (up to 72.31% runoff volume and 54.05% peak discharge reduction), highlighting the synergistic benefits of integrated stormwater management strategies. The study also addresses the challenges of LID implementation, including maintenance requirements and socio-economic considerations, emphasizing the need for comprehensive urban planning and policy support to ensure long-term success.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 240-255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating urban square management success: A model for urban public spaces in Istanbul","authors":"Vural Erce ,&nbsp;Ali Osman Kusakci ,&nbsp;Misagh Haji Amiri","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban public spaces, particularly city squares, play a critical role in fostering community interaction, enhancing socio-cultural well-being, and contributing to the overall cultural value of a city. Effective planning and management of these squares are essential to ensure accessibility, functionality, and inclusivity, thereby enabling them to serve as dynamic centers for social engagement and urban life. Prior research has often neglected the public's perspective in square planning and management. Thus, this study aims to develop an Urban Square Management (USM) success score model to assess the effectiveness of urban squares planning from the public's perspective. Initially, expert evaluations of relevant criteria were conducted using the Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (IT2F-AHP), chosen to address the uncertainties and subjective judgments inherent in expert assessments. The resulting weighted criteria formed the basis for a user questionnaire. A total of 157 questionnaires were collected from visitors at Uskudar Square in Istanbul, a recently redesigned public space. The data underwent Exploratory Factor Analysis to identify key factors and refine the model’s structure. Applying the developed USM model to Uskudar Square resulted in a success score of 70.2, providing an overall evaluation of the square's management performance. Crucially, the model allows for a detailed analysis of the constituent sub-dimensions contributing to the total score, such as accessibility, safety, maintenance, amenities, social activity, and environmental quality. This granular perspective enables urban planners and managers to identify specific areas requiring improvement and implement targeted interventions to enhance the overall quality, usability, and public satisfaction with urban squares.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 191-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"State-of-the-art review of resilient smart cities: Progress and challenges","authors":"Robinson Umeike ,&nbsp;Thang Dao ,&nbsp;Shane Crawford","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smart technologies enhance modern life but may introduce vulnerabilities to human and nature-induced disruptions due to their dependence on interconnected infrastructures. The vision of building smart yet resilient cities has taken precedence amid escalating threats from climate-related disturbances and infrastructure strains caused by rapid urbanization. Resilient smart cities embed adaptive capacities in civic systems to maintain operational continuity during disruptive events. Achieving this requires well-developed preparedness plans, coordinated emergency responses, and efficient recovery protocols. Unlike previous reviews that address smart cities and resilience separately, our study uniquely examines their critical intersection. Through systematic analysis of literature from eight major electronic databases, we identify key portfolios, paradigms, and frameworks that shape urban resilience while revealing a fundamental technology-resilience paradox insufficiently addressed in existing literature. We make several distinctive contributions: examining the complex relationship between 'smartness' and resilience; analyzing ten integrated portfolios across technical, social, and governance dimensions; and presenting practical case studies from diverse global contexts. Our findings reveal that successful implementation requires balancing technological innovation with resilient strategies such as hybrid solutions and resilience-by-design principles, reinforced by cohesive partnerships between government, businesses, and citizens.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 2","pages":"Pages 222-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144490031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification of factors influencing the realization of good urban governance in the city of Isfahan using a futures studies approach","authors":"Reza Mokhtari Malekabadi ,&nbsp;Majid Goodarzi ,&nbsp;Fahime Fadaei Jazi","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2024.12.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2024.12.012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Considering the rapid growth of cities and the inability of urban management systems to address complex challenges, good urban governance has emerged as a comprehensive strategy to enhance efficiency and quality of life for urban residents. The need for transparent, accountable, and participatory governance in Iranian cities, particularly in Isfahan, is evident. The current study aims to identify the factors influencing the future realization of good urban governance in Isfahan. The study employs both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. A list of factors contributing to the realization of good urban governance in Isfahan was compiled using a Delphi questionnaire survey conducted among 30 experts. Subsequently, the variables were analyzed using the cross-impact analysis model in the MICMAC software. The results indicate that the mental and mindset transformation of municipal managers, disorder and lack of collaboration among governmental and state sectors, the absence of appropriate and up-to-date perspectives in urban management, a lack of synergy in financial, investment, and management domains, deficiencies in the authority of the City Council to formulate necessary legislation for city governance, inadequate proportions and uncoordinated communication among the governor, district governor, and city mayor, interventions and non-technical mandates imposed by the Ministry of the Interior and the Municipalities Organization within the administrative structure, shifting priorities of the municipality with changes in management, failure to transcend partisanship in urban management, and the underutilization of the full capacities of the city are among the most crucial factors affecting the future realization of good urban governance in Isfahan.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 121-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing data sovereignty to improve intelligent mobility services in smart cities","authors":"Bokolo Anthony Jnr ,&nbsp;Sizarta Sarshar","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2025.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Smart cities aim to provide more digitalized, equitable, sustainable, and liveable cities. In smart cities data evolves as an important asset and citizens data in particular is being used to provide data-driven mobility services. Likewise, in smart cities data is produced and used by individuals having no ownership or control over these data thus affecting their security and privacy. Also, actors such as mobility service providers, companies, third parties, etc. often leverage individuals’ data without regarding users’ autonomy. Accordingly, data sovereignty which entails the possibility to govern and keep control over owned data is gaining widespread attention. As a result, stakeholders in the mobility sector need to share data whilst keeping control to manage data access and usage. Although, existing initiatives are promoting sovereign participation using a federated infrastructure. However, achieving an effective governance usage control and access mechanisms can be challenging especially in the transportation sector. It is thus imperative for individuals to have control, ownership, and custody over their data. This has necessitated the notions of data sovereignty. Therefore, this article employs a systematic review to examine how data sovereignty can be achieved for individuals when they use urban mobility services in smart cities by enabling the secure sharing of data by giving control of data over to individuals. Additionally, this article designs a data control scheme that can be applied to realize data sovereign mobility services. Evidence from this study provides technical and non-technical requirements needed in realizing data sovereignty in smart cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 20-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cybersecurity in local governments: A systematic review and framework of key challenges","authors":"Sk Tahsin Hossain ,&nbsp;Tan Yigitcanlar ,&nbsp;Kien Nguyen ,&nbsp;Yue Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.ugj.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ugj.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cybersecurity has emerged as a critical concern in modern urban governance, as local governments now extend their responsibilities beyond traditional infrastructure management to safeguard digital systems and citizen data in increasingly digitised smart city environments. Despite the importance of robust cybersecurity measures, there is a concerning gap—i.e., local governments often exhibit a cybersecurity posture that is inadequately prepared to counter the rising cyber threats. This discrepancy underscores the urgency for a comprehensive understanding of the challenges restricting effective cybersecurity in local governmental settings. This paper aims to elucidate these challenges of local governments in a structured framework utilising a systematic literature review method named the PRISMA protocol. The findings reveal that the stakes are high when it comes to cybersecurity for local governments, with the key challenges being financial resource constraints, technological vulnerabilities, human factors, and the regulatory framework. This study recommends improving interdepartmental coordination, adopting relevant policies, and executing targeted cybersecurity training to address these challenges. The study also highlights unconventional approaches to mitigate financial and skill resource limitations, including the utilisation of open-source security tools, outsourcing specific cybersecurity functions, and establishing collaborations with local cybersecurity agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector to obtain expertise and advanced resources. Overall, this study offers valuable insights into the critical cybersecurity challenges faced by local governments and provides specific recommendations, equipping urban policymakers, administrators, and researchers with valuable guidance to enhance cybersecurity resilience within this critical yet understudied research domain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101266,"journal":{"name":"Urban Governance","volume":"5 1","pages":"Pages 1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143705678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}