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Current Urban Studies (CUS) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of urban studies. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas…
Twianie Roberts
The United States has a well-documented teacher shortage crisis. Areas such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) continue to experience shortages. Since teachers have the greatest impact on student achievement, the lack of highly qualifi…
Shataparna Das, Subrata Das
Urban ponds are one of the essential natural elements that have supported urban communities with ecological benefits as well as sociocultural and economic activities throughout the ages. These ponds are presently facing existential threats due to increased ur…
Ardeshir Faghri, Hunter Withers
The main purpose of this article is to explore the different challenges that planners, engineers and policy makers face in quantifying transportation equity for design and implementation purposes. The first section—quantifying equity is a critical review of t…
Ardeshir Faghri, Patrick Boyle, Danielle Lee
The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the literature regarding the current state of knowledge and practice regarding social equity and environment in the realm of urban transportation. Consisting of two sections, section 1—Transportation an…
Jane J. Mbilinyi, Abiud L. Kaswamila, Emiliana A. Assenga
A linkage between land regularization and access to credit has been a policy priority in developing countries including Tanzania. However, formal credit markets in these countries are underdeveloped and expectations that land titling through land regularizati…
Dickson B. Pori, Proches Hieronimo, Boniface Hussein Massawe
Sustainable land use planning is the one that takes into consideration land suitability among other land properties. Sustainable planning is crucial for sustainable land and natural resources management. In Tanzania , conventional urban land planning has been…
Sadek Saad
Top-down or authoritarian urban interventions, in Cairo mushroomed in 2018; flyovers, transforming the streets into express and arterial roads cutting through residential areas. Furthermore, they were carried out in the name of “development”; however, their l…
Dickson B. Pori, Proches Msigula, Hussein Boniface Massawe
In Tanzania, land use and planning are under the land authority. They are responsible for ensuring sustainable land use and management in urban and rural areas. Nevertheless, lack of adherence to the soil to detailed soil properties and land use constraints b…
Abodou Athanase Adomon
Between 2000 and 2011, the military-political and civil crises undermined the implementation of various local development projects in C?te d ’ Ivoire. After crises, funding difficulties became even more acute. Decentralized communities, which have already bee…
Hee Sun (Sunny) Choi, Xinyi Yang
As smartphones become an essential and ubiquitous appendage for most city dwellers, a reliance on digital mapping and navigation systems as a means to navigate the city is increasing. Taking as its star t ing point, this paper represents the way in which this…
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Current Urban Studies (CUS) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement in the study of urban studies. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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