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{"title":"Interdisciplinary urban research opens many doors","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00125-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00125-6","url":null,"abstract":"Interdisciplinary dialogue is crucial in framing new perspectives on urban life and in developing analytical frameworks suited to the complex realities of urban contexts.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"535-535"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00125-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091224","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":"Freeing imagination for fair and resilient future cities","authors":"Thaisa Comelli, Jonathan Ensor, Maria Evangelina Filippi, Max Hope, Robert Marchant, Mark Pelling, Jessica Thorn","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00099-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00099-5","url":null,"abstract":"Delivering fair, long-term resilience for tomorrow’s cities means acting now to break cycles of risk accumulation. Inclusive future visioning can help by placing the voices and experiences of those at risk at the start of urban policy, planning and project processes, and integrating this with the best science to reimagine what cities and neighborhoods are for, and could be in the long-term.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"536-539"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091187","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":"Commercializing rental markets through digital technologies","authors":"Allison B. Laskey","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00124-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00124-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"542-542"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091181","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":"Health co-benefits of post-COVID-19 low-carbon recovery in Chinese cities","authors":"Chenxi Lu, Yingjian Huang, Ying Yu, Jiawei Hu, Huibin Mo, Yun Li, Da Huo, Xuanren Song, Xiaoting Huang, Yun Sun, Kai Liu, Shaohui Zhang, Karyn Morrissey, Jinpyo Hong, Zhu Deng, Zhuanjia Du, Felix Creutzig, Zhu Liu","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00115-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00115-8","url":null,"abstract":"Post-pandemic green recovery is pivotal in achieving global sustainable development goals by simultaneously revitalizing economies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and improving public welfare. However, subnational and city-level understanding of green recovery, its efficacy and its alignment with public health is poorly understood. Here we focus on post-COVID-19 low-carbon recovery—economic growth combined with reduced carbon emissions—and explore health co-benefits in Chinese cities. A novel near-real-time daily carbon emission dataset of 48 cities in China is developed, coupled with detailed health and economic municipal statistics and models. We find that, on average, six low-carbon-recovery cities, mainly megacities, saved 1.2 times as many lives per 100,000 population compared with the 42 other cities, and their annual monetary avoided premature deaths per 100,000 population was 1.5 times more than the 42 other cities. The accumulated monetary health co-benefits for low-carbon-recovery cities were US$ 4.2 billion (95% confidence interval, 2.1–6.3) during the post-COVID-19 period. We show that government spending on electric vehicles increases the likelihood of achieving low-carbon recovery in Chinese cities. Our results underscore the significant health co-benefits of low-carbon recovery, pointing to synergies between advancing local welfare and global environmental objectives. Using near-real-time daily carbon emission datasets from 48 cities in China, this paper explores post-COVID-19 during which Chinese cities experienced economic growth and reduced greenhouse gas emissions—a low-carbon recovery. Six low-carbon-recovery cities (mainly megacities) saved, on average, 1.2 times as many lives per 100,000 population than the 42 other cities.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 10","pages":"695-705"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328595","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":"Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research","authors":"Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Ayyoob Sharifi, Yusuf A. Aina, Shakil Ahmad, Luca Mora, Walter Leal Filho, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00117-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00117-6","url":null,"abstract":"The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 underscores the imperative of creating inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and communities by 2030. Here we employ bibliometric techniques to assess the evolving landscape of SDG11 research. Using a comprehensive dataset of over 21,000 scholarly publications, we investigate publication trends, thematic focus areas, authorship patterns, keyword co-occurrences and citation networks related to SDG11 research. The results reveal a consistent increase in research output, reflecting the growing global interest in urban sustainability studies. We identify influential authors, organizations and countries shaping the research landscape, highlighting existing global collaborative networks and emerging research hubs. Core thematic areas emphasize critical topics and interdisciplinary connections. Citation networks underscore the impacts of disseminating research outputs, including seminal works. This study offers insights for policymakers, academics and practitioners to align their collective efforts toward sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient urban development. Moreover, it advances SDG11 by noting opportunities for further research, knowledge dissemination and international collaboration. Using bibliometric techniques, this Article assesses the evolving landscape of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 research, highlighting publication trends, thematic focus areas, authorship patterns, keyword co-occurrences and citation networks.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 10","pages":"677-685"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00117-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328583","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":"Connectivity in urbanscapes can cause unintended flood impacts from stormwater systems","authors":"Vinh Ngoc Tran, Valeriy Y. Ivanov, Weichen Huang, Kevin Murphy, Fariborz Daneshvar, Jeff H. Bednar, G. Aaron Alexander, Jongho Kim, Daniel B. Wright","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00116-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00116-7","url":null,"abstract":"Urban flooding is intensifying worldwide, presenting growing challenges to urban communities. We posit that most of the flood management solutions currently employed are local in nature and fail to account for ways in which the space–time connectivity of floods is exacerbated by built infrastructure. We examine the 2014 flood in Southeast Michigan to identify key factors contributing to urban flooding and explore the implications of design choices on inundation. Findings reveal that stormwater infrastructure that neglects flood spatial connectivity can be ineffective in mitigating floods, leading to inundation even in the absence of local rainfall. Different configurations of network connections—including interfaces with natural channels—can significantly impact upstream surcharge, overflowing manholes and inundation conditions. These results emphasize the need to consider interconnectedness of flood processes in urban watershed systems to mitigate limitations inherent in the design of flood control and warning systems, to enhance urban flood resilience. Flood management solutions are typically local and do not consider how the space–time connectivity of floods is exacerbated by built infrastructure. Through a case study of the 2014 flood in Southeast Michigan, which flooded where there was no rainfall, this Article examines key factors contributing to urban flooding and the implications of design choices on inundation.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 10","pages":"654-664"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142328593","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":"Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe","authors":"Mia Wannewitz, Idowu Ajibade, Katharine J. Mach, Alexandre Magnan, Jan Petzold, Diana Reckien, Nicola Ulibarri, Armen Agopian, Vasiliki I. Chalastani, Tom Hawxwell, Lam T. M. Huynh, Christine J. Kirchhoff, Rebecca Miller, Justice Issah Musah-Surugu, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Miriam Nielsen, Abraham Marshall Nunbogu, Brian Pentz, Andrea Reimuth, Giulia Scarpa, Nadia Seeteram, Ivan Villaverde Canosa, Jingyao Zhou, The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team, Matthias Garschagen","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9","url":null,"abstract":"Coastal cities are at the frontlines of climate change impacts, resulting in an urgent need for substantial adaptation. To understand whether, and to what extent, cities are on track to prepare for climate risks, this paper systematically assesses the academic literature to evaluate evidence on climate change adaptation in 199 coastal cities worldwide. Results show that adaptation in coastal cities is rather slow, of narrow scope and not transformative. Adaptation measures are predominantly designed based on past and current—rather than future—patterns in hazards, exposure and vulnerability. City governments, particularly in high-income countries, are more likely to implement institutional and infrastructural responses, whereas coastal cities in lower-middle-income countries often rely on households to implement behavioral adaptation. There is comparatively little published knowledge on coastal urban adaptation in low- and middle-income countries, and regarding particular adaptation types such as ecosystem-based adaptation. These insights make an important contribution for tracking adaptation progress globally and help to identify entry points for improving adaptation of coastal cities in the future. This study performs a systematic review of empirical evidence for climate change adaptation in coastal cities around the world. It found that reported adaptation is mostly slow, narrow, and not transformative as coastal cities predominantly focus their adaptation on past and current challenges, and not future scenarios of risk.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"610-619"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00106-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091167","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":"Urban slum living worsens psychosis presentation","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00110-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00110-z","url":null,"abstract":"Our research explores how urban slum dwelling affects clinical markers in patients in their first episode of psychosis in São Paulo, Brazil. Results show slum living correlates with a higher psychosis severity (particularly disorganization and negative symptoms), which highlights the influence of social exclusion on psychosis presentation.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"545-546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091194","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":"The need for an interdisciplinary approach to remote work and urban policy","authors":"Nicholas S. Caros, Jinhua Zhao","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00103-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00103-y","url":null,"abstract":"The unexpectedly rapid rise of remote work in recent years has presented a major challenge for cities across the globe. Evidence-based urban policies are needed to harness the many benefits of widespread remote work while mitigating negative externalities. Existing remote work research, although providing a range of valuable and interesting findings, can be challenging to translate into urban policy due to a discipline-specific focus or conflicting results from seemingly similar studies. We propose a new conceptual approach to remote work research that promotes deeper collaboration across disciplines to inform robust and comprehensive remote work policy. Cities worldwide are grappling with the rise of remote work, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. This Perspective argues that research on remote work is siloed and suggests a coherent approach for interdisciplinary engagement to improve evidence-based policy.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"547-554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091206","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":"Slum living predicts psychosis severity in first-episode patients","authors":"Fernando Malinowski, Carolina Ziebold, Cristiano Noto, Daniel Cavalcante, Síntia Belangero, Rodrigo Bressan, Ary Gadelha","doi":"10.1038/s44284-024-00109-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s44284-024-00109-6","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of social exclusion on psychosis is poorly understood. This study explores how slum living affects some clinical markers of patients in the first episode of psychosis. We hypothesized that living in a slum would lead to a longer duration of untreated psychosis and greater initial psychosis severity, as measured by the positive and negative syndrome scale. To test this hypothesis, we studied—in São Paulo, Brazil—a sample of 190 antipsychotic-naive patients in the first episode of psychosis. Living in a slum area was positively correlated with a higher initial positive and negative syndrome scale total score (p = 0.029, B = 9.882) and severity of negative (p = 0.044, B = 1.906) and disorganization (p = 0.032, B = 2.474) symptoms. We also found statistically significant associations between lower income and educational levels and higher positive and negative syndrome scale and between longer duration of untreated psychosis and brown or Black races. Our main findings reinforce the broader idea that social exclusion impacts core psychotic disorders’ clinical features. Psychosis severity was analyzed during the first episode of psychosis in São Paulo by place of residence (in slums), age, sex and race. A positive correlation was found between people with high positive and negative syndrome scale scores (a measure of psychosis severity) and high negative and disorganization symptoms.","PeriodicalId":501700,"journal":{"name":"Nature Cities","volume":"1 9","pages":"576-586"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142091219","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}