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From the Field
Demystifying Urban Agriculture in Detroit
Flaminia Paddeu
- 14 December 2017
Urban agriculture projects in North American shrinking cities have been the subject of much media attention in recent...
From the Field
Mitigating urban decline through the compact city? Reflections on 15 years of urban recentralization policies in Japan
Sophie Buhnik
- 7 December 2017
To cope with a rapidly spreading and now pervasive phenomenon of urban decline, Japanese authorities have actively...
From the Field
Who Stays and Who Leaves? Residential Flows in French Shrinking Cities
Mathilde Rudolph
- 1 November 2017
In focusing on residential flows, Mathilde Rudolph seeks to shed light on the processes of urban decline at play in...
From the Field
Shrinking to Survive? Demolition and Energy Transition in Small-Town France
Yoan Miot & Max Rousseau & translated by Oliver Waine
- 18 October 2017
Faced with a process of advanced decline, public and private actors in the town of Vitry-le-François, in eastern...
From the Field
Shrinking Cities in France: The Cumulative Effects of Decline
Nicolas Cauchi-Duval & Frédérique Cornuau & Mathilde Rudolph & translated by Oliver Waine
- 4 October 2017
In France, different shrinking cities have followed different trajectories. They nevertheless all have certain...
From the Field
Shrinking Networks, Growing Solidarities? How to Design a New Social and Territorial Contract
Daniel Florentin
- 27 September 2017
Utilities operators in a number of European cities, faced with significant reductions in consumption levels across...
From the Field
From “Black City” to “Slum City”: The Importance of Image in Saint-Étienne
Vincent Béal & Christelle Morel Journel & Valérie Sala Pala & translated by Oliver Waine
- 20 September 2017
In December 2014, an article in the French daily newspaper Le Monde painted a highly negative portrait of the city of...
Essays
Urban Shrinkage in France: An Invisible Issue?
Rémi Dormois & Sylvie Fol & translated by Oliver Waine
- 13 September 2017
Although the phenomenon of urban shrinkage affects a significant number of French towns and cities, it is an issue...
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From the Field
Covid-19 Transformed New York’s Destination Food Markets
Ivana Mellers
- 5 October 2021
Ivana Mellers analyzes how New York’s destination markets—key spaces of economic and social interactions—coped during...
From the Field
Moving Inside City Limits: The Urban Mobility of Undocumented Youth
Stephen P. Ruszczyk
- 4 June 2019
The urban context and public transportation shape how undocumented youths move within cities. In a comparison of New...
Reviews
Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York
Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos
- 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
From the Field
Looking Inward, Across the Border
Harel Shapira
- 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who patrol...
Essays
The Political Aesthetics of Drag
Shaka McGlotten
- 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
Debates
Disarm the Police
Gregory Smithsimon
- 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...
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“Our hallway’s big enough to play football in!” The council housing...
The Guardian
Boasting two-sink kitchens, Tower Court in north London is tailored for the Haredi Jewish community – but its...
Saudi Arabia: How is Mobility Being Transformed in the Oil Kingdom?
Mobile Lives Forum
04 April 2025, by Aniss Mouad Mezoued The launch of the Riyadh metro in late November 2024 once again highlighted...
Transport for Suburbia: Beyond the Automobile Age (Paul Mees)
Mobile Lives Forum
27 March 2025, by Javier Caletrío Can suburbia avoid car dependence? Can low-density areas enjoy first-rate public...
Geopolitics and Electric Vehicles: The Rise of Climate Protectionism
Mobile Lives Forum
17 February 2025, by Xabier Gangoiti and Graham Parkhurst The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is not just a...
One Way to Fight Rising Food Prices: Public Grocery Stores
The New Republic
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has proposed opening government-owned grocery stores as a solution to...
The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods
CityLab
Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. We need to...
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