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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…
David J. Edelman
This article brings the contemporary thinking and practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution of current environmental problems in Bangkok, Thailand. With a fast-growing population of 17 million, Bangkok is the political, economic and com…
Yu Dong, Yan Jiang, Dongji Quan, Haixia Zhu
Due to the large scale and the complex cultural structure, the Great Site can be easily affected during the process of city development, which leads to an imbalance and inequality trend from the regional perspective. Based on the research about conservation a…
Shahab Fazal, Salma Sultana
The COVID-19 pandemic has created worldwide devastation in every sphere of human life. It has led to the economy slowing down and has aggravated life, health, and livelihood vulnerabilities. It spreads across the globe, penetrating indiscriminately through th…
Bo Pu, Yanjun Qiu, Zhiwei Tang
New pattern urbanization, which is explored and developed in China for improving urban resilience and reducing urban vulnerability. Urban resilience is a comprehensive ability of a city for dealing with the uncertainty risk disasters through a combination of…
Jean Marie Vianney Ntamwiza, Fabien Masengesho
This study investigates the determinant of economic growth in Rwanda, using time series data for the period 1990-2017. These data have been analy z ed and interpreted using statistical, analytical, synthetic methods as well as an econometrical approach. The e…
Peter Newman, Karlson Hargroves, Cheryl Desha, Parisa Izadpanahi
As city leaders contemplate the post-COVID-19 urban regeneration, Parisian Boulevards from the 17 th Century provide inspiration, from their combina tion of mobility with pedestrian, nature and place-based qualities. This paper proposes a new concept called “…
Francesco Zullo, Cristina Montaldi, Bernardino Romano
Soil and its associated ecosystem services are indispensable resource s for human survival on the planet. Current models of economic and social develop ment exert unprecedented pressures and demands on the land, creating an unsustainable imbalance. The object…
Yichen Feng, Yiyang Li
With the acceleration of urbanization, major cities are facing two problems , housing shortage and high housing prices. In particular, it is difficult for low-income groups to obtain affordable housing, which has become an obstacle to urban development. The c…
Kasra Karimi, Ardeshir Faghri
Roadside litter is a growing problem in many countries around the world including the United States. More people, more vehicles, and more products are factors that have aggravated the problem over the years. Additionally, the global pandemic due to COVID-19 h…
Janes Ouma Odongo, Donghui Ma
The physical urban terrain across cities continually evolves through insights, consultations, deliberate redesigning or random acts by community members and natural forces that reshape the urbanscapes and how urban spaces are used. These built urban environme…
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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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