Can LLMs make urban planning more participatory? New OA research tests their potential to widen public involvement in redevelopment decisions.
Traffic Noise Kills 6,330 Americans a Year; We Stopped Counting in 1982 #UrbanStudies #SocialScience

Traffic Noise Kills 6,330 Americans a Year; We Stopped Counting in 1982 #UrbanStudies #SocialScience
Can LLMs make urban planning more participatory? New OA research tests their potential to widen public involvement in redevelopment decisions.
What should #UrbanStudies focus on over the next decade?
Which themes need more attention? How should the field evolve? What needs to change in how urban research is supported and communicated?
Take our 10-question survey and join the conversation: https://f.mtr.cool/1tc3gu99lk
Urban Governance is now published by Sage in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, connecting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide.
Ready to publish your research?
Submit today: https://ow.ly/cUIT50ZNb5L
Voitures en centre-ville : ce que les données réelles disent sur l'impact pour le commerce ❓ Les commerçants surestiment-ils le nombre de clients venant en voiture ? ❓ D'où vient la majorité de la clientèle des centres-villes ? #citycenter #parkingcosts #urbanstudies
🔔 New #USFBlog post: "Withdrawing from the city: Co-researching social withdrawal in Osaka and Seoul"
Dr Didi Kyoung-Ae Han on a USF Urban Urgencies project in Osaka and Seoul. 🇯🇵🇰🇷
🔗 Read here: zurl.co/k3Fz7
👉 Learn more: zurl.co/yqqSR
#UrbanStudies #UrbanStudiesFoundation #USF #USFUrbanUrgencies
In #Barcelona, delivering #keynote #DigitalMetropolis seminar at @ibei.org @upf.edu
From #UrbanStudies to the #Digital paradigm
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @tandfonline.bsky.social
#OpenAccess @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Is 'spatial capital' still being treated purely as individual privilege?
In irregular settlements, migrant networks build a collective spatial capital, creating alternative planning memories and everyday resilience against inequality.
Our paper in Planning Practice & Research is out! 🗺️🏘️
Prof. Tüzin Baycan & I examine how migrants in Istanbul negotiate spatial capital to navigate urban inequalities.
Spatial capital isn't just location; it's access, networks & social recognition.
Für eine #Repolitisierung des Städtischen: Einblicke in den politischen Charakter der Produktion stadträumlicher Koexistenz.
Zum Buch: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7307-4/
#Raum #UrbanStudies #Stadtplanung #Sozialgeschichte #Raumpolitik #Staedtebau
🏙️ INFRASMART2027 - 2nd International Conference on Civil, Infrastructure and Smart Cities
📍 Zurich, Switzerland · 📅 22 Mar 2027
#UrbanStudies #EventCentral #Conference #Zurich
Our September 2026 newsletter is up! Check out what our #sfuurb students, faculty, and alumni have been up to. Also, learn about the exciting events we have coming up this fall.
tinyurl.com/2xaz6nk2
#urbanstudies @sfufass.bsky.social
Monash University is hiring:
PhD Scholarship - Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE)
More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heatwaves – but they must be planted nearer to homes #UrbanStudies #Architecture
📢 New open access publication by former #USFPostdoctoralResearchFellow Dr Syeda Jenifa Zahan in Antipode.
"The production of carcerality in state-led redevelopment of informal settlements in Delhi, India" 🇮🇳
Based on ethnographic research, it shows how everyday urban struggles challenge isolation and marginalization and reimagine democracy.
Ed. with D della Porta, MB Jørgensen, M Pajnik & S Schilliger. Our 2nd and final ECSEuro book @volkswagenstiftung.de