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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106765

Enjia Zhang , Li Wan , Ying Long

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Silently ageing, quietly shrinking: Examining age-friendly policy in French and Canadian shrinking cities 无声的老龄化，无声的萎缩：审视法国和加拿大萎缩城市的老年人友好政策

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106735

Anton Paumelle , Rachel Barber , Beatriz Fernández , Maxwell Hartt

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Identifying urban agglomeration's range: Integrating clustering and accessibility analysis 城市群范围识别：聚类与可达性分析的整合

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106708

Dahao Zhang , Jian Peng , Zhiwei Yang

{"title":"Identifying urban agglomeration's range: Integrating clustering and accessibility analysis","authors":"Dahao Zhang , Jian Peng , Zhiwei Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106708","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106708","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban agglomerations (UAs) play an important role in China's socio-economic development. Accurate identification of UAs' range is vital to optimising spatial patterns and promoting co-ordinated regional development. However, existing studies have focused primarily on constructing single-dimensional indicators, with insufficient exploration of the integrity and cross-regional applicability of the indicator system. To fill this gap, we proposed a ‘cluster + accessibility’ framework with an application in the Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration (CYUA). Based on three core aspects (cluster degree, connectivity, and accessibility) and three spatial dimensions (core, periphery, and radiation), we constructed a comprehensive quantitative identification technology system. Compared with existing research, this study identified the specific administrative areas included in the CYUA (including its core, peripheral, and radiation areas), covering a total of 22 counties and districts. From 2014 to 2022, the CYUA expanded, with its peripheral area moving southwards and northwards and its radiation area extending eastwards. In addition, the study showed that different indicators had significant differences in the applicability of UA range identification. Economic density, ratio of non-agricultural output, night-time light, and ratio of impervious surface area exhibited significant spatial clusters, making them suitable for identifying the CYUA's core area. This framework makes up for the lack of integrity in the index system's construction, and improves the cross-regional applicability of UA identification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106708"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145841415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Study on the regional image of China (Tianjin) pilot free trade zone from the perspective of news big data 新闻大数据视角下中国（天津）自由贸易试验区区域形象研究

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106790

Wenxue Xia , Guangwen Meng , Haiyu Zhang , Shufang Wang

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Homeownership and preferences for government redistribution in China: Mediating roles of employment sector and socioeconomic perceptions 中国住房所有权和政府再分配偏好：就业部门和社会经济观念的中介作用

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106792

Menglin Liu , Ang Liu

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The disappearing town planner and layout: “Economic rules for town planning” as a government activity reconsidered 消失的城市规划与布局：作为政府活动的“城市规划的经济规律”再思考

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106816

Lawrence W.C. Lai

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Situated urban political ecology of climate resilience planning: The land use planning conundrum in Ghana 气候弹性规划的城市政治生态：加纳土地利用规划难题

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106758

Abdul-Salam Ibrahim , Thembela Kepe

{"title":"Situated urban political ecology of climate resilience planning: The land use planning conundrum in Ghana","authors":"Abdul-Salam Ibrahim , Thembela Kepe","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106758","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106758","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The insufficient focus on power and equity in earlier resilience thinking prompted urban resilience planning scholars to explore urban political ecology for insights into the power dynamics that influence varying levels of vulnerability and resilience to urban environmental stressors. However, the predominance of neoliberal capitalist logic in Marxist urban political ecology attracted criticism and calls for a situated urban political ecology. This study employs a situated urban political ecology lens, drawing on postcolonial and strategic relational approaches to analyze how the situated knowledge of climate change among land custodians informs their land use planning practices through resilience-oriented land use planning. Using qualitative research methods in two secondary cities in Ghana, the findings show that strategic selectivity disrupts the influence of land custodians' situated knowledge in resilience-oriented land use planning. Urban poor residents suffer the negative consequences of the land use planning actions of the custodians. On the other hand, the main land use planning actors and powerholders (land custodians, private developers, and planning officials) benefit from the workings of the land use planning system. Diverse social, cultural and economic motives inform the strategic selectivity of powerholders in land use planning, contrary to the predominant neoliberal logic of Marxist urban political ecology. We recommend that efforts to enhance urban resilience through land use planning within the sub-Saharan African context should acknowledge the strategic selectivity of powerholders and simultaneously create provisions to prevent the abuse of power and mitigate negative impacts on the environment and the urban poor.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106758"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Competitive or complementary role of bike-sharing to public transport: Budapest case study 共享单车对公共交通的竞争或补充作用：布达佩斯案例研究

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106738

Dávid Földes

{"title":"Competitive or complementary role of bike-sharing to public transport: Budapest case study","authors":"Dávid Földes","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106738","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106738","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bike-sharing offers a suitable option for short rides in major cities worldwide, yet its role in urban transport remains unclear. This study examines how bike-sharing (BS) interacts with public transport (PT), either as a complementary feeder or a competing substitute service. Using a unique origin–destination dataset of over 2.2 million rentals in Budapest, Hungary (September 2023–August 2024), descriptive statistics and a zero-inflated negative binomial model were applied to explain both zero and positive rental counts based on PT availability and network and cycling infrastructure characteristics. Results show that bicycle distance is the strongest predictor of both zero rentals and ride intensity, while bicycle-friendly infrastructure and relative PT travel time significantly increase BS demand. Findings indicate a dual role of BS, though competition with PT dominates. BS often substitutes for short PT trips (1–2 stops), especially for the metro, or is used to avoid transfers. Competition is stronger when BS is faster than PT, notably in the morning peak, or when bicycle-friendly roads run parallel to PT lines. Complementarity emerges mainly in winter, when cycling conditions are worse, and in areas where PT availability is weak, but the metro is available nearby. Tram and especially metro connectivity positively affect BS use, while links with bus service are weak. These results can guide policymakers in expanding BS infrastructure to reinforce its complementary role.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106738"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The impact of intercity population mobility on intra-urban regional income disparities: A cross-scale spatial study 城市间人口流动对城市内区域收入差异的影响：一个跨尺度的空间研究

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106755

Ziyu Zhao , Xinyu Zuo , Shiyao Zhao , Xiajing Liu , Shijun Wang

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Infrastructure and accessibility implications of implementing x-minute city policies in low-density contexts 低密度环境下实施x分钟城市政策对基础设施和可达性的影响

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106717

Steve Pemberton , Tayebeh Saghapour , Billie Giles-Corti , Mahsa Abdollahyar , Alan Both , Daniel Pearson , Carl Higgs , Afshin Jafari , Dhirendra Singh , Lucy Gunn , James Woodcock , Belén Zapata-Diomedi

{"title":"Infrastructure and accessibility implications of implementing x-minute city policies in low-density contexts","authors":"Steve Pemberton , Tayebeh Saghapour , Billie Giles-Corti , Mahsa Abdollahyar , Alan Both , Daniel Pearson , Carl Higgs , Afshin Jafari , Dhirendra Singh , Lucy Gunn , James Woodcock , Belén Zapata-Diomedi","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Addressing priorities such as health, liveability, and climate resilience, many global governments are exploring x-minute city and x-minute neighbourhood policies. Addressing a lack of operational models for x-minute cities, we developed a model to assess accessibility and utilisation implications of their implementation, testing the model by applying it to the low-density city of Melbourne, Australia, where 20-minute neighbourhood (20MN) policy focuses on walkable access to daily destinations within 10 minutes (20 minute round trip), and applying the model to people living within 10-minute walking distance ‘catchments’ of mixed-use activity centres. We curated a list of 14 destination types (such as supermarkets and primary schools), and developed a method to model notional placement of additional destinations to place at least 80 % of people in each catchment within a 10-minute walk of each destination type. We extended accessibility considerations to cycling, based on a 10-minute one-way ride. Our results show improvements in accessibility across the city as a whole, particularly in inner urban areas; but with significant improvements in outer urban areas, characterised by low housing density, when cycling is promoted. Our utilisation analysis demonstrates feasibility challenges when implementing x-minute city policies in less densely populated locations. Our conclusions underscore the importance of supporting x-minute city policies with safe cycling infrastructure and careful urban densification strategies. Our findings are relevant to many cities seeking to implement x-minute city or neighbourhood policies worldwide, especially cities facing challenges of low density.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106717"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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