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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…
Yizhen Zhang, Weidong Cao, Kun Zhang
Regional coordinated development was an important measure to resolve new contradictions in the new era, and it has gradually become a hotspot in geography research. At three time points of 2010, 2013, and 2017, by constructing an evaluation index system for t…
Xinzhi Fei, Bin Mao
Urban small public space is a type of urban public space, which has the characteristics of a large number and wide distribution. In recent years, the urban renewal and transformation work around the improvement of the environmental quality of the city’s small…
David J. Edelman, Diah Setyorini Gunawan
This article brings the contemporary thinking and practice of Urban Environmental Management (UEM) to the solution of current environmental problems in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is both the largest city in Southeast Asia and the heart of the world’s second la…
Emma Ralphs, Sina Shahab, Negar Ahmadpoor
This paper focuses on how the accessibility of small airports affects the regional growth in the UK. Three airports that have less than two million passengers annually, are used for this study: Bournemouth, Cardiff International and London Southend Airport. T…
Jovita N. Nnametu, Fidelis I. Emoh
There has been a serious threat to rental accommodation in the urban areas especially to certain grade of workers in the tertiary institutions, whose income in most cases are based on their salaries. The ever increasing cost of rental accommodation has nevert…
Jean-Claude Bolay, Labattut Eléonore, Ngo Than Loan, Nguyen Hoang My Lan
With nearly 100 million inhabitants, Vietnam is at an historic crossroads of spatial and demographic change that will shape it for the decades to come. The country’s urban population has effectively reached 37%, with an annual growth rate of around 3%. This r…
Hanwen Hu
Residential areas are an important part of the city. The form of the settlement reflects the overall city fabric and the feelings of the living space of the residents. The contemporary European settlements show the characteristics of multiple changes under di…
Mohamed Marou, Said Azelmad, Mohamed Hanzaz, Aissa El Bouzidi
Khenifra is no longer a modest city by its history and nature. The natural and cultural heritage s constitute a special base of growth and prosperity on which territorial development must be founded. However, the abundance and diversity of these existing tour…
Gelareh Sadeghi, Baofeng Li
Urban morphology can be described as methodical analyses of form, shape, map, origin, functions and structure of human-made urban fabric and its process of development over time. According to much research that has been conducted, urban morphology can be cate…
Hande Sanem Çinar, Funda Yirmibeşoğlu
The development of modern society in cities has recently led to rapid urbanization, which has significantly reduced the amount of green spaces (Furness & Greenwood, 1993) . However, large green areas in a city (parks, cemeteries, golf courses, wetlands and fo…
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