This journal examines urban transformations, social inequalities, and resistance movements within cities globally. It explores how urban development, gentrification, and economic shifts impact communities, leading to issues of displacement, racial inequality, and contested urban spaces. The journal also investigates grassroots activism, artistic interventions, and community organizing as forms of resistance and claims to territory and belonging.
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Publication & Citation Trend
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
Urban StudiesQ2
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ3
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Anthropology
Scopus Categories
Urban StudiesGeography, Planning and Development
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Urban Planning and GovernanceSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical StudiesUrban and Rural Development ChallengesAnthropological Studies and InsightsMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy