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Reconstruction as enclosure: The making of a propertied place in post-conflict Diyarbakır 作为圈地的重建：在冲突后建立一个有财产的地方Diyarbakır

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261475108

Fırat Genç

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Residents Welfare Associations and the economic territorialization of recyclables collection markets in the Delhi metropolitan area 居民福利协会与德里大都市区可回收物收集市场的经济属地化

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261474814

Aman Luthra

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Toxic waters and broken promises: The struggle for health equity in informal settlements 有毒的水和破碎的承诺：在非正式住区争取卫生公平的斗争

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Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261470590

Yeshashwini Kadiri

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The narrow concept of technology and problems of transport: Contributions of Feenberg’s critical theory of technology to critiques of techno-rational transport planning 狭义的技术概念与交通问题：芬伯格的技术批判理论对技术-理性交通规划批判的贡献

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261469441

Maria Käpyvaara

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Shrinkage and urban fiscal governance in times of crisis: A case study of Buffalo, New York 危机时期的收缩与城市财政治理：以纽约州布法罗为例

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261472748

Mark Davidson, Kevin Ward

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Constructing the other: Restructuring regional discrimination in Shanghairen’s digital territories 建构他者：重构上海人数字领域的地域歧视

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261471272

Jiaxi Zhou

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The practice of commodification in a highly regulated rental market: Four forms of displacement pressure in Vienna 高度管制的租赁市场的商品化实践：维也纳流离失所压力的四种形式

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261472585

Sarah Kumnig, Justin Kadi

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A politics of density: Material provisions, the crowd, and dense living in urban Asia 密集的政治：亚洲城市的物质供应、人群和密集的生活

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Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261466404

Colin McFarlane

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Urban resilience in motion: The diffusion of urban resilience policies in transnational municipal networks 运动中的城市弹性：城市弹性政策在跨国城市网络中的扩散

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261467159

Pallavi Rachel George, Sandip Chakrabarti

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Does urban agriculture make us healthier and happier? Examining self-reported wellbeing outcomes of home gardening in India 都市农业让我们更健康、更快乐吗？调查印度家庭园艺的自我报告的幸福结果

IF 4.7 1区经济学

Urban Studies Pub Date : 2026-08-14 DOI: 10.1177/00420980261466405

Chandni Singh, Maitreyi Koduganti Venkata, Sheetal Patil

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