City is a journal of provocative, cutting-edge and committed insights into, analysis of, and commentary on the contemporary urban world. We record and analyse ’the city’, cities and their futures, and urbanization from multiple perspectives including: the information and digital revolutions, war and imperialism, neoliberalism and gentrification, environment and sustainability, resistance and social movements, regeneration, resurgence and revanchism, race, class and gender, multi-culturalism and post-colonialism. City combines an analysis of trends, culture, policy and action, and features both historical and theoretical work alongside detailed case studies, policy commentary and open debate.
Besides regular papers and special features, City sections include:
Alternatives showcasing radical, grassroots approaches; Scenes and Sounds featuring literary and ethnographic interpretations; Forum presenting commentary on contemporary policy; Prospects and Retrospects as well as Reviews and Debates.
City is multi-, trans-disciplinary and holistic, drawing on work from academics in geography, the social sciences, the political economy, philosophy, cultural studies, and the humanities, as well as from policy makers, the multitude of actors - including practitioners, activists, organizers, writers, artists, ecologists, planners, and architects - who play key roles in sustaining and constructing cities and urban futures.
" City's success derives from its distinctive mission. What other urban studies journal is able to appeal to researchers, activists and policy makers in equal measure? City has somehow managed to build much needed bridges between these communities. It enables conversations to occur between all those committed to a socially just and ecologically sane vision of city life. If City did not exist, you'd have to invent it."
Professor Noel Castree
Professor of Geography
Department of Geography, University of Manchester, UK
Editor of the journals Antipode and Progress in Human Geography
Chair of the 2008 Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference
" City engages the reader like a heaving metropolis does – through multiple perspectives and sensitivities. The urban arena is a critical lens through which to view contemporary globalizing and localizing trends, and City in its holistic analytical approach is stimulating new theoretical vigor and policy-relevant insights about city culture and meaning."
Scott A. Bollens
Professor of Urbanism
Department of Planning, Policy and Design
University of California, Irvine, USA
Peer review Statement
All papers submitted to
City are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor and Editorial Board, and if found suitable for further consideration, to double-anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
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