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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…
Diane M. Calloway, Ardeshir Faghri
As our transportation networks and infrastructure have become more and more focused on automobiles, we have seen a number of problems, such as traffic congestion, environmental damage, and health concerns. To combat this issue, there is a growing movement tow…
Aabiya N. Baqai, Peter M. Ward, 1 1, 1 1
This paper describes the nature of low-income housing markets for renting and sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews the importanc e of non-owner housing markets associated with early urbanization from the late nineteenth century to the mid-19…
Ahmad Shoaib Jahani
Kabul Region with around 5 million population, which are 60% live in Kabul City 103,049 Ha (MUDH, 2016) , covers around 69% of Informal settlements, which suffer from lack of basic infrastructure, potable water, public spaces, and urban management system (Ami…
Moses Mpogole Kusiluka, Sophia Marcian Kongela
Traditionally, pension funds invest heavily in fixed income securities. More recently, pension funds have also been increasing their exposure to non- conventional asset classes including real estate. Over the last two decades , pension funds in Tanzania have…
Luxi Lu
The price of real estate has been rising in recent years in our country, and th e proportion of the consumption of urban households in housing investment gradually increases in the proportion of disposable income, which has affected the consumption of the urb…
Myint Naing, Vilas Nitivattananon
Along with the transition era, Yangon has been facing rapid urbanization and being challenged by the inevitable urban issues including slum and squatter settlements. Current squatter formation and expansion has been emerging in Yangon with the dichotomy betwe…
Julianne Kinyingi, Njuguna Mugwima, Dennis Karanja
Street walkability is an indication of the suitability of the built environment to walking. Walkability of any street will increase when safe, comfortable and accessible infrastructure is provided for pedestrians. Urban designs influence how an individual per…
Prashant Singh, Md. Ahsanul Islam
The main objective of the paper is to study the land use change in the District 5 of Florida mega region to see how land use is changing from year 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 & 2015. The study aims to look at the land use change from Agriculture open to deve…
Alejandra Reyes, Ariadna Reyes, Caroline Daigle
Followed by two previous conferences 20 and 40 years earlier, the Habitat III conference convened in Quito in 2016 to tackle global urban challenges. With cities experiencing ever-increasing levels of poverty, inequality, and vulnerability to climate change,…
Chunfeng Li, Peng Ju
The paper constructs the recreation spatial equity evaluation system of residents’ experience in central urban region and explores the degree of equity in the Futian District of Shenzhen, which is the case study area. The evaluation system adopts the quantita…
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