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Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Published by Anglo-American Publications LLC
ISSN : 24756156     EISSN : 475616     DOI : -
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The International Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs (IJCUA) is the interdisciplinary academic, refereed journal which publishes two times a year by Anglo-American Publications LLC. IJCUA brings together all the theories, manifestoes and methodologies on contemporary urban spaces to raise the understanding for the future of urban planning. Overall, IJCUA aimed to establish a bridge between theory and practice in the built environment. Thus, it reports on the latest research findings and innovative approaches, methodologies for creating, assessing, and understanding of contemporary built environment
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Development of a Cost-Comfort Optimisation Indicator (CCOI) for Early-Stage Building Envelope Design Evaluation Raja Hari Chandar Thatipally; Virendra Kumar Paul
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n1-8

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Building envelope decisions made during early design stages strongly affect construction expenditure, operational energy demand, and occupant comfort, yet available evaluation tools often treat these criteria separately. This study addresses the lack of a simple cost-sensitive decision-support metric for prioritising envelope alternatives before detailed design. It develops a Cost-Comfort Optimisation Indicator (CCOI) and tests it through DesignBuilder v2025 parametric simulations for a two-storey 750 m² office shoebox model in New Delhi’s composite climate. A one-variable-at-a-time approach assessed four wall assemblies, five glazing types, and eleven window-to-wall ratios from 20% to 70%, using annual comfort hours, cooling energy, and envelope construction cost as inputs. Results show that the super-insulated wall assembly achieved the highest wall-category performance, with 7,677.5 comfort hours, 157,210 kWh cooling energy, INR 3,318,800 envelope cost, and CCOI of 0.864. Double grey argon glazing ranked highest among glazing options, reaching 7,688 comfort hours, 163,942 kWh, and CCOI of 0.856. Most WWR increases above the 30% baseline produced negative CCOI values, indicating inefficient cost-performance trade-offs. The framework supports cost-conscious envelope selection, improves infrastructure efficiency, reduces energy-related operating burdens, and strengthens urban economic resilience through better resource allocation in growing cities.
Wetland Landscape Planning for Socio-Ecological Resilience and Sustainable Tourism: Evidence from Tanguar Haor, Bangladesh Upama Talukder
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n1-10

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Wetland landscapes are exposed to ecological degradation, flood vulnerability, and tourism pressure, yet planning approaches treat conservation, livelihoods, and visitor management as separate concerns. This study addresses this gap by examining how integrated landscape planning can strengthen socio-ecological resilience and sustainable tourism in Tanguar Haor, a Ramsar-designated wetland in northeastern Bangladesh. Using a qualitative mixed method design, the research combined seasonal field investigations after the 2023 flash flood, during the 2024 post-monsoon period, and in winter 2025, with questionnaire responses from 50 residents, interviews, tourism observations, and thematic analysis. The findings show that seasonal inundation, settlement edge erosion, declining native vegetation, unmanaged houseboat tourism, and limited sanitation infrastructure intensify livelihood vulnerability and habitat disturbance. 5,089 hectares, representing 44% of the area, remain under permanent water and support fisheries, biodiversity, and seasonal economic activity. The study proposes an elevation-based landscape framework integrating native vegetation restoration, reed belts, ecological zoning, community stewardship, and regulated tourism infrastructure. These strategies can improve erosion control, public service efficiency, employment opportunities, tourism revenue, resource allocation, and urban regional economic resilience while advancing context-sensitive wetland governance for landscape planning and urban management.
How Rooftop Gardening Strengthens Food Security and Urban Resilience in Post-Pandemic Dhaka Shahriar Iqbal Raj; Tasneem Tarannum Shafi; Md Rifat Mahmud
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n1-12

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Dense South Asian cities experienced severe food insecurity, income loss, and psychological strain during COVID-19, yet household-level evidence on rooftop gardening as crisis adaptation remains limited. This study investigates how the pandemic shaped rooftop gardening adoption and socio-economic resilience in Mohammadpur, Dhaka. A quantitative cross-sectional survey of 150 households compared 90 gardening adopters with 60 non-adopters, using descriptive statistics, t-tests, chi-square tests, and exploratory logistic regression. Findings show that 59.33% of households experienced pandemic-related income loss, while adopters reported higher peak stress than non-adopters but significantly lower current stress. Female respondents were 3.6 times more likely to adopt gardening, and households with full rooftop access were approximately 25 times more likely to garden than those without access. Food worry, gender, peak stress, and rooftop access emerged as key predictors, while 83.33% of respondents remained unaware of government or non-government urban agriculture initiatives. The findings demonstrate that rooftop gardening can reduce household food concerns, support mental wellbeing, strengthen women’s food-related agency, and improve resource efficiency in dense neighbourhoods. By linking community microagriculture with urban economic resilience, the study offers practical guidance for inclusive planning, urban food governance, and sustainable urban management.
Cloud-Resilient Forest Monitoring for Sustainable Urban Land Management: L-Band SAR Assessment of Charcoal-Driven Peri-Urban Woodland Change in Lusaka, Zambia Musoka Nyongolo; Florence Lubinda; Penjani Hopkins Nyimbili; Alick Nguvulu; Anastasia Kilundo; Erastus Mwanaumo
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n1-13

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Rapid urban growth in sub-Saharan Africa is intensifying pressure on forest areas surrounding major cities. In Lusaka, with a metropolitan population of approximately 3.32 million growing at 4.5% annually, peri-urban miombo woodlands supply charcoal and farmland, yet these areas are hardest to monitor during the five-month rainy season when cloud cover exceeds 80% and optical satellite imagery fails. This study examines whether L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar can provide year-round woodland monitoring and whether such a workflow is financially practical for a resource-limited African city. A 17-year ALOS/PALSAR time series (2007–2024) for Lusaka National Park was analysed using QGIS and Python, combining multi-temporal statistics, a GEDI-calibrated Random Forest biomass model (R² = 0.76), and a disturbance indicator. The approach achieved 85.4% classification accuracy and a 31% cost reduction over conventional ground monitoring, demonstrating an operationally feasible, open-source SAR monitoring framework for African urban governance contexts.
Introducing A Novel Compositional Data Analysis Framework for Measuring Land Use Mix in Station Areas Bhagya Kahatagahawatte; Ryoji Matsunaka; Nobuhiro Uno; Tomoki Nishigaki
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n1-b7

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This study presents isometric log-ratio (ILR) balances derived from compositional data analysis (CoDA) as a novel framework for measuring the land-use mix, addressing the category insensitivity of the Shannon entropy index (SEI). Six ILR balances were constructed using a theory-driven Sequential Binary Partition of seven residential and commercial functional uses in station buffers within the Osaka Densely Inhabited Districts in Japan. The findings demonstrated that ILR balances successfully clustered three functionally distinct station-area typologies that align with urban outcomes. Comparative analysis of ILR balances and the Shannon entropy index revealed an inverted U-shaped ILR–SEI relationship, demonstrating that ILRs can distinguish compositionally distinct buffers with identical entropy scores. ILR balances further elucidated the sub-component-level interactions, which are masked by the single index of Shannon entropy. Overall, the findings suggest that ILR balances effectively complement the Shannon entropy index by providing category-sensitive directional measurement of functional mix and hierarchical sub-compositional decomposition, offering a more complete and planning-relevant characterization of functional land-use composition around transit stations.
Urban Accessibility, Housing Prices and Socio-Economic Status: A Spatial Analysis of Istanbul Neighbourhoods Murat Şeker; Arif Saldanlı
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-9

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Multidimensional accessibility shapes both housing markets and the socio-economic composition of neighbourhoods, yet fine-grained evidence from rapidly urbanising contexts remains limited. This study examines how pedestrian accessibility to 88 urban services relates to listed housing prices and socio-economic status across 816 Istanbul neighbourhoods with at least 1,000 residents. Indicators from the municipal 34dakika.istanbul platform, measured as the population share reaching each service within a 17-minute walk, are aggregated into ten equally weighted categories and a Combined Accessibility Index. Least squares residuals display pronounced spatial dependence (Moran's I = 0.340, p = 0.001), so spatial lag and spatial error models are estimated and selected on robust Lagrange multiplier tests and information criteria. In the preferred spatial lag specification, only Transport and Mobility accessibility remains associated with higher prices after Holm correction (β = 0.397, p = 0.001); a 0.10 increase corresponds to a 4.4 per cent direct and a 9.1 per cent total price difference. For socio-economic status, transport (β = 13.35), health (β = 11.74) and economy (β = 11.51) accessibility are positive, whereas basic-needs coverage is negative (β = −20.28). A paired bootstrap shows that economy and basic-needs services are spread more evenly than education, health and transport services.
Floating Urbanism as a Blue Economy Strategy for Coastal Development: Integrating Urban Resilience and Cultural Identity May Khalfan; Zainab Alhalal
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-6

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Coastal development in Bahrain, which aims to achieve both economic and urban growth, is highly dependent on land reclamation. This approach, however, is associated with ecological degradation and increased climatic risks. Floating urbanism has emerged as a paradigm for resilient and adaptive architecture through its ability to respond to the effects of climate change and to address urban growth. Despite its adoption by a range of countries, floating urbanism has not been fully explored in Bahrain and the Gulf countries, specifically, in terms of its environmental, socio-cultural, and economic feasibility. The paper investigates the potential of floating urbanism as a replacement for land reclamation, by exploring its viability through a design-based approach exemplified by a floating museum district proposal and assessed via a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Three development scenarios are examined: 1) reclamation, 2) hybrid, and 3) fully floating, across five dimensions: environmental, technical, socio-cultural, economic, and governance. The floating scenario achieved the highest aggregate score (4.096/5), especially in the environmental and socio-cultural dimensions, although there were challenges related to governance and implementation costs. The study contributes to coastal development and planning strategies by proposing a decision-making framework that integrates environmental, cultural, and economic considerations. It further demonstrates how floating urbanism can contribute to socioeconomic development through cultural tourism, coastal regeneration, and the blue economy.
Station-Area Accessibility and Rail-Property Value Capture for Urban Regeneration in Yangon Zaw Lin Naing; Sukulpat Khumpaisal; Federico Puggioni
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-2

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Urban rail can support local economic development when station areas are accessible, connected and integrated with surrounding land uses. This study examines Ma Hlwa Gone Station on the East Wing of the Yangon Circular Railway as a case of railway-led urban regeneration. It applies an implementation-oriented TOCC framework combining TOD principles, compact urban form, Rail + Property mechanisms and institutional coordination. A mixed-methods approach was used, including GIS catchment analysis, field observation, land-use assessment, nine stakeholder interviews, policy review and STEEP evaluation. The findings show that railway-owned land, an established residential population and active local businesses provide development potential. However, poor walkability, weak YCR-YBS integration, fragmented land use and divided institutional responsibilities constrain value creation. The study argues that R+P should be introduced gradually, following accessibility improvements, clearer land management and inter-agency coordination. The framework offers an exploratory approach for station-area regeneration in Southeast Asian developing cities.
Measuring Transit-Oriented Development Readiness in a Declining Central Business District: A Methodological Framework for the Global South Nawshin Ahmed; SHAHRIAR IQBAL Raj
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-3

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Motijheel, Dhaka's oldest Central Business District (CBD), suffers from spatial deterioration and institutional inertia despite the opening of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 6. While Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) research has proliferated in developed contexts, systematic assessment of TOD readiness in declining Global South CBDs remains limited. Using a mixed-methods design, this study evaluates Motijheel via the "5D" framework and a weighted TOD Readiness Index, interpreted through an integrated framework linking adaptive TOD, 18-hour city theory, and inclusive urbanism. Findings reveal a pronounced "over-dense yet under-diverse" condition: density scored 5/5 (32,729 persons/km², unrestricted FAR), while Design scored only 2.6/5, driven by weak safety (1.47/5) and security (1.39/5). Land-use diversity was moderate (3.4/5; entropy = 0.68), and MRT coverage reached just 20% of destination-accessibility needs. Income disparity in ridership was stark, with only 10% of low-income commuters using MRT versus 30% of middle-income users. A five-part strategic framework is proposed, emphasising mixed-use diversification, pedestrian-first mobility, informal-economy integration, adaptive reuse, and coordinated governance. This study offers the first systematic TOD Readiness Index for Dhaka's inaugural MRT corridor, providing a replicable methodology for Global South urban renewal.
Modelling Social and Environmental Determinants of Urban Housing in Developing Countries: A Delphi Approach Sampa Chisumbe; Clinton Aigbavboa; Wellington Didibhuku Thwala; Anthony Mushinge; Erastus Mwanaumo
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-10

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Urban housing development is an outcome of several predictors ranging from finance, governance, land tenure security, and social and environmental factors, among others. However, despite scholars acknowledging their importance, social and environmental dimensions remain inadequately conceptualised within the housing development agenda from a developing country's perspective, as evidenced by socially and environmentally constrained human settlements. Using Zambia as a case study, this research models social and environmental determinants of urban housing development. Methodologically, a Delphi approach was employed, with data collected over two iterative rounds from a panel of ten experts drawn from the Ministry of Local Government, non-governmental organisations, financial institutions, property developers, housing institutions, and academia. Twelve environmental and thirteen social attributes were evaluated, achieving strong second-round consensus (interquartile deviation ≤ 1) on most items. Findings reveal that promoting culturally reflective designs, linking housing to broader urban fabrics, sustainable policies, and local building materials will yield viable housing solutions for communities. The study recommends mandatory, enforceable eco-friendly and socially adaptive housing regulations, guiding policymakers on prioritising environmental and social attributes to advance climate-responsive, socially cohesive, well-linked human settlements that promote economic inclusion.

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