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  • 10. Walking the city with... Creighton Connolly and landscapes
    Relentless urbanization, paradoxes, and putting nature first

     

    Show notes for Episode 10 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/10-walking-the-city-with-creighton-connolly-and-landscapes/ 

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Creighton’s work in Urban Studies:

    Connolly, C., & Kythreotis, A. (2024). Building back better through urban blue and green space? A critical review of post-pandemic urban planning and climate governance. Urban Studies, online first, at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251332518

    Connolly, C., Keil, R., & Ali, S. H. (2021). Extended urbanisation and the spatialities of infectious disease: Demographic change, infrastructure and governance. Urban studies, 58(2), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020910873

    Connolly, C. (2020). From resilience to multi-species flourishing:(Re) imagining urban-environmental governance in Penang, Malaysia. Urban Studies, 57(7), 1485-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018807573

     

    Credits

     

    EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Hong Kong park aviary birds.wav by nikivanmechelen1

    Nature, Cicadas, Night, Forest, Rainforest, Jungle, Malaysia, Penang, Zoom F8n, DPA 4060 by FreeToUseSounds

    LS_34262-2_HK_CityWalk.mp3 by kevp888

    LS_34251_HK_MaOnShanPark.wav by kevp888

     

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    29 min
  • 9. Walking the city with... Catalina Ortiz and storytelling
    Latin American cities, storytelling and serendipity

     

    Show notes for Episode 9 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/9-walking-the-city-with-catalina-ortiz-and-storytelling/

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Catalina’s work in Urban Studies through her edited virtual special issue and call for thinking through methods:

    Latin American Cities - Urban Studies Virtual Special Issue

    Ortiz, C. (2024). Writing the Latin American city: Trajectories of urban scholarship. Urban Studies, 61(3), 399-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231184037

     

    Credits

     

    EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Colombian_Main_Square_Paisa_Town_Quad.wav by USBMED_Ambiences_Sound_Library 

     

    Want to see where Caitlin and Catalina walked? Check out the map in our show notes.

     

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    33 min
  • 8. Walking the city with... Jon Silver and urban corridors
    Corridors, inscriptions, and urban studies careers

     

    Show notes for Episode 8 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/8-walking-the-city-with-jon-silver-and-urban-corridors/

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Jon’s work in Urban Studies:

    Silver, J., & Marvin, S. (2017). Powering sub-Saharan Africa’s urban revolution: An energy transitions approach. Urban Studies, 54(4), 847-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016668105

    Tassadiq, F., Silver, J., Kallianos, Y., & Guma, P. K. (2025). The unending corridor: Critical approaches to the politics, logics and socio-technics of urban corridorisation. Urban Studies, 00420980241301641. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241301641

    Lawhon, M., Nilsson, D., Silver, J., Ernstson, H., & Lwasa, S. (2018). Thinking through heterogeneous infrastructure configurations. Urban Studies, 55(4), 720-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017720149

     

    Credits

     

    EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman 

    Albatross by Corals 

    sipi falls morning by NinadeVroome

    Ndere by NinadeVroome

    14.12.2011.001.wav by deathicated

     

    Want to see where Caitlin and Jon walked? Check out the map in our show notes.

     

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    42 min
  • 7. Walking the city with... Jenny Robinson and elsewhere
    Comparisons, collaborations and elsewheres

     

    Show notes for Episode 7 are available: https://www.urbanstudiesjournal.com/podcast/7-walking-the-city-with-jenny-robinson-and-elsewhere/

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Jenny’s work in Urban Studies:

    Robinson, J. (2022). Introduction: Generating concepts of ‘the urban’ through comparative practice. Urban Studies, 59(8), 1521-1535. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221092561

    Robinson, J., Wu, F., Harrison, P., Wang, Z., Todes, A., Dittgen, R., & Attuyer, K. (2022). Beyond variegation: The territorialisation of states, communities and developers in large-scale developments in Johannesburg, Shanghai and London. Urban Studies, 59(8), 1715-1740. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980211064159

    Robinson, J., Harrison, P., Croese, S., Sheburah Essien, R., Kombe, W., Lane, M., & Yang, Y. (2025). Reframing urban development politics: Transcalarity in sovereign, developmental and private circuits. Urban Studies, 62(1), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241284763

     

    Credits

     

    EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Durban City Streets by Keemosteve

    Midnight Ambiance in KwaZulu-Natal (Recorded with Zoom H6) by DonnyDB

    South Africa by Jeff Kaale 

    Music from #Uppbeat

     

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    38 min
  • 6. Walking the city with… Sergio Montero and urban solutions
    Solutions, mobility and getting on the road

    Show notes for Episode 6 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Sergio’s work in Urban Studies:

    Montero S and Baiocchi G (2022) A posteriori comparisons, repeated instances and urban policy mobilities: What ‘best practices’ leave behind. Urban Studies 59(8): 1536-1555.

    Montero S (2020) Leveraging Bogotá: Sustainable development, global philanthropy and the rise of urban solutionism. Urban Studies 57(11): 2263-2281.

     

    Credits

    Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    05969 common bicycle bell by Robinhood76

    STE-160 by sergiogranadamoreno

    Bogota Demonstration by TheTunk

    Casuarinas by Dan Barracuda

     

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    34 min
  • 5. Walking the city with… Zara Shabrina & Mike Batty and urban science
    Platform economy, talking to machines, the misuse of an app, and buffalo wings

    Show notes for Episode 5 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Zara and Mike’s work in Urban Studies: 

    Shabrina Z, Arcaute E and Batty M (2022) Airbnb and its potential impact on the London housing market. Urban Studies 59(1): 197-221.

    Cottineau C, Batty M, Benenson I, Delloye J, Hatna E, Pumain D, Sarkar S, Tannier C and Ubarevičienė R (2024) The role of analytical models and their circulation in urban studies and policy. Urban Studies. Epub ahead of print 16 April 2024. DOI: 10.1177/00420980241237410.

    Zhong C, Schläpfer M, Müller Arisona S, Batty M, Ratti C and Schmitt G (2017) Revealing centrality in the spatial structure of cities from human activity patterns. Urban Studies 54(2): 437-455.

    Batty M and Milton R (2021) A new framework for very large-scale urban modelling. Urban Studies 58(15): 3071-3094.

     

    Credits

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    05969 common bicycle bell by Robinhood76

    carrying case of beers by Tiisetso190171

    Jogja Campursari Music - Java by RTB45

    jalan_cikini_edit by maarten_wez

    Billy on the Hill by Ben McElroy

     

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    45 min
  • 4. Walking the city with… Shenjing He and Chinese urbanism
    The urbanisation of China, and speculative enterprise of city villagers

    Show notes for Episode 4 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Shenjing’s work in Urban Studies:

    He S and Qian J (2017) From an emerging market to a multifaceted urban society: Urban China studies. Urban Studies 54(4): 827-846.

    He S (2015) Consuming urban living in ‘villages in the city’: Studentification in Guangzhou, China. Urban Studies 52(15): 2849-2873.

    He S and Lin GC (2015) Producing and consuming China’s new urban space: State, market and society. Urban Studies 52(15): 2757-2773.

    He S and Cai R (2023) Negotiating the exclusive right to public schools in China’s education-featured gated communities under multiscalar and multidirectional urban entrepreneurialism. Urban Studies. Epub ahead of print 10 November 2023. DOI: 10.1177/00420980231204714.

     

    Credits

    Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Hall Station Nanjingnan 1 by lulocasero

    BR_007-3_China_strings by kevp888

    City Park - All sounds of the park by dibko

     

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    26 min
  • 3. Walking the city with… Dallas Rogers and spooky urbanism
    Spooky concepts, sounds, global real estate circuits and a quietness with an edge

    Show notes for Episode 3 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Dallas’ work in Urban Studies:

    Gibson C, Legacy C and Rogers D (2023) Deal-making, elite networks and public–private hybridisation: More-than-neoliberal urban governance. Urban Studies 60(1): 183-199.

    Shrestha P, Young A, Morton A, Shafique T, Rogers D and Simone A (2023) Book review forum podcast: The Surrounds. Urban Studies 60(12): 2515–2523.

    Rogers D (2022) Book review: Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban Question. Urban Studies 59(2): 466–468.

     

    Credits

    Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Camden Library ambience by deleted_user_1654820

    Charing Cross Library by deleted_user_1654820

    Library Ambience by Wihan98

    Emotional Piano by tictac9

    Library Foyer Steps by Razzvio

     

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    31 min
  • 2. Walking the city with… Julie Ren and comparisons
    Elsewheres, middles and comparisons

    Show notes for Episode 2 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Julie’s work in Urban Studies: 

    Ren J (2022) A more global urban studies, besides empirical variation. Urban Studies 59(8): 1741-1748.

     

    Credits

    Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    Ambience_Berlin_Balcony by danner

    berlin_car_bell_footsteps by uair01

    Berlin beggars busking by uair01

     

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    27 min
  • 1. Walking the city with… Colin McFarlane and crowds

    Densities and crowds, fragments, and sanitation

    Show notes for Episode 1 are available here.

     

    If you liked our walk, you might want to follow up on Colin’s work in Urban Studies:

    McFarlane C (2023) Critical Commentary: Repopulating density: COVID-19 and the politics of urban value. Urban Studies 60(9): 1548-1569.

    McFarlane C (2012) The entrepreneurial slum: Civil society, mobility and the co-production of urban development. Urban Studies 49(13): 2795-2816.

    McFarlane C (2019) Thinking with and beyond the informal–formal relation in urban thought. Urban Studies 56(3): 620-623.

     

    Credits

    Every Beginning Is Hard 1v46 by Setuniman

    nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman

    St James Park - Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace by Kalou

    Shri-Kumar-Mardu-Mumbai-1 by xserra

    Berlin-Market1.mp3 by Raman Coco

    no woman no cry (busker) by Owdeo 

     

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    35 min

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