This study used a mixed-methods approach to map out crime patterns over time in Nottingham. It found that the district of Bestwood, the site of a large governance-type organized crime group, has lower crime rates in certain categories than comparable districts with no such group.

As the world urbanizes, we need better understanding of how urbanization and urban environments affect people cognitively. This study uses human brain activity, assessed using functional magnetic resonance imaging, to predict the number of visits to various locations within Lisbon, Portugal, when exposed to geotagged images from Flickr.

To understand how organizations produce urban integration, that is, connections across lines of difference, Brandtner et al. conducted a survey of 863 civil society organizations in five global cities: San Francisco, Seattle, Shenzhen, Sydney and Vienna. They find that neighborhood income and the share of migrant populations are associated with whether organizational practices aim at connecting people or institutions.

This study looks at policies and programs chronologically in Mexico City in response to COVID-19 at different governance levels. It found that the crisis management programs did not succeed in establishing a multiscalar decision-making process, and proximate scales such as the domestic space or the neighborhood were ignored.

Vast volumes of textile waste are generated by consumers in wealthy cities. Without the knowledge, infrastructure or resources to manage the intensifying material flows of post-consumer textiles locally, textile waste is overwhelmingly exported to the Global South. Vladimirova et al. analyze local ecosystems of actors managing post-consumer textiles in nine Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development cities to understand the power dynamics and systemic lock-ins that are hindering more circular and sufficient use of textile resources and propose policies for municipalities to address this problem.

This study uses a qualitative mixed-methods approach to study how delivery cyclists navigate Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. It identified positive experiences and that these riders face the same concerns as all cyclists with the added challenges of weather and consumer demand.

The popular concept of using technology to improve urban life gained traction over a decade ago. But researchers and practitioners say that the focus has shifted from big cities to small cities that are transforming organizational structures and implementing new technologies.

The beautification of urban facades in China often includes covers for the outdoor units of air conditioners. Although these covers improve cityscapes, they reduce cooling efficiency, increase noise pollution, risk system failures and embody carbon emissions. A call urges rethinking their necessity, and presses for sustainable, efficient design to counteract extreme heat.

Cities support our production and daily life and carry our joys and sorrows. Researcher, resident and traveler Meirong Su expresses her concern about the gradual loss of urban personality during continuous urban construction and proposes that we should care for cities like we care for our children.