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The neighbor spectrum in community housing: Pro-social, anti-social and asocial neighboring in Vancouver Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Meg Holden, Robyn Lee, Flandrine Lusson, Lainey Martin, Dorin Vaez Mahdavi, Sara Emami, Yushu Zhu
This article presents focus group research with community housing residents in Vancouver, Canada, investigating the role, activities, and importance of neighboring to these individuals living in vu...
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Stuck at home: Housing and neighborhood conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a case study of Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Fátima Loureiro de Matos, Teresa Sá Marques, Catarina Maia, Diogo Ribeiro, David Varady
This article analyzes the degree of (dis)satisfaction of residents, with their homes and their neighborhood facilities, during the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, centered ...
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Local rental market dynamics and homelessness rates among unaccompanied youths, single adults, and people in families Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Vijaya Tamla Rai
This study examines how local rental market factors differentially influence community-level homelessness rates among unaccompanied youths, single adults, and people in families with the U.S. Depar...
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The policy failures of rental housing: Plumbing poverty in Detroit, Michigan Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Heather Newberry, Sara Hughes
The lack of access to in-home running water from inadequate plumbing is a critical water insecurity challenge in the U.S. Using the concept of plumbing poverty, this paper investigates why housing ...
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Mallparks: Baseball stadiums and the culture of consumption, by Michael T. Friedman Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Nicholas Wise
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Identifying the health benefits of city bike infrastructure expansion policy Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Ruowen Shen, Patrice C. Williams, Christopher Coutts
The aim of this study was to understand how policy actions implemented by city governments to improve infrastructure within the built environment can in turn influence healthy behaviors and populat...
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An evaluation of a Vision Zero traffic-calming intervention, an urban transportation safety policy Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Leonard M. Lopoo, Emily Cardon, Sarah Souders, Maximilian Kroner Dale, Uyen Ngo
Today over 40 major metropolitan areas in the United States have formally adopted a new “Vision Zero” road design framework to prioritize roadway safety and eliminate traffic-related fatalities. Th...
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Illusions of progress: Business, poverty and liberalism in the American century, by Brent Cebul Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 David P. Varady
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Community involvement in mixed-income transformation in Copenhagen, Denmark Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Lasse Kjeldsen, Mark L. Joseph
Mixed-income transformation is a widely used strategy that aims to redevelop marginalized housing estates into socially mixed neighborhoods. However, studies suggest that such transformations, whic...
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Black barbershops and guardianship: A mixed methods investigation on the role of barbershops and community Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Joshua R. Ruffin, Kylil R. Martin
Barbershops have historically been characterized as a safe space for males across communities, especially in traditionally disadvantaged and specifically African American communities. The study exp...
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Community-level predictors of doubled-up homelessness Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Molly K. Richard, Katherine Grace Rule
Existing research has examined the community-level factors associated with sheltered and unsheltered homelessness in the United States, generally finding that housing, labor market, and social safe...
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Keeping the sanctuary pure: Movements and frictions in an Argentine gated community Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Ricardo Greene
Located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Nordelta is one of the largest gated communities in Latin America. To produce a purified sanctuary, the Nordelta compound has deployed fenced walls, guards...
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Beyond greenways: The next step for city trails and walking routes, by Robert Searns Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Christian Huelsman
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Skeptics, progressives, and adoptees: The constituencies of public transit and their perceptions of place along the Los Angeles Purple Line Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Brady Collins, Natalie Doroteo
Whether pursuing high-speed rail, light-rail transportation, or bus, transit agencies must invest in transit infrastructure that significantly alters the built environment. Resident responses to ne...
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Police predation and violence in urban Nigeria: The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Chijioke Egwu Ekumaoko, Kinsley Emeka Ezemenaka
Police are omnipresent in Nigerian cities. The existence and actions of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in cities such as Lagos, Ibadan, and Abuja are intended like elsewhere in the urban world to ...
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Handbook on city and regional leadership, edited by Markku Sotaurata and Andrew Beer Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Joyce Liddle
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The impact of demographic structure on citizen perceptions of school district efficiency Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Eric J. Brunner, Mark D. Robbins, Bill Simonsen
Researchers have found that elderly white voters are less supportive of school spending if they reside in a community with a high concentration of non-white school children, a finding typically att...
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Skyscraper settlement: The many lives of Christodora House, by Joyce Milambiling Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Barbara Levy Simon
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Social impacts of living in high-rise apartment buildings: The effects of buildings and neighborhoods Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Linh PM Nguyen, Pauline EW van den Berg, Astrid DAM Kemperman, Masi Mohammadi
Social networks, social cohesion, and place attachment are positive social impacts that can stimulate people’s quality of life. High-rise apartment buildings are often criticized for their negative...
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The house on henry street: The enduring life of a lower East side settlement, by Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Katrin B. Anacker
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Digital (in)justice in the smart city, edited by Debra Mackinnon, Ryan Burns, and Victoria Fast Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 W. Michael Dunaway
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Correction Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-09
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The sociology of housing: How homes shape our social lives, edited by Brian J. McCabe and Eva Rosen Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Stefanie Plage
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Perspectives of community members on community-based participatory research: A systematic literature review Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Jee Young Lee, Jill K. Clark, Ryan Schmiesing, Michelle L. Kaiser, Jason Reece, Seungbin Park
Anchor institutions are a part of a complex urban governance regime influencing policy, investment and programming in urban neighborhoods. Anchor land-grant educational institutions are questioning...
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Examining the relationship between tree canopy coverage and crime: An examination of within-neighborhood change Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 James C. Wo, Sarah E. Malone, Ethan M. Rogers
A bourgeoning area of research suggests that tree canopy coverage can reduce crime in neighborhoods. However, nearly all prior studies have analyzed the effects of tree canopy coverage on crime acr...
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Commodification, datafication and smart cities: An ethical exploration Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Yusuf Yüksekdağ
Smart cities are a seminal example of data-driven governance that relies on the efficient and networked use of big data in managing urban life to achieve sustainable economic growth. Datafication i...
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How neighborhoods came to matter more over time: A broad historical sketch Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Richard Harris
The demise of neighbourhood-scale community has been lamented for decades. Tight-knit neighboring has indeed declined. However, its significance is colored by nostalgia. In cities and suburbs, the ...
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A ‘gray area’? Neighborhood decline and reclamation in 1950s and 1960s U.S. urban discourse and legislation Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Philip Lawton
With a focus on the period between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s, this paper analyses the use of the term gray areas as a descriptor for older neighborhoods in U.S. cities. First, the paper examines ...
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Contested Americans: Mixed-status families in anti-immigrant times, by Cassaundra Rodriguez Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Abraham Ibukunoluwa Oyewole
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Creating an “in-between”: The post-migrant perspective and participatory urban development in Germany, a comparison between Berlin and Wiesbaden Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Robert Barbarino, Hanna Seydel
In this article, we show how the post-migrant perspective fosters inclusive participatory urban development without reproducing the “either/or” logic of ethno-cultural origin that distinguishes bet...
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In Levittown’s shadow: Poverty in America’s wealthiest postwar suburb, by Tim Keogh Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Anthony J. Filipovitch
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Rethinking public space, edited by Ali Madanipour Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Vikas Mehta
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Buildings for people: Responsible real estate development and planning, by Justin B. Hollander and Nicole E. Stephens Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Suzanne Lanyi Charles
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Ruderal city: Ecologies of migration, race, and urban nature in Berlin, by Bettina Stoetzer Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Charrlotte Adelina
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Survival strategies at the edge of the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar: Revealing ger residents’ capacity to aspire Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Bayartsetseg Terbish, Ine Lietaert, Burenjargal Tegshee, Toon Benoot, Griet Roets
Inspired by the conceptual frame of the capacity to aspire, this study explores how public administrative officers can make formal resources available and accessible for ger residents while recogni...
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The value of transition periods: Do city-county mergers promote economic development? Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Sijin Chen, Chen You, Jinqun Wu
The effects of city-county mergers on economic development have been the subject of debate in theory and practice. Based on the subdivision of the fiscal relationship between cities and merged coun...
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Labor lacuna: Disjunctures between local climate action and workforce development in advancing just transitions Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Miriam Solis, Michael Oden, Katherine Lieberknecht, Haijing Liu
U.S. cities have launched expansive climate action initiatives, often touting these efforts’ economic development and job creation benefits. However, without creating the conditions for high-qualit...
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Routledge handbook of urban public space, by Karen A. Franck and Te-Sheng Huang (eds.) Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Nicholas Wise
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Measuring a neighborhood planning unit-V (NPU-V): Residents’ perceptions of problems associated with gentrification Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Carol Isaac, Joseph Balloun, Linda Behar, Arla Bernstein
Researchers assert that Atlanta is one of the fastest-gentrifying cities in the United States due to its associated high poverty rates, rising housing costs, and displacement. Previous studies that...
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The changing American neighborhood: The meaning of place in the twenty-first century, by Alan Mallach and Todd Swanstrom Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Robert “Bob” Zdenek
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Having a garden or being in the city? The trade-offs and strategies of young middle-class families in Prague Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Marie Horňáková, Petra Špačková
In recent decades, evolving residential preferences among young middle-class families have diversified spatial mobility patterns, challenging the traditional suburban inclination with the emergence...
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Implementing urban design: Green, civic, and community strategies, by Jonathan Barnett Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 C. Gregory Dale
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The dynamics of housing cost burden among renters in the United States Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Gregg Colburn, Christian Hess, Ryan Allen, Kyle Crowder
Housing cost burden—defined as paying more than 30% of household income for housing—has become a central feature of the American stratification system with dire consequences for the health and well...
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Noticing houses: An analysis of the vernacular landscape of south Marrickville and Tempe, Sydney, Australia Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Colin Symes
Residential suburbs are not deserts of signage. Alongside the signs imposed by local governments to aid citizens navigate their neighborhoods, there are signs assigned by property owners. These inc...
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Policy-reality gaps in Africa’s walking cities: Contextualizing institutional perspectives and residents’ lived experiences in Accra Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Daniel Oviedo, Stephen Leonard Mensah, Isaac Nevis Fianoo, Maria José Nieto-Combariza, Matthew Abunyewah, Arlie Adkins, Michihiro Kita
This paper confronts the current policy landscape and lived experiences of walking in African cities through the lens of policies, plans, institutional, and residents’ narratives. The paper builds ...
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Caring public space: Advancing justice through intergenerational public space design and planning Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Claire Nelischer, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Gus Wendel
Intergenerational public spaces respond to the needs of both youth and older adults and actively foster interaction, engagement, and understanding between generations. We consider how incorporating...
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Philadelphia, corrupt and consenting: A city’s struggle against an epithet, by Brett H. Mandel Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Timothy J. Lombardo
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People and place: Does the reason for redlining impact the long-term trajectory of neighborhoods Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Rebecca Brooks Smith, Gary Painter
Previous research on the long-term effects of redlining in the United States has found that areas receiving a D grade have lower homeownership rates and home values as well as declines in populatio...
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Producing affordable housing in higher-opportunity neighborhoods: Incentives in California’s LIHTC program Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Ann Owens, Rebecca Brooks Smith
Housing policy shapes where low-income families live and whether they can access neighborhoods that promote children’s well-being. Since 2018, California’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) pro...
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Connecting world cities through sports events: Insights from international sports tours Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Yubin Ou, Gengzhi Huang, Desheng Xue
This paper tried to advance the theory of world city networks (WCNs) by uncovering the distinct spatial patterns and network structures of WCNs based on three common types of international sports t...
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Bourdieu in the city: Challenging urban theory, by Loïc Wacquant Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Hugo d’Assenza-David
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Before gentrification, by Tanya Maria Golash-Boza Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Dennis E. Gale
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Does cycling infrastructure prioritize gentrifying neighborhoods? The case of Mexico City Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Tamara Velasquez Leiferman
This paper aims to test the existence of a relationship between gentrification and the presence of cycling infrastructure in central Mexico City using a sample of 555 neighborhoods in central Mexic...
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Bankers in the ivory tower: The troubling rise of financiers in U.S. higher education, by Charlie Eaton Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Katrin B. Anacker
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Invisible women in comprehensive plans Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Xue Zhang, Mildred E. Warner, Chun Xu, Yu Wang
This paper explores attention to the needs of women in comprehensive plans. We interviewed practicing planners and analyzed a 2019 U.S. national survey to identify planning elements that address th...
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Evaluating the availability, accessibility, and affordability of fresh food in informal food environments in five Mexican cities Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Aleksandra Krstikj, Edgar Alan Egurrola Hernández, Emanuele Giorgi, Ruben Garnica Monroy
This study sheds light on the role of informal street markets in local Mexican food environments. Less is known about the availability, accessibility, and affordability of fresh food offered in the...
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Rethinking the interaction between resilience and well-being through place attachment: A case study of flood-prone urban communities in Indonesia Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Bagus Takwin, Edwin de Jong, Tery Setiawan, Christina Stavrou
This study investigates the extent to which risk perception regarding disasters among individuals living in slum areas interrelates with their material well-being in determining their place attachm...
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Livin’ on the edge: The peripheral host and the production of a digital tourism space beyond the city center Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Pablo Martínez, Jorge Sequera, Javier Gil
This paper examines the physical limits but paradoxically symbolic expansion of the Airbnb model beyond the the touristified historical center of Madrid. We move to the margins of the city and anal...
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Public space and its publicness in people-oriented urban regeneration: A case study of Shanghai Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Jingyi Zhu
The paper explores the role of public space development in helping Shanghai strive for an “excellent global city,” an ambition prescribed by the city’s latest master plan, through quality- and peop...
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Unravelling the impact of the Community Reinvestment Act on SBA lending: Insights from a regression discontinuity design analysis Journal of Urban Affairs (IF 2.559) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Joowon Jeong
This study investigates the influence of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) on Small Business Administration (SBA) lending in various U.S. urban areas. Focusing on central cities, inner-ring, and...