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REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR URBAN COMMONING: The Making of the Liberated Spaces in Naples

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 1020-1039, July 2026.
Abstract Commoning requires repair. Where capitalist logics of accumulation, enclosure and exclusion produce abandoned space through the city, urban commoners remake that space to serve the needs of inhabitants. Without hiding the paradoxes and risks of repair, based on years‐long ethnography in the Liberated Spaces in Naples, Italy, we demonstrate how
Martina Locorotondo, Adam Fishwick
wiley   +1 more source

FEMINISTS VERSUS MONUMENTS? From Protests to Anti‐monuments in Mexico City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 982-1002, July 2026.
Abstract This article examines the role of heritage spaces and monuments in the Historic Centre of Mexico City during ongoing feminist mobilizations. Feminists have claimed that the Mexican government is more concerned about protecting monuments and urban heritage than acting to prevent gender‐based violence and femicide.
Fernando Gutiérrez
wiley   +1 more source

Picturing Gentrification: Representation of Urban Change, Pendleton Salford

open access: yes, 2016
The paper examines how visual representations of urban regeneration contribute to the gentrification process. It asks can alternative photographic and textual strategies provide a meaningful counter narrative to resist persuasive corporate discourses on ...
Brake, J., Aitken, J.
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CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 877-896, July 2026.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Gentrification & effects on local communities [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent media articles have complained of London being ‘sold off to foreigners’ It is certainly true that parts of London have drastically changed in appearance in recent years but what impact has there been on the African-Caribbean community ?
Brown, Charmaine
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Does Housing Eviction Modify the Effects of Alcohol Outlet Density on Hospitalizations for Assault and Alcohol Use Disorder in Pennsylvania?

open access: yesAlcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2026.
This study extends prior research by examining whether housing eviction filings (1) were associated with hospitalizations for alcohol use disorder and assault and (2) modified the associations between alcohol outlet density and these outcomes in Pennsylvania 2018–2022.
Michelle Dougherty   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Choice: School Buses as Racializing Infrastructure in Post‐Katrina New Orleans

open access: yesAnthropology of Work Review, Volume 47, Issue 1, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article is part of the special issue, Racialization and The Gig Economy, Anthropology of Work Review 47 (1), June 2026, edited by Shreya Subramani and Christien Tompkins. This article explores the expansion of school busing systems in the aftermath of New Orleans' unprecedented conversion of all public schools to privately managed charter
Christien Philmarc Tompkins
wiley   +1 more source

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