IJURR – January 2026 issue

IJURR – January 2026 issue

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THE CONTESTED URBANISM OF ABANDONMENT: The Afterlife of Two Distressed Neighborhoods in Detroit

Martin J. Murray, María Arquero de Alarcón, Olaia Chivite Amigo

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70019 (p 5-23)

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SURFACE TENSIONS: Roads, Potholes and the Embodied Politics of Driving in Urban India

Sneha Annavarapu

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70017 (p 24-43)

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THE CONSTRUCTION STATE UNBOUND? Struggles over the Seoul Metropolitan Region’s Greenbelt in an Era of Planetary Urbanization

Laam Hae, Jamie Doucette

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70018 (p 44-62)

HOW NON-RESIDENTS DERAIL DEFENSIVE DEVELOPMENT: The Magnet School and Failed Wawa Gas Station in Coral Gables, Florida

AARTI MEHTA-KROLL

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70011 (p 63-78)

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SMART CITIES BEYOND METHODOLOGICAL CITYISM: Foregrounding Developmentalism, Scalar Flexing and the Rebranding of the ‘Urban’

Prerona Das, Orlando Woods, Lily Kong

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70012 (p 79-96)

NARRATIVES OF SMART URBANISM: And their Role in the Digitalization of Urban Services in Poland

Mateusz Trochymiak, Anna Domaradzka, Monika Berdys, Celina Strzelecka

Published online on Sep 30th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70015 (p 97-113)

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FORCE AND ASPIRATION: Mobility and Class Formation on the Peripheries of Addis Ababa

Tom Goodfellow, Metadel Sileshi Belihu, Zhengli Huang

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70016 (p 114-132)

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THE POTENTIAL OF ARCHIVES IN INFORMAL PLACEMAKING OF FORMER MENTAL ASYLUMS: Insights from Pionta Commoning Archival Practices Toward a Living Urban Archive

Gozde Yildiz, Francesca Bianchi

Published online on Jan 13th, 2026 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70022 (p 133-151)

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TEMPORARY ARTWASHING AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE: Curating Gentrification through Real Estate Marketing in Berlin

Claudia Seldin

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70021 (p 152-169)

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INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TRANSITIONS: Agglomeration and Gentrification in Urban Industrial Zones

Carl Grodach, Elizabeth Taylor, Joe Hurley, Declan Martin

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70013 (p 170-190)

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CHINA’S LAND FINANCE AS ACTIVE MODE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY: Reality, History and Prospects

Nannan Xu

Published online on Oct 9th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70024 (p 191-220)

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MOTIVATIONS OF CITIZENS AND ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS: Co-Producing Urban Greenspaces in Beijing

Luquan Liang, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han

Published online on Oct 9th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70028 (p 221-239)

PLANET AT THE END OF THE CITY: How Climate Changes the Nature of Urban Theory

Kian Goh

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70010 (p 240-255)

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INFRASTRUCTURAL EXTENSIONS: Rethinking Infrastructure in Urban Studies

Simon Marvin, Colin Mcfarlane, Jonathan Rutherford

Published online on Sep 17th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70023 (p 256-264)

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THE POWER OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT: What Does it Mean to do Critical Urban Scholarship from the South?

María José Álvarez-Rivadulla

Published online on Nov 5th, 2025 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70040 (p 265-170)