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The output of research papers continues to accelerate for many reasons: new topics (such as the many dimensions of climate change, including adaptation), new methods (including big data), and of course the emergence of new urban systems, notably in China and India. In this intellectual marketplace, where more researchers are being serviced by more journals,… Continue reading The JUA’s New Push for Critical Review Articles in Urban Studies

By James DeFilippis, Brian Stromberg & Olivia R. Williams Community Land Trusts (CLTs) have grown dramatically in both number and size in the last twenty years. A product of civil rights activists, the CLT first emerged as a mechanism explicitly for community control of land and development. In this form, the CLT was a vehicle to… Continue reading W(h)ither the Community in Community Land Trusts?

Trajectories of Conflict and Peace: Jerusalem and Belfast Since 1994, by Scott Bollens, New York, NY, Routledge Press, 2018 By Anne Shlay Scott Bollens tackles two stubborn conflicts – one between Jews and Palestinians in Jerusalem and the other between Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.  We encounter space, nationalism, ethnicity, urban and national politics and… Continue reading Book Review Preview: Trajectories of Conflict

By Igor Vojnovic We begin our third year with changes to the JUA’s main editorial team. Deirdre Oakley accepted a new role as editor-in-chief of City & Community, so she has stepped down from her position as the JUA’s community development, housing, and urban affairs managing editor. Congratulations Deirdre! Given her role and impact with… Continue reading Our Year Three: Change and Continuity at the JUA

By Haifeng Qian I have studied entrepreneurship in cities for about a decade. Although not a very risk-taking person myself, I always admire the courage of entrepreneurs to startup their own businesses in an increasingly fast-changing market. It is a risky career choice, as most startup companies cannot survive the first five years. As an… Continue reading Cultural Entrepreneurship in U.S. Cities (2018 UAA Best Conference Paper)

By Mildred E. Warner and Allison E. Tse Imagine a world in which multinational investment firms teamed up with city governments to provide the public goods that we need most—education for our children, housing for the homeless, or a new start for the formerly incarcerated. This is the dream of advocates for a new kind… Continue reading Social Impact Bonds: Are They Too Good to Be True?

By Antonio Paolo Russo ‘Overtourism’, ‘antitourism’, ‘tourismophobia’ are everywhere on the media these days and peep up in small talk at any friends and relatives’ gathering. Of course, in the academia we are quite familiar with the concept and evidence of tourism growth changing places and eventually affecting them. And we’ve been reading about residents’… Continue reading Barcelona’s Struggle with Tourism — Possibly Your Hometown’s Struggle Tomorrow?

By Laura Reese   In November of 2011, an emaciated pit bull-type dog was found outside of an Ace Hardware store in Detroit.  A concerned citizen called City of Detroit Animal Control (DAC).  The dog, known as “Ace,” quickly became a media cause célèbre and pleas to “Save Ace” and offers of adoption from individuals… Continue reading Environmental Correlates of Urban Dog Bites: A Spatial Analysis