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Book review forum: Why transportation fails: Critiques from South Africa and beyond 书评论坛：为什么交通失败：来自南非和其他国家的批评

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-17 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261495911

Yingling Fan,Lisa Seftel,Christo Venter,Astrid Wood

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Winning the double war: Urbicide, informality, and reconstruction in Syrian cities after 2011 赢得双重战争：2011年后叙利亚城市的城市化、非正式化和重建

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261492209

Munqeth Othman Agha

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Predicting U.S. migration flows with online search data 利用在线搜索数据预测美国移民流动

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261493801

Jaeyong Yoo, Patryk Babiarz

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The politics of calculative tools in practice: Climate budgeting in Edmonton 计算工具在实践中的政治：埃德蒙顿的气候预算

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261492432

Taylor Davey

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A bench is just a bench: A spatial justice analysis of older adults’ needs based on municipal hotline data 板凳就是板凳：基于市政热线数据的老年人需求空间公正分析

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261492905

Rinat Ben Noon,Liat Ayalon

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Towards a neurodiverse planning theory and practice 迈向神经多样性规划理论与实践

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261494812

Mohammad Sarraf,Sonya Girdler,Sven Bölte

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Informal elite urbanism and Pentecostal city-making: Rethinking ‘religious gentrification’ in Lagos (Nigeria) 非正式精英城市主义和五旬节派城市建设：重新思考拉各斯（尼日利亚）的“宗教士绅化”

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261491213

David Garbin,Taibat Lawanson,Gareth Millington

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Towards inclusive age-friendly communities: A scoping review of diversity and representation in global initiatives 迈向包容的老年人友好社区：全球倡议中多样性和代表性的范围审查

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261486964

Fatima Salomoni,Preetha Joseph,Kieran Walsh,Matthias Drilling

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Embedding urban food policies into commons thinking: A framework analysis of policies and initiatives 将城市粮食政策纳入公共思维：政策和举措的框架分析

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-12 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261486693

Cinzia Tegoni,Elisa Carloni,Gianluca Di Fiore,Matteo Brambilla,Claudia Giordano

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Finding a ‘place’ in public food matters: Gendered urban food initiatives shaping women’s right to the city 在公共食品事务中找到一个“位置”：性别化的城市食品倡议塑造了妇女的城市权利

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261490802

Chiara Bergonzini

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