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CONTESTED GOOD CITY STORIES FROM A NORTH CHENNAI LITTORAL 有争议的来自金奈北部沿海的好城市故事

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70000

Lindsay Bremner, Nityanand Jayaraman, Karen Coelho

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THE AFTERMATH OF THE ANKARA STATION MASSACRE: The Agency of Urban Design in the Right to Memory 安卡拉车站大屠杀的后果：城市设计机构在记忆权

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13362

Deniz Kimyon Tuna

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TERRITORIALIZING POWER: The Politics of Presidential Projects in Antananarivo, Madagascar 属地化权力：马达加斯加塔那那利佛总统计划的政治

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13358

Fanny Voélin, Lars Buur

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TEMPORARY BELONGING: Middle-Class Residential Experiences in London’s Post-Olympic East Village 临时归属：后奥运时期伦敦东村的中产阶级居住体验

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-20 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13361

Piero Corcillo

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SAND, PLANTATION URBANISM AND THE EXTENDED POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF INFRASTRUCTURES IN INDIA 沙，种植园城市化和印度基础设施的延伸政治生态

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13363

Siddharth Menon

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TOWARDS A DEGROWTH CRITIQUE OF AEROMOBILITIES: An Urban Political Ecology Perspective on the Airport Expansion Resistance in Barcelona 对航空交通的去增长批判：巴塞罗那机场扩建抵抗的城市政治生态学视角

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13356

Ersilia Verlinghieri, Rubén Martínez Moreno, Mauro Castro, Alejandra López Martín

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BEYOND PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS: Small-Scale Land Speculation and Displacement in Peri-Urban Myanmar 规划之外的发展：缅甸城市周边的小规模土地投机和流离失所

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-15 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13364

Francesca Chiu

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EMBODYING AND RESISTING URBAN HEAT INJUSTICE: Migrant Vulnerabilities and Radical Adaptations in El Raval, Barcelona 体现和抵制城市热不公正：巴塞罗那埃尔拉瓦尔的移民脆弱性和激进适应

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-09 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13359

Panagiota Kotsila, Valeria-Carolin Cuenca, Manuel Franco, Lourenço Melo, Sam Pickard

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NONPROFIT-LED NEOLIBERAL GROWTH MACHINES AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: The Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s South Side 非营利主导的新自由主义增长机器和社区参与的私有化：芝加哥南区的奥巴马总统中心

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-06-08 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13350

Virginia Parks, William Sites, Tadeo Weiner Davis

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CONTACT ZONES OF CLIMATE PRECONSTRUCTION IN COASTAL AFRICA 非洲沿海地区气候预构造的接触带

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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.13353

Jon Schubert

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