(2021). The land bank revolution: How Ohio’s communities fought back against the foreclosure crisis, by Jim Rokakis and Gus Frangos. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Transnational architecture and urbanism: Rethinking how cities plan, transform and learn, by Davide Ponzini. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Urban food sharing: Rules, tools and networks, by Anna R. Davies. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Brave new home: Our future in smarter, simpler, happier housing, by Diana Lind. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Blue Metros, Red States: The shifting urban-rural divide in America’s swing states, by David F. Damore, Robert E. Land and Karen A. Danielsen. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT Few studies have investigated how features of the land surface and the street network affect spatial crime patterns. Accordingly, for the current study, we estimated negative binomial regression models to test for main and moderating effects of elevation, slope, and betweenness on crime across San Francisco street segments. While significant effects were observed for all topography measures

ABSTRACT This paper evaluates the role and impact of neoliberal redevelopment strategies in inner-city urban regeneration projects in Belfast, Beirut, and Jerusalem. As governments in these nationally contested cities struggle against embedded geographies of antagonism and segregation, neoliberal and market-based approaches have arisen in the production of new city center spaces in these contested

(2021). Designing the megaregion: Meeting urban challenges at a new scale, by Jonathan Barnett. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT There is renewed interest in housing policy, but the role of local political factors has been understudied. Local elected officials—particularly city council members elected to represent specific geographic areas—are expected to exercise considerable discretion over development in their districts. This paper examines the influence of council district locations, neighborhood characteristics

(2021). Special Issue: Activist Scholarship. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Activist Scholarship, pp. 379-379.

(2021). Golden Gates: Fighting for housing in America, by Conor Dougherty. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Activist Scholarship, pp. 491-493.

(2021). Introduction to housing, edited by Katrin B. Anacker, Andrew T. Carswell, Sarah D. Kirby, and Kenneth R. Tremblay. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Activist Scholarship, pp. 497-499.

ABSTRACT Recent research has shown that spending in urban green spaces including parks has fostered gentrification, a process known as green gentrification. But could ongoing gentrification and gentrification risk also precede local spending on new or existing parks? Focusing on the City of Los Angeles, we investigate whether park investment generated through developer fees in 2016–2018 went disproportionately

ABSTRACT Arts-based community development practices have received newfound prominence over the past decade under the auspices of “creative placemaking.” In 2010, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) published a white paper titled “Creative Placemaking” and launched a new granting program focused on this practice called Our Town. Today, creative placemaking is burgeoning yet its precise definition

ABSTRACT Using public goods theory as a guidepost, scholars have correctly observed that subsidies for sport venues are a product of the monopolistic structure of major sport leagues. Without challenging the observation that economic rent is being extracted from cities, we utilize the municipal capitalism framework to explore the ongoing appeal of teams to cities. We note that rising levels of economic

ABSTRACT After the 2018 general election, several scholars remarked on the failure of the 5 Star Movement (5SM) to increase its vote in Milan. While the role of demographic and socioeconomic factors has been highlighted, little attention has been devoted to spatial dynamics. The authors analyze the greater city of Milan using a new set of spatial units that capture the characteristics of the local

ABSTRACT This study focuses on a community in south Atlanta, Georgia, comprising a case study in gentrification and community engagement that supports two related phenomena: (1) the process of community dialogue where individuals in a shared social world join together collaboratively to discuss social and economic problems; and (2) the building of social cohesion within a community that is based on

ABSTRACT The expansion of affluence and the financialization of real estate have marked socio-spatial urban inequality in the 21st century. These developments have contributed to the spread of gentrification and rise of supergentrification, or the further upscaling of already gentrified areas by affluent in-movers. This paper analyzes U.S. Census and American Community Survey data on Brooklyn, New

ABSTRACT Why do local governments produce redistributive urban policies, particularly in cities of the Global South? Present debates oscillate between highlighting these cities’ governmental problems or sustaining the enabling role of institutionalized social participation. From the standpoint of São Paulo, Brazil, this article shows a different picture. The trajectories of 27 redistributive urban

ABSTRACT Arts and culture organizations are often framed as important actors in urban development efforts; however, questions of equity of access to cultural amenities and the problem of inequities in their distribution remain important concerns. This article explores geographical and demographic differences in access to 335 public and nonprofit cultural organizations located in the four counties of

(2021). Correction. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT Although green roofs are considered as a no-regret adaptation measure that helps to address various impacts of climate change, they are still rather rare. This paper explores three major European cities that have policies in place that are supposed to facilitate the installation of green roofs. We ask what approaches were chosen by local authorities to promote green roofs and which factors

(2021). The urban fix: Resilient cities in the war against climate change, heat islands and overpopulation, by Doug Kelbaugh. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Research handbook for community development, edited by Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan, and Patsy Kraeger. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT Murals have become a familiar element in urban landscapes around the world, providing benefits for individuals, communities, and cities. Many murals have been co-opted by city administrations as part of broader municipal policies. Despite the benefits associated with murals, they provoke tensions and contradictions that challenge policymakers, owners, communities, and those involved in their

(2021). Toward freedom: The case against race reductionism, by Touré Reed. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT Studies investigating the spatial distribution of knowledge workers focus mainly on the factors that draw them to large primary cities. Second-ranked cities have trouble attracting and retaining these workers. We investigated whether there is a difference between the mobility preferences of knowledge workers residing in second-ranked cities and those of their peers in large primary cities

ABSTRACT Grassroots refugee community organizations (RCOs)—run by and for resettled refugees—are often small, informal, and financially unstable, and thus commonly forgotten in urban governance networks. Nevertheless, RCOs facilitate the integration of refugee communities in urban settings. We interviewed 42 leaders of 35 RCOs in 35 U.S. cities and conducted four focus groups with community leaders

(2021). Special Issue: Examining Public-private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Examining Public Private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space, pp. 235-235.

(2021). Transformative planning: Radical alternatives to neoliberal urbanism, edited by Tom Angotti. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Examining Public Private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space, pp. 362-364.

(2021). Last subway: The long wait for the next train in New York City, by Philip Mark Plotch. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Examining Public Private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space, pp. 366-368.

(2021). Design with nature now, edited by Frederick Steiner, Richard Weller, Karen M’Closkey, and Billy Fleming. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Examining Public Private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space, pp. 368-369.

(2021). Designing the modern city: Urbanism since 1850, by Eric Mumford. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Examining Public Private Partnerships and the Production of Urban Space, pp. 369-372.

ABSTRACT The child-friendly city concept is relatively new in India. In 1989, the United Nations endorsed a Convention on the Rights of the Child, which aimed at identifying the important services and rights for every child globally. Subsequently, several other initiatives have been undertaken by various governments at global, national, regional, and city levels, primarily focusing on providing basic

ABSTRACT Coalitions of community organizations and labor unions have played a central role in the recent expansion of municipal legislation regarding low-wage work. To date, most studies of community-labor coalitions have focused on their successes in meeting policy goals set by organized labor. This paper shifts focus to the challenges community organizations encounter when they participate in union-led

(2021). The Routledge handbook of housing policy and planning, by Katrin B. Anacker, Mai Thi Nguyen, and David P. Varady. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Constructing metropolitan space: Actors, policies and processes of rescaling in world metropolises, by Jill Simone Gross, Enrico Gualini, and Lin Ye (eds.). Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Amsterdam’s Canal District: Origins, evolution, and future prospects, by Jan Nijman (ed.). Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT This study uses U.S. Census data on average home values in Southern California census tracts from 1960 to 2010. Using growth mixture modeling (GMM), 26 unique groups are detected capturing nonlinear change in neighborhood relative home values over this study period. There were seven broad patterns of changing home values: (1–3) decline and then rise (at high, mid, and low portions of the home

(2021). Tax increment financing and economic development: Uses, structures, and impact (2nd ed.), edited by Craig L. Johnson and Kenneth A. Kriz. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

ABSTRACT In November of 2016, the City of Stonecrest was carved out of Atlanta’s suburban Black Mecca. The hope was that the new city’s “brand” might bring development and increased wealth to an area which has borne the brunt of uneven development, racialized urban secession, and racial capitalism for many decades. The case of Stonecrest points to several interesting tensions, contradictions, and necessary

ABSTRACT Musicians have always established a symbiotic relationship with the urban environments in which they live and work, with a tendency to aggregate into place-based relational networks. Bologna provides a clear example of this phenomenon to the point that the evolution of its musical scene can be characterized in terms of its relational dynamics. We study a network of artists whose main common

ABSTRACT New Orleans’s Claiborne Avenue is a liminal and rebellious space. It has signified the vibrant Black cultural and business sphere that countered Jim Crow segregation. It has signified adaptability in the face of urban renewal type clearance. And it continues to signify the potency of space for holding, hosting and emboldening Black life. Using a Black geographic reading of a community vision

ABSTRACT Diversity, equity, and inclusion are increasingly referenced as goals in general or master plans, yet we know little about how these concepts shape topical arts and cultural plans, which have become an important facet of economic development strategies. Through a detailed content analysis of 64 municipal arts and cultural plans in the United States, this project sought to find out how and

ABSTRACT This study uses U.S. Census data on average home values in Southern California census tracts from 1960 to 2010. Using growth mixture modeling (GMM), 26 unique groups are detected capturing nonlinear change in neighborhood relative home values over this study period. There were seven broad patterns of changing home values: (1–3) decline and then rise (at high, mid, and low portions of the home

ABSTRACT Musicians have always established a symbiotic relationship with the urban environments in which they live and work, with a tendency to aggregate into place-based relational networks. Bologna provides a clear example of this phenomenon to the point that the evolution of its musical scene can be characterized in terms of its relational dynamics. We study a network of artists whose main common

ABSTRACT Transportation governance is an understudied topic, despite its potential to have significant influences on the quality of transit service, and integration of services across transit agencies. Past research has usually tackled this topic obliquely, or through studies focused on a single region or multiple regions in a single state. The present study builds on this foundation through the systemic

ABSTRACT This paper explores the knowledge production practices and mobilizations in public and popular discourse that have discursively shaped the most recent initiative to revitalize Moss Park and the community center located within it—More Moss Park, a US$100 million public-private partnership between the municipal government, The 519, an LGBTQ-focused community center, and an anonymous private

(2021). Perspectives on fair housing, edited by Vincent J. Reina, Wendell E. Pritchett and Susan M. Wachter. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Race for profit: How banks and the real estate industry undermined black homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Your guide to downtown Denise Scott Brown, by Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum and Denise Scott Brown. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Views from the streets: The transformation of gangs and violence on Chicago’s South Side, by Roberto R. Aspholm. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Threatening property: Race, class and campaigns to legislate Jim Crow neighborhoods, by Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant. Journal of Urban Affairs. Ahead of Print.

(2021). Special Issue: Cities, Networks, and Urban Policy. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Cities, Networks, and Urban Policy, pp. 1-1.

ABSTRACT This special issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs brings together a series of 10 papers that illustrate the range of ways that networks can be used to better understand cities and communities. They employ a wide range of network methods, in a diverse sample of places, at different scales, to answer thorny questions in urban studies. However, together they highlight how network approaches

(2021). Making sense of incentives: Taming business incentives to promote prosperity, by Timothy J. Bartik. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 43, Cities, Networks, and Urban Policy, pp. 230-231.

ABSTRACT Counties and municipalities are de jure subservient to higher-level governments. However, local governments often exercise powers reserved for state or federal governments and even engage in illegal acts. Such local noncompliance acts have been underexplored in the scholarly literature, especially regarding less visible methods. To fill this gap, this article uses cases of resistance to new

ABSTRACT Urban regeneration is often driven by economic interests, while the preservation of the meaning and memory of a place is neglected. This could be considered as a reason a series of civil initiatives emerged in Belgrade to prevent damage to the built heritage and to indicate the need for stronger citizen involvement in the city’s development processes. This paper will focus on the issues of

(2020). Liberalism and identity politics: Puerto Rican community organizations and collective action in New York City, by José E. Cruz. Journal of Urban Affairs: Vol. 42, No. 8, pp. 1355-1357.

ABSTRACT In this paper, we investigate the potential of urban commons for building community resilience. We focus on the issue of adaptability to socio-ecological issues, which depends on the social capital built by the local community of practice. We measure this capital through the variables of volunteer involvement, perceived trust, and social cohesion in an agent-based model, which simulates the