Article
Urban Studies
Ruoxi Wang, Yan Wang, Nan Li
Summary: This study proposes a novel accessibility metric and evaluates the accessibility of grocery stores and restaurants during and after a hurricane. The findings show increased spatial inequity in restaurant accessibility and decreased spatial inequity in grocery store accessibility during the hurricane. Potential accessibility emerges as the most significant determinant during the hurricane.
Article
Urban Studies
Shaheen Sewparsadh Thakur, Adrian Nel
Summary: The research reveals that contested politics in South Africa's local municipalities have led to instability in environmental governance. This complicates narratives of alternation and coalition politics, emphasizing the need for policy reform, local council stability, municipal competence, and accountability.
Article
Business, Finance
Jia He, Jing Wu, Qi Zhang, Rongjie Zhang
Summary: This article reveals the impact of housing value on the caregiving behavior of adult children in an informal eldercare arrangement in China. The study finds that in multi-child households, as the potential housing-bequest value increases, adult children provide more emotional support for their parents, highlighting the role of intergenerational-exchange mechanism in China's current eldercare arrangement. However, this informal mechanism is weakened by the prevalent social norms of son preference and is less effective in only-child households. Hence, the article suggests the need for more market-oriented arrangements.
REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Joe LaBriola
Summary: Local regulations that restrict residential growth are considered as a major factor in California's affordable housing crisis. These growth controls might have been implemented to exclude different racial households, to exclude growing Hispanic, Asian, and foreign-born populations, to address concerns about the negative environmental consequences of population growth, or to satisfy homeowners' or cities' fiscal motivations.
HOUSING POLICY DEBATE
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Yubin Ou, Gengzhi Huang, Desheng Xue
Summary: This paper advances the theory of world city networks by analyzing the spatial patterns and network structures of different types of international sports tours. The findings reveal a distinct spatial trend and a unique city network composed of multiple subnetworks.
JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Marisol Layseca
Summary: This paper examines the role of housing in achieving prosperity from a capabilities perspective. It investigates the gaps in housing views and concepts, and analyzes the empirical data from a recent qualitative study in Kenya to develop a localized application. The paper explores housing as both physical conditions and social dynamics, demonstrating the importance of incorporating material and non-material functions for enabling flourishing capabilities.
JOURNAL OF HOUSING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Noga Keidar, Daniel Silver
Summary: This article examines the dynamics of inter-referencing between cities and develops the concept of the 'Urban Referencing Network' as a representation of the references made by cities to one another in policy documents. The study analyzes the structure of inter-referencing within the urban referencing network using public art policies as the case study. The results indicate that only a few cities emerge as central nodes, attracting the attention of other cities.
Article
Urban Studies
Paula Barros, Vikas Mehta
Summary: This study on commercial streets in Brazil used a mixed methods approach to examine the role of restorativeness in attracting and retaining people. The results showed a link between microscale aspects of commercial streets and liveliness, highlighting the importance of considering the perceived restorative potential in enhancing their attractiveness.
JOURNAL OF URBAN DESIGN
(2023)
Article
Urban Studies
Yawei Zhao
Summary: This paper explores the impact of lifestyle migration on Dali, China and establishes lifestyle migrants as place-makers. By identifying three forms of place-making, the paper reveals how lifestyle migration triggers urban changes and highlights the importance of further researching the relationship between lifestyle migration and urbanization.
JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Adam Millard-Ball, Purva Kapshikar
Summary: This paper argues that price-based approaches and land use planning are synergistic in addressing the negative impacts of car travel. The research shows that voters in dense, transit-oriented neighborhoods are more willing to support carbon pricing and increased gasoline taxes. The study also highlights the importance of urban form in shaping taxation politics.
Article
Environmental Studies
Sonja Marzi, Rachel Pain
Summary: This paper examines the connection between urban trauma and the gendered activism of displaced women as they strive to rebuild emancipatory urban futures. The research, conducted in Bogota and Medellin, Colombia, reveals that these women face multiple and intersecting forms of violence from intimate partners, armed groups, and the state, as well as institutional neglect. By using participatory action research and creative audio-visual methods, the women documented their efforts to reclaim urban spaces. The study highlights the temporal dimension of urban trauma and its intersection with the spatial biographies of migrant women, demonstrating the need for gradual and multiscalar development of activism.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Kangbeni Dimobe, Mitien Gnoumou
Summary: The composition and diversity of urban forests in Dedougou, Burkina Faso, were examined in this study. The research found that the urban forests are diverse in woody species, particularly in residential areas. The findings have implications for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and offer valuable information for future urban planning and management.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Natthida Jantawong, Sameer Mukund Padhye, Supiyanit Maiphae
Summary: Urbanisation has a significant impact on both large and small ecosystems, including ponds, leading to changes in environmental parameters and affecting the biodiversity of organisms such as zooplankton. This study found that varying degrees of disturbance and environmental parameters influenced the species diversity of zooplankton, with rotifer and cladoceran species proposed as bioindicators for water quality and disturbance levels.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
N. Kuruppuarachchi, D. K. N. G. Pushpakumara, G. L. L. P. Silva, L. D. B. Suriyagoda
Summary: This study conducted a survey on homegardens in Sri Lanka using a multidisciplinary approach and multivariate techniques to identify the interactive environment and functional features of individual components. The results showed that the variables critical in distinguishing homegardens varied among different districts, climatic zones, and agro-ecological regions.
Article
Environmental Studies
Michael Leo Owens, Arica Schuett, Nyron N. Crawford, Andrea Benjamin
Summary: Using survey data from Washington, DC residents, this study explores citywide sentiments about gentrification over time and finds that race consistently influences opinion divergence on the issue. These findings highlight the importance of citywide surveys for extending empirical findings from neighborhood-level ethnographies of gentrification.
Article
Environmental Studies
Jan Kubes, Robert Szmytkie
Summary: Suburbanization and suburban sprawl are natural processes in the development of cities and their surrounding areas. While it can have negative impacts on the environment, if done in a compact and separated manner based on existing villages and with high population density in poorer areas, the impacts can be relatively small and acceptable.
EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Samane Ghazali, Mansoor Zibaei, Goran Skataric, Rytis Skominas, Hossein Azadi
Summary: The destructive impacts of climate change on pastoralists' livelihoods require appropriate adaptation strategies to reduce their vulnerability. A study conducted with Iranian pastoralists revealed their vulnerability in terms of high-risk exposure and low adaptive capacity. By making accurate decisions on adopting suitable adaptation strategies, livelihood vulnerability can be reduced.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Richard O. Welsh
Summary: School discipline is a significant issue in K-12 education, and the key factors that shape disciplinary practices include teacher preparation and modeling of effective discipline practices. Building relationships, classroom management, cultural responsiveness, and experiential learning are important themes in teacher preparation.
EDUCATION AND URBAN SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ticiana Carvalho-Pereira, Max T. Eyre, Caio G. Zeppelini, Vivian F. Espirito Santo, Diogo C. Santiago, Roberta Santana, Fabiana Almerinda G. Palma, Marbrisa Reis, Ricardo Lustosa, Hussein Khalil, Peter J. Diggle, Emanuele Giorgi, Federico Costa, Michael Begon
Summary: Globally, low-income urban communities suffer from poor provision of services and degraded environments, creating favorable conditions for the spread of zoonotic diseases through animals such as rats. This study in low-income urban communities in Brazil investigated the impact of basic urban services on rat abundance using a rattiness modeling framework. The study found that rattiness, a proxy for rat abundance, was associated with higher levels of basic urban services provision and environmental variables that provided resources for rats. The findings highlight the need for targeted environmental modifications to reduce rat resources.
Article
Environmental Studies
Keungoui Kim, Dieter F. Kogler, Massimiliano Coda Zabetta
Summary: This paper investigates the role of brokers in the regional innovation network and their influence on innovative and collaborative outcomes. The findings indicate that brokerage roles contribute to the extension of collaboration networks, but they are not efficient for innovation creation. On the other hand, collaboration intensity enhances both innovation and collaborative outcomes and demonstrates how a region can benefit from being a broker.
EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
(2023)
