Urban Studies podcast

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
 
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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
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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 
 
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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
 
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EveryBeginningIsHard 1v46 by Setuniman
nothing more 1T37 by Setuniman 
Albatross by Corals 
sipi falls morning by NinadeVroome
Ndere by NinadeVroome
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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
 
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
 
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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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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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