How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

In recent decades, urban processes have experienced deep transformations. One of them
has been the growing importance of urban sprawl. This article reviews its main features and …

In recent years, attention has been drawn to the fact that now more than half of the world's
population is urbanised, and the bulk of these urban dwellers are living in the global South …

How can human communities sustain a long-term existence on a small planet? This
challenge grows ever more urgent as the threat of global warming increases. Planning for …

The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries
like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an …

Abstract “Best practices” are either celebrated as inspirational examples that can spur policy
change and learning in other places or critiqued as “one-size-fits-all” models that do not …

All kinds of social scientists show an interest in meanings. Institutionalism, systems theory,
and rational choice theory have all inspired studies of the role of ideas in governance …

Urban studies scholars have engaged in a lively debate on how to reformat comparative
methods in the face of critical scrutiny of the discipline's purported universalism. We share …

This article focuses on understanding the dynamics of citizen participation in smart city
initiatives. The literature identifies citizens as key actors, however, our understanding of their …

In this paper, a two-level sustainable mobility strategy for future cities is suggested and the
potential key role of transit-oriented development (TOD) is discussed with reference to both …