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Urban Research & Practice
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Journal of European Urban Research Association (EURA) | Cross-disciplinary journal with a focus on urban studies | We publish original academic papers along with policy and practice papers
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Urban Research & Practice @journalurp.bsky.social · Nov 26
The new issue (Vol. 18, Issue 5) of #JournalURP is out now. It features articles and reviews by Eran Razin, Roberta Cucca, Ticiana Ponte, Alexandra Polido, Virginia Gamberini, Caroline Birkner, Sophia Leipert, Emine Koseoglu and many others.

Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurp20/1...
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What shapes the public perception of local development
during COVID-19 in croatia? Take a look at our new research article published by Sunčana Slijepčević & Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#EconomicDevelopment #LocalDevelopment #Pandemic #Survey #Croatia
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Can abandoned buildings help drive the transition to a circular city? Take a look at our new research article published by Francesco Vettori.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#CircularSociety #CircularCity #FoodNetwork #VoluntaryAssociation #Italy
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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What happens to everyday life when urban transformation unfolds quietly, parcel by parcel? Take a look at our new research article published by Gizem Aksümer & Sinem Seçer Sipahi.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Housing #SmallScaleRegeneration #UrbanTransformation #CommercialGentrification
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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How do urban plans really shape housing supply in Europe's largest cities? Take a look at our new policy article published by Mikel Berra-Sandin.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Housing #UrbanPlanning #UrbanAreas #EuropeanUnion #HousingPolicy
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "City of Desire: An Urban Biography of the Largest Slum in Bangladesh by Tanzil Shafique". Reviewed by Anupreet Singh Tiwana.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "The AI City by WU Siegfried Zhiqiang". Reviewed by Fatih Eren.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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What does effective metropolitan governance look like for Ukraine's cities? Take a look at our new policy article published by Myroslav Kosheliuk.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Agglomeration #MetropolitanGovernance #Decentralization #Development #Ukraine
January 5, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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How do #narratives about the past shape the future of post-industrial towns? Take a look at our new research article published by Maruša Goluža & David Bole.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#IndustrialHeritage #NarrativeLegitimation #PostIndustrialUrbanTransformation #RelationalPlanning
January 5, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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What happens when "consent" becomes the state's tool for #gentrification? Take a look at our new research article published by Hossein Maroufi.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#StateLedGentrification #RentGap #CoOptation #UrbanRenewal #Mashhad
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "Fragmenting cities: the state, territorial stigmatization and urban marginality by Troels Schulz Larsen & Kristian Nagel Delica". Reviewed by Basak Tanulku.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "Rethinking Spatial Inequality by Linda M. Lobao & Gregory Hooks". Reviewed by Diana Morales.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "The Routledge Handbook of Degrowth edited by Anitra Nelson". Reviewed by Giulia Belotti & Holly Caggiano.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Is it actually possible to balance culture vs. profit in #waterfront #regeneration practices? Take a look at our new research article published by Jie Chen & Yiming Wang.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#WaterfrontRegeneration #CulturalStrategies #EntrepreneurialRealities #Shanghai
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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How do cities respond when neighbourhood tensions rise around vulnerable EU migrants? Take a look at our new research article published by Jenny Kunhardt.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#IntraEUMigration #SocialInclusionPolicy #Racism #Poverty #MigrationLedUrbanPolicyDevelopment
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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How do narratives and incremental measures drive local government (re)centralisation in Hungary? Take a look at our new research article published by Gábor Dobos, László Kákai & Ilona Pálné Kovács.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Hungary #IlliberalRegime #LocalGovernment #Recentralisation #Clientelisation
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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How is "urbanity" constructed and used in planning - both as a discourse and as a planning objective? Take a look at our new research article published by Tuomas Ilmavirta.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Growth #Regeneration #Neoliberalism #Urbanity #Depoliticisation
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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What institutional changes are needed to unlock stronger urban-rural and cross-border cooperation? Take a look at our new practice article published by Lukáš Novotný.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#CrossBorderCooperation #RuralHeritage #UmgebindeHouseRoute #InstitutionalBarriers #BorderTourism
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The new issue (Vol. 18, Issue 5) of #JournalURP is out now. It features articles and reviews by Eran Razin, Roberta Cucca, Ticiana Ponte, Alexandra Polido, Virginia Gamberini, Caroline Birkner, Sophia Leipert, Emine Koseoglu and many others.

Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/rurp20/1...
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Take a look at the new #BookReview of "The legal and political geography of pluralism: Supporting diverse public and private spaces in contemporary cities by F. Chiodelli & S. Moroni". Reviewed by Carlos Nunes Silva.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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📢 A quick reminder that the deadline for abstracts for our upcoming Special Issue on #DataCentreUrbanism is coming up soon!

Deadline for abstracts: 30.11.2025
Notification of acceptance: 15.12.2025
Deadline for full contribution: 15.06.2026
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Which illiberal recentralisation strategies have been employed by Türkiye's central government? Take a look at our new research article published by Evrim Tan & Irmak Özer.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#Recentralisation #Illiberalism #Turkey #DemocraticBacksliding #LocalGovernment
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Take a look at our new research article published by Rob Kitchin (@robkitchin.bsky.social) on data debates in urban development.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#DataDebates #HousingData #Vacancy #HousingCompletions #DataPolitics #DataQuality
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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What does wartime circularity look like? Take a look at our new research article published by Adam Przywara.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#WartimeCircularity #CircularEconomy #AdaptiveReuse #MaterialSalvage #Solidarity #SupplyChains
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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📢 Call for Papers!
Submit to our Special Issue on #DataCentre Urbanism

Deadline for abstracts: 30.11.2025
Notification of acceptance: 15.12.2025
Deadline for full contribution: 15.06.2026
Details: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

#CallForPapers #SpecialIssue
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Which factors affect the implementation of biodiversity-friendly measures in urban areas? Take a look at our new research article published by Florian Zenglein, Johanna L. Berger & Margarita Hartlieb.
doi.org/10.1080/1753...
#BiodiversityStrategies #EnvironmentalManagement #GreenInfrastructure
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM