Open Access Journal

ISSN: 2183-7635

Urban Planning (ISSN: 2183-7635) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of urban studies aimed at advancing understandings and ideas of humankind’s habitats.

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Re-Orienting Planning Practice
Petra L. Doan
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
50 Years of Pride: Queer Spatial Joy as Radical Planning Praxis
Marisa Turesky and Jonathan Jae-an Crisman
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Territorial Inequality Driven by Tourism: A Queer Mapping of Urban Space in Acapulco, Mexico
William J. Payne
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Community Support Organizations in Gay Neighborhoods: Assessing Engagement During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Daniel Baldwin Hess and Alex Bitterman
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
At the Intersection of Equity and Innovation: Trans Inclusion in the City of Vancouver
Tiffany Muller Myrdahl
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Redistributing More Than the LGBTQ2S Acronym? Planning Beyond Recognition and Rainbows on Vancouver’s Periphery
Julie A. Podmore and Alison L. Bain
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Planning in the “LGBTQ Capital”: Choreographing Transgender In and Out of Policy
Matt C. Smith, Paul Gilchrist and Jason Lim
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Pinkwashing Policies or Insider Activism? Allyship in the LGBTIQ+ Governance–Activism Nexus
Karine Duplan
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Radical Solidarities in Punk and Queer Refusals of Safety and Inclusion Narratives in Planning
Sarah Gelbard
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Queering Housing Policy: Questioning Urban Planning Assumptions in Namibian Cities
Guillermo Delgado, Vanesa Castán Broto and Takudzwa Mukesi
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Homonegative Labyrinth of Representational Distortions: Planning Im/Possibilities for Higher Education LGBTQ+ Students in Mumbai
Chan Arun-Pina
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
Queer(ing) Urban Planning and Municipal Governance
Alison L. Bain and Julie A. Podmore
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 22 May 2023
GPS Tracking Data on Marginalised Citizens’ Spatial Patterns: Towards Inclusive Urban Planning
Trine Agervig Carstensen and Hans Skov-Petersen
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 April 2023
Gap Analysis Between the Level of Heat Wave Adaptation Policy and Heat Wave Effects in South Korean Municipalities
Tae Ho Kim, Chang Sug Park, Sang-hyeok Lee and Jung Eun Kang
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 April 2023
Natural Surveillance for Crime and Traffic Accidents: Simulating Improvements of Street Lighting in an Older Community
Yeo-Kyeong Kim, Yun-Kyu Lee and Donghyun Kim
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 April 2023
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Mobility as a Service: A Critical Review of Definitions, Assessments of Schemes, and Key Challenges
Peraphan Jittrapirom, Valeria Caiati, Anna-Maria Feneri, Shima Ebrahimigharehbaghi, María J. Alonso González and Jishnu Narayan
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 June 2017
Carbon Footprint Planning: Quantifying Local and State Mitigation Opportunities for 700 California Cities
Christopher M. Jones, Stephen M. Wheeler and Daniel M. Kammen
Article | Open Access | Published: 24 April 2018
Planning the Ideal Refugee Camp? A Critical Interrogation of Recent Planning Innovations in Jordan and Germany
Ayham Dalal, Amer Darweesh, Philipp Misselwitz and Anna Steigemann
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 December 2018
Data-Driven Participation: Algorithms, Cities, Citizens, and Corporate Control
Matthew Tenney and Renee Sieber
Article | Open Access | Published: 4 July 2016
Strengthening Community Sense of Place through Placemaking
Peter J. Ellery and Jane Ellery
Article | Open Access | Published: 30 June 2019
Revealing Cultural Ecosystem Services through Instagram Images: The Potential of Social Media Volunteered Geographic Information for Urban Green Infrastructure Planning and Governance
Paulina Guerrero, Maja Steen Møller, Anton Stahl Olafsson and Bernhard Snizek
Article | Open Access | Published: 6 June 2016
Shifting Approaches to Planning Theory: Global North and South
Vanessa Watson
Article | Open Access | Published: 6 December 2016
Urban Gardening and Green Space Governance: Towards New Collaborative Planning Practices
Sofia Nikolaidou, Tanja Klöti, Simone Tappert and Matthias Drilling
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 February 2016
Reimagining the Future of the Sydney CBD: Reflecting on Covid-19-Driven Changes in Commercial and Residential Property Trends
Gabriela Quintana Vigiola, Juaneé Cilliers and Luis Hernando Lozano-Paredes
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 July 2022
From Ephemeral Planning to Permanent Urbanism: An Urban Planning Theory of Mega-Events
Eva Kassens-Noor
Article | Open Access | Published: 10 March 2016
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Mobility as a Service: A Critical Review of Definitions, Assessments of Schemes, and Key Challenges
Peraphan Jittrapirom, Valeria Caiati, Anna-Maria Feneri, Shima Ebrahimigharehbaghi, María J. Alonso González and Jishnu Narayan
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 June 2017
Lefebvre’s Politics of Space: Planning the Urban as Oeuvre
Andrzej Zieleniec
Article | Open Access | Published: 12 June 2018
Shifting Approaches to Planning Theory: Global North and South
Vanessa Watson
Article | Open Access | Published: 6 December 2016
Data-Driven Participation: Algorithms, Cities, Citizens, and Corporate Control
Matthew Tenney and Renee Sieber
Article | Open Access | Published: 4 July 2016
The Death and Life of Collaborative Planning Theory
Robert Goodspeed
Commentary | Open Access | Published: 14 November 2016
Carbon Footprint Planning: Quantifying Local and State Mitigation Opportunities for 700 California Cities
Christopher M. Jones, Stephen M. Wheeler and Daniel M. Kammen
Article | Open Access | Published: 24 April 2018
Theory of Place in Public Space
Mark Del Aguila, Ensiyeh Ghavampour and Brenda Vale
Article | Open Access | Published: 30 June 2019
Planners in the Future City: Using City Information Modelling to Support Planners as Market Actors
Emine Mine Thompson, Paul Greenhalgh, Kevin Muldoon-Smith, James Charlton and Michal Dolník
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 March 2016
Planning the Ideal Refugee Camp? A Critical Interrogation of Recent Planning Innovations in Jordan and Germany
Ayham Dalal, Amer Darweesh, Philipp Misselwitz and Anna Steigemann
Article | Open Access | Published: 20 December 2018
Urban Gardening and Green Space Governance: Towards New Collaborative Planning Practices
Sofia Nikolaidou, Tanja Klöti, Simone Tappert and Matthias Drilling
Article | Open Access | Published: 29 February 2016
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Strengthening Urban Labs’ Democratic Aspirations: Nurturing a Listening Capacity to Engage With the Politics of Social Learning
Anna Seravalli
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 26 May 2023
Conviviality in Public Squares: How Affordances and Individual Factors Shape Optional Activities
Hannah Widmer
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 25 May 2023
“It’s a Two-Way Thing”: Symbolic Boundaries and Convivial Practices in Changing Neighbourhoods in London and Tshwane
Susanne Wessendorf and Tamlyn Monson
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 25 May 2023
Driving Towards Car-Independent Neighborhoods in Europe: A Typology and Systematic Literature Review
Simone Aumann, Julia Kinigadner, David Duran-Rodas and Benjamin Büttner
Review | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 24 May 2023
Challenging the Master Narrative on Large-Scale Social Estates: Exploring Counterstories Through Digital Storytelling
Younes Rifaad and Nele Aernouts
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 24 May 2023
The Structure That Structures Us
Jaap Dawson
Commentary | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 24 May 2023
Patterns of Growth: Operationalizing Alexander’s “Web Way of Thinking”
Michael W. Mehaffy
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 16 May 2023
Planning Around Polarisation: Components of Finding Common Ground Based on Regeneration Projects in London and Gdańsk
Piotr Lorens and Agnieszka Zimnicka
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 16 May 2023
Demotorization and Space: The Influence of Spatial Factors on Car-Dependency Reduction in France
Leslie Belton Chevallier, Joseph Cacciari and Anne Aguiléra
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 16 May 2023
A Grid Is Not a Tree: Toward a Reconciliation of Alexander’s and Martin’s Views of City Form
Ngoc Hong Nguyen, Khaled Alawadi and Sara Al Hinai
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 9 May 2023
Experiential Evaluation to Create Risky Situations and Address Tensions in a Participatory Planning Process
Lieve Custers, Liesbeth Huybrechts and Oswald Devisch
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 4 May 2023
Zero-Car Households: Urban, Single, and Low-Income?
Eva Van Eenoo
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 3 May 2023
Designing Situated Vocabularies to Counter Social Polarizations: A Case Study of Nolo Neighbourhood, Milan
Virginia Tassinari and Francesco Vergani
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 27 April 2023
Is It Possible to Compete With Car Use? How Buses Can Facilitate Sustainable Transport
Qihao Liu, Yuzheng Liu, Chia-Lin Chen, Enrica Papa, Yantao Ling and Mengqiu Cao
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 26 April 2023
Investigating the Nonlinear Relationship Between Car Dependency and the Built Environment
Jun Cao, Tanhua Jin, Tao Shou, Long Cheng, Zhicheng Liu and Frank Witlox
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 7 April 2023
Drivers’ Perspectives of Car Dependence
David Metz
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 5 April 2023
Experts as Game Changers? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Climate Measures in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam
Tanja Herdt and Víctor Muñoz Sanz
Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 17 March 2023
Christopher Alexander As An Architectural Thinker
Almantas Samalavičius
Commentary | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 16 February 2023
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

On this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, we have compiled a list of articles that, especially today, are of particular relevance. This special collection is available until the end of the day, and, as always, all articles are completely free to download (open access).

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure
Camilla Lewis, Sophie Yarker, Mark Hammond, Niamh Kavanagh and Christopher Phillipson
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 December 2022
“Double Ageing” in the High-Rise Residential Buildings of Tokyo
Taro Hirai
Article | Open Access | Published: 22 November 2022
Comparative Analysis of 20-Minute Neighbourhood Policies and Practices in Melbourne and Scotland
Hing-Wah Chau, Ian Gilzean, Elmira Jamei, Lesley Palmer, Terri Preece and Martin Quirke
Article | Open Access | Published: 27 October 2022
Smart Villagers as Actors of Digital Social Innovation in Rural Areas
Nicole Zerrer and Ariane Sept
Article | Open Access | Published: 14 October 2020
Exploring the Experienced Impact of Studentification on Ageing-in-Place
Debbie Lager and Bettina van Hoven
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Assessing Liveable Cities for Older People in an Urban District in Turkey Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process
Ercüment Aksoy and Nilufer Korkmaz-Yaylagul
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Current Uptake of Technology Related to the Built Environment to Support Older Adults to Live Independently in Their Community
Julie Futcher, Federica Pascale, Alison Pooley and Sally-Anne Francis
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Why Do(n’t) People Move When They Get Older? Estimating the Willingness to Relocate in Diverse Ageing Cities
Hannah C. Haacke, Friederike Enßle, Dagmar Haase, Ilse Helbrecht and Tobia Lakes
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
The Attractiveness of a City-Centre Shopping Environment: Older Consumers’ Perspective
Anna-Maija Kohijoki and Katri Koistinen
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Overcoming Barriers to Livability for All Ages: Inclusivity Is the Key
Xue Zhang, Mildred E. Warner and Stephanie Firestone
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Ageing in Suburban Neighbourhoods: Planning, Densities and Place Assessment
Byron Ioannou
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
The Development of ‘Age Appropriate’ Living Environments: Analysis of Two Case Studies from a Social Work Perspective
Carlo Fabian, Sandra Janett, Tobias Bischoff, Riccardo Pardini, Johanna Leitner and Carlo Knöpfel
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
Benches as Materialisations of (Active) Ageing in Public Space: First Steps towards a Praxeology of Space
Thibauld Moulaert and Anna Wanka
Article | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
The Fragile Body in the Functional City: An Editorial
Matthias Drilling and Fabian Neuhaus
Editorial | Open Access | Published: 18 June 2019
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