International Journal of Urban and Regional Research - The critical edge of research on cities and regionshttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mui2wnlvec2tWhat happens when venture capital tries to reinvent housing? This article traces the rapid expansion of co-living real estate start-ups, revealing how the pursuit of scale reshapes housing markets—and shifts the costs onto tenants. By Tim White https://www.ijurr.org/article/hyperscaling-housing-venture-capital-real-estate-start-ups-and-the-race-to-build-a-global-residential-brand/01 Sep 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui2wnlvec2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mtw4m5jsi22mThis article explores how residents of Bar Elias, Lebanon, use participatory filmmaking to make visible the slow violence and uneven impacts of pollution. By Hannah Sender, Hanna Baumann & Joana Dabaj 📖 tinyurl.com/ya2me5e225 Aug 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4m5jsi22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mttutx3qm22iWhat does it mean to “close the carbon loop”? This article examines Toronto’s waste-to-biofuel program, exploring how waste, energy systems, emissions accounting, and climate policy intersect in the pursuit of net zero. By Taylor Davey 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/closing-the-carbon-loop-climate-policy-discourses-and-the-material-politics-of-municipal-waste-to-biofuel-programs/24 Aug 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttutx3qm22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mtheissyxs2kRead now in The Urban Now: Unmaking the Footpath: Ontological Violence and Urban Sanitization in Delhi By @vdhanda.bsky.social 🌃 https://www.ijurr.org/the-urban-now/unmaking-the-footpath/19 Aug 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtheissyxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mrnljcpnvk2iWho keeps urban climate policies moving when projects end? Drawing on cases from Mexico and India, this article examines the intermediaries who build continuity over time. By Hanna Hilbrandt, Erandi Barroso Olmedo & Fritz-Julius Grafe 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/the-chainmaker-how-intermediaries-sustain-urban-policy-initiatives-over-time/27 Jul 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnljcpnvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mr5aro66vk2t📍 RC21 Vienna is here! We've launched a new IJURR Virtual Issue: Vienna at the Crossroads. Read it here👇 https://www.ijurr.org/virtual-issues/vienna-at-the-crossroads/ #rc21vienna2026 #rc21 @rc21.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @ifswien.bsky.social21 Jul 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5aro66vk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mpy6xpi3fk2v📢 Now in Early View Security Zones as ‘New Cities’: Public-Private Partnership and the Transformation of Land Use in Accra, Ghana By Isaac K. Arthur, Robert Lawrence Afutu-Kotey & Irene Appeaning Addo 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/article/security-zones-as-new-cities-public-private-partnership-and-the-transformation-of-land-use-in-accra-ghana/06 Jul 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy6xpi3fk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mpqrx635g22x📚 Friday Reads from IJURR This week’s review spotlights The Right to Be Counted by Sanjeev Routray. 🔍 Reviewer Sara Shneiderman (University of British Columbia) 📝 Read the full review: https://www.ijurr.org/book_review/the-right-to-be-counted-book-review/03 Jul 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqrx635g22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mplmivzp5c26📢 Now in Early View The Chainmaker: How Intermediaries Sustain Urban Policy Initiatives Over Time By Hanna Hilbrandt, Erandi Barroso Olmedo & Fritz-Julius Grafe 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/article/the-chainmaker-how-intermediaries-sustain-urban-policy-initiatives-over-time/01 Jul 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplmivzp5c26https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mpiv2gwqrs2mFrom overcrowded tenements to rising rental burdens, this article maps the changing geography of housing inequality across European cities over more than a century. By Sebastian Kohl, Florian Müller, Ria Wilken 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/housing-question-old-and-new-mapping-crowding-tenure-rents-and-segregation-in-the-neighborhoods-of-major-european-cities-around-1900-and-today/30 Jun 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiv2gwqrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mp4pjvmkts24Can cities move beyond growth-centric thinking? This article examines how decision-makers in the Netherlands and Finland came to accept urban shrinkage as a long-term condition and rethink policy responses. By Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/what-does-it-take-to-accept-urban-shrinkage-a-comparative-analysis-of-discursive-pathways-to-policy-and-action-on-shrinking-cities-in-the-netherlands-and-finland/25 Jun 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4pjvmkts24https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mp255qjrmk24What happens when rental housing becomes an asset? This article examines how institutional investors transformed Sweden’s rental market and how rising interest rates have intensified conflicts over housing. By Jennie Gustafsson 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/maintaining-rental-housing-as-an-asset-exploring-institutional-investors-in-swedens-rental-market/24 Jun 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp255qjrmk24https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3moxm7ypu7s2nLocal expertise matters. This article examines how social movements in Argentina worked with the state to recognize informal settlements and shape a national urban upgrading policy. By Alejandra Cueto 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/knowing-like-a-movement-the-role-of-local-expertise-in-informal-housing-policies/23 Jun 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxm7ypu7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mov37zfzwk2yHousing financialization is reshaping Toronto’s rental market. This article examines how corporate landlords drive evictions in Black-majority neighbourhoods—and how tenant organizing is building housing justice. By Nemoy Lewis, Dimitri Panou & Richard Maaranen 📖 tinyurl.com/44j4aev622 Jun 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov37zfzwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mongeg65nk2e📚 Friday Reads from IJURR This week’s review spotlights Artificial Intelligence and the City: Urbanistic Perspectives on AI, edited by Federico Cugurullo and colleagues. 🔍 Reviewer Alfie Greenwood (University College London) 📝 Read the full review: https://www.ijurr.org/book_review/artificial-intelligence-and-the-city-book-review/19 Jun 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mongeg65nk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3molfdac7xs2sUrban metabolism is being redesigned. Focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead, this article investigates how new landscape interventions reveal some urban processes while obscuring others. By Ben Platt, Zuhri James 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/the-aesthetics-of-urban-metabolism-landscape-design-and-the-politics-of-in-visibility/18 Jun 2026 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3molfdac7xs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3moipeq46t22eUsing Kochi as a case study, this article examines how smart city control rooms transform institutions, infrastructures, and imaginaries of urban governance in India. By Devika Prakash, Andrew Karvonen, Jonathan Metzger 📖 tinyurl.com/3ev8ppuy17 Jun 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3moipeq46t22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mofrm6jpsc26City branding is never just about image. Using Dalian as a case study, this article shows how branding-driven urban development can advance political careers while producing uneven social outcomes. By Chen Li & Di Wu 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/place-leadership-and-branding-driven-urban-development-in-china-a-political-economy-approach/16 Jun 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofrm6jpsc26https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mnrw232q2k2aFrom cement extraction to rice solidarity during the pandemic, this article examines how city and non-city inhabitants forge political connections across the spaces of urbanization By Isnu Putra Pratama, Delik Hudalah, Haryo Winarso, Tim Bunnell 📖 tinyurl.com/4myp6xe608 Jun 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrw232q2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mnkfx5yrus2r📚 Friday Reads from IJURR This week’s review spotlights The Urban Brain by Nikolas Rose and Des Fitzgerald. 🔍 Reviewer Richard Harris (McMaster University) 📝 Read the full review: https://www.ijurr.org/book_review/the-urban-brain-book-review/05 Jun 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkfx5yrus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mnhxuwr3x22uAn intra-urban comparison of Kibera and Eastleigh reveals how pandemic-era water experiences were shaped by longstanding infrastructural inequalities and uneven state intervention. By Moritz Kasper, Elizabeth Wamuchiru, Sophie Schramm 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/experiencing-more-than-pandemic-waterscapes-an-intra-urban-comparison-of-water-practices-and-geographies-in-nairobi/04 Jun 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhxuwr3x22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mnfzwp7fs224From aggregate mines on Jakarta’s outskirts to the city’s flood barriers, this article follows the material and labour flows that metabolically sustain urban climate infrastructure. By Sophie Webber & Wahyu Kusuma Astuti 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/the-urban-metabolism-of-flood-protection-infrastructure-in-jakarta-indonesia/03 Jun 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfzwp7fs224https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mnd3jkyv6c2tUrban land use–food system integration in Australia is uneven. This article develops a what–why–how framework to assess barriers, drivers, and pathways for more effective policy integration. By Lijun Summerhayes, Douglas Baker 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/integrating-urban-land-use-planning-with-food-systems-in-australia-policy-integration-challenges-and-opportunities/02 Jun 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnd3jkyv6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mna5fmlu7k2sBeyond traffic control: street enforcement as a project of moral regulation, nation-building, and cultural growth in urban China. By Gregory Fayard 📖 https://www.ijurr.org/article/streets-as-stages-traffic-enforcement-and-the-competition-for-cultural-growth-in-china/01 Jun 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mna5fmlu7k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mmekfnitkc2o📢 Explore the new May issue — now available online! 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/issue/vol-50-number-3-may-2026/21 May 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmekfnitkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mlw6xn4yvk24📚 Friday Reads from IJURR This week’s review spotlights The Suburban Frontier by Claire Mercer. 🔍 Reviewer Deborah Fromm (London School of Economics and Political Science) 📝 Read the full review: https://www.ijurr.org/book_review/the-suburban-frontier-book-review/15 May 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw6xn4yvk24https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mkzupy5i7223📢 Available in Early View Knowing Like a Movement: The Role of Local Expertise in Informal Housing Policies By Alejandra Cueto 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/article/knowing-like-a-movement-the-role-of-local-expertise-in-informal-housing-policies/04 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzupy5i7223https://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mksmw7alec2q📚 Friday Reads from IJURR This week’s review spotlights Slow Harms and Citizen Action by Veronica Herrera. 🔍 Reviewer Alexandre Fontenelle-Weber (University of São Paulo) 📝 Read the full review: https://www.ijurr.org/book_review/slow-harms-and-citizen-action-book-review/01 May 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksmw7alec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mkqbcjtoes2c📢 Also available in Early View ‘Closing the Carbon Loop’: Climate Policy Discourses and the Material Politics of Municipal Waste-to-biofuel Programs By Taylor Davey 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/article/closing-the-carbon-loop-climate-policy-discourses-and-the-material-politics-of-municipal-waste-to-biofuel-programs/30 Apr 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqbcjtoes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ijurresearch.bsky.social/post/3mknl3ofq3s2l📢 Now in Early View Financialized Green State Entrepreneurialism and the Urbanization of Mountains: Chongli’s Consumption-based Territorial Business Model for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics By Thierry Theurillat & Mengke Zhang 👉 https://www.ijurr.org/article/financialized-green-state-entrepreneurialism-and-the-urbanization-of-mountains-chonglis-consumption-based-territorial-business-model-for-the-2022-beijing-winter-olympics/29 Apr 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:bt2fgpwroiu55g5e4sayxtft/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknl3ofq3s2l