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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…
Orashida Nakanwagi, Amin Tamale Kiggundu
There is a close relationship between walkability and liveability in growing cities such as Jinja. As a key mode of transport in towns and cities, walking has economic, social and environmental benefits. This paper assessed walkability conditions and pedestri…
Wilson Kayom, Brendah Nagula, Samuel Nyende
An innovative and smart city development paradigm is vital in dealing with the impacts of unprecedented urbanisation that most nations, especially developing countries, including Uganda, are experiencing. This paper explores the role and contribution of publi…
Amadu Jacky Kaba, 1 1
This paper examines the migration of Black people to temperate regions across Africa. The paper finds that there are two major migrations of Black people in the past decade. The first is the migration of people across various countries and regions in Africa.…
Emmanuel Chrisant, Jumanne Daudi Kalwani, Reguli Baltazar Mushy
Proper industrial locations form the basis for industrial sustainability and development in urban areas. Numerous factors, specifically to a particular urban region, continue to determine the establishment and location of industrial amenities in urban areas d…
Benard Acellam
Secondary cities in Uganda are experiencing both rapid urbanization and urban population growth with associated negative externalities key among which is the urban transport challenge. The rapid increase in levels of motorization in the form of private cars a…
Raphael Mirera Binyanya, Njuguna Bernard Mugwima, Beatrice Kirongon, Dennis Karanja, Stella Mbiti
Urban forests face numerous threats and competing needs in the ever-expanding urban landscapes despite their benefits to urban environments. They therefore need protection through sustainable conservation which is guided by the attitudes of urban residents. T…
Robert L. Boyd
This article examines how Drake and Cayton’s pathbreaking study of Chicago’s early twentieth-century Black community—published 80 years ago as the book, Black Metropolis —continues to guide scholarship on race and cities. The article extends the idea, origina…
Matthew Bingham, Jason Kinnell, Darrick Hamilton
This manuscript presents a comprehensive and flexible approach for quantitatively evaluating environmental justice in the provision of spatially distributed public goods. The approach is used to assess baseline spatial aspects of environmental justice in Huds…
Kemuma Ondieki, Mugwima Njuguna, Abiero Gariy
Existing frameworks in Kenya recognize road aesthetics as crucial for transportation but lack clarity on the applicable criteria for assessing road environments. Current techniques, such as planting trees and grass, only indicate road attractiveness through g…
Amadu Jacky Kaba, 1 1
This study examines the prevalence of temperate climates in capital cities/regions across Africa. Sixteen (27.6%) of the 58 capital cities/regions in Africa have elevation levels of 1000 meters or higher, ranging from 1011 meters to 2405 meters. Of 40 capital…
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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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