IF 1.4

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09506-x

Shaheen Sewparsadh Thakur, Adrian Nel

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Armed Conflict and Urbanization in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: A Methodology for a Critical Inquiry 莫桑比克德尔加杜角的武装冲突与城市化：批判性研究的方法论

IF 1.4

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09505-y

Silvia M. Agostinho do Amaral

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Social Housing and Upward Mobility in South Africa: an Assessment of Household Outcomes 南非的社会住房与向上流动：家庭成果评估

IF 1.4

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09504-z

J. Visagie, I. Turok, Andreas Scheba

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The Past in Present African Urban Mobility Systems: Towards a Mobilities Longue Durée 非洲城市交通系统的过去与现在:迈向一种移动性

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-10-02 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09501-2

Njogu Morgan, Bradley Rink

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“Nimble Sociality and Belonging”: an Ethnography of Migrants’ Responses to Bans on Associational Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic “灵活的社会性和归属感”:新冠肺炎大流行期间移民对禁止交往生活的反应的民族志

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-09-29 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09503-0

Johannes Bhanye

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Informal Tyre Dealers in South Africa: an Assessment of Their Contributions to a Circular Economy 南非非正规轮胎经销商:评估他们对循环经济的贡献

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09502-1

C. J. Schenck, D. Blaauw, N. Theodore, R. Niyobuhungiro

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Locked on All Sides: Experiences of Urban Vegetable Farmers During Ghana’s COVID-19 Lockdown 四面封锁:加纳城市菜农在COVID-19封锁期间的经历

IF 1.4

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-08-08 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09500-3

M. Tuffour, E. Mantey, B. Adjei

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“Money has the final say in the market”: the Situational Geography of Urban Food Security in Lilongwe, Malawi “钱在市场上说了算”：马拉维利隆圭城市粮食安全的地理环境

IF 1.4

Urban Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-14 DOI: 10.1007/s12132-023-09498-8

Tatenda T. Mambo, M. Grant

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The Impacts of Peri-Urban Expansion on Municipal and Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Makhado Biaba Town, South Africa 城郊扩张对城市和生态系统服务的影响:来自南非Makhado Biaba镇的经验