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Urban Studies

From urban ethnography and city leadership to sustainable cities and urban development, UCL Press has a wide range of open access books on topics of interest to scholars in urban studies. Readers might also be interested in exploring Architecture_MPS, a fully peer-reviewed, open access journal that addresses the growing interest in the social and political interpretation of the built environment, from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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Local Officials and the Struggle to Transform Cities

Claire Bénit-Gbaffou,

27 February 2024

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‘Am I Less British?’

Doğuş Şimşek,

08 February 2024

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The Hipster Economy

Alessandro Gerosa,

23 January 2024

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Fake Gods and False History

Jonathan Galton,

23 November 2023

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Engaged Urban Pedagogy

Lucy Natarajan, Michael Short,

06 July 2023

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Everyday Streets

Agustina Martire, Birgit Hausleitner, Jane Clossick,

25 May 2023

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Co-designing Infrastructures

Sarah Bell, Charlotte Johnson, Kat Austen, Gemma Moore, Tse-Hui Teh,

27 April 2023

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Urban Design Governance

Matthew Carmona, João Bento, Tommaso Gabrieli,

17 April 2023

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Creating Chinese Urbanism

Fulong Wu,

27 October 2022

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Co-curating the City

Clare Melhuish, Henric Benesch, Dean Sully, Ingrid Martins Holmberg,

24 May 2022

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