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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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AI-Assisted Planning for Sustainable Urbanism: Mapping Urban Livability in a Contemporary American City through Tree Coverage Kunth Shah; Edwin Flores
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-5

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This study explores the integration of artificial intelligence, spatial analysis, and urban design to evaluate and enhance urban livability while addressing socio-economic and environmental vulnerabilities in contemporary cities. Using Austin, Texas, as a case study, the research combines ArcGIS-based spatial analysis with AI-assisted modeling to examine environmental, socio-economic, and infrastructural datasets, with urban tree canopy coverage serving as a key indicator of neighborhood health and equity. A hexagonal tessellation grid is developed to break down census tract data into standardized spatial units. This allows vulnerability scores to be calculated and correlated with tree coverage. Machine-learning techniques, including regression-based predictive modeling, are applied to identify patterns of vulnerability and forecast future urban conditions using survey-based and real-time data inputs. The findings demonstrate that an integrated GIS–AI workflow effectively reveals socio-spatial disparities in urban livability, paving the way for sustainable urban design, scientific zoning strategies, and informed form-based coding interventions.
Decoding the Sprawl Paradigm: How New Building Typologies Shape Energy Consumption and Environmental Degradation in Erbil, Iraq Shad Sherzad Jawhar; Sarko Hassan Sleman; Cemil Atakara
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-4

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The city of Erbil, Iraq, has expanded physically far faster than its population since 2003. This sprawl has accompanied an abrupt shift from traditional horizontal typologies — courtyard houses (mal-i hewshidar) and low-rise villas -toward high-rise apartments. A Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis of multi-temporal Land-Use/Land-Cover classifications (2004, 2014, 2024) quantifies the magnitude and rate of urban expansion through Shannon’s entropy: the urban footprint grew from 31.2 km² (23.4%) in 2004 to 88.7 km² (67.3%) in 2024, a 184.6% increase, while landscape entropy declined from 0.855 to 0.766. A household-level Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis of apartment residents formerly living in horizontal dwellings tests a five-construct model: Urban Sprawl Intensity (USI), High-Rise Adoption (HRA), Lifestyle Shift (LS), Energy Consumption (EC), and Environmental Degradation Awareness (EDA). Grounded in social-practice theory, the model indicates that perceived sprawl is strongly associated with high-rise adoption, which predicts lifestyle change, the strongest predictor of household energy use, while higher energy use is associated with greater environmental-degradation awareness. Framed within urban economics, the findings link macro-scale spatial growth to the household energy burden and the broader economic cost of sprawl, informing planning that reconciles metropolitan expansion with the realities of vertical living.
Road Hierarchy Associated Landscape, Urbanization, and Socio-Economic Transformation: Insights from Dhanbad District, India Pathik Ankur; Amit Chatterjee
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-7

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Road transport facilities stimulate regional development by influencing land-use change, accessibility, and socio-economic transformations. However, the extent to which road hierarchy alone drives regional transformation remains unclear, particularly in resource-dependent regions. The study examines the association between road hierarchy and development along the road corridors in the Dhanbad district. Dhanbad, despite being resource-rich, is counted among India's backward districts, so this study will provide an insightful look at how the roads incorporate various development aspects as they traverse the district. This study uses multi-temporal land-use/land-cover data, landscape metrics, and village-level census data to assess changes along national highways, state highways, and major district roads. To evaluate corridor-specific development outcomes, a Comparative Corridor Development Index (CCDI) has been developed. The outcome reveals considerable inter-corridor variations. Corridors stretching across the mining and urban-industrial areas of the district recorded the highest development scores (NH218: 5.88 and NH18: 4.99), while NH419 and the state highway exhibited comparatively limited transformation, with CCDI values of 0.81 and 0.98, respectively. Additionally, the study observed strong positive associations between urbanization, landscape consolidation, and socio-economic development. The study presents a corridor-based framework for analyzing transportation-led regional development, providing valuable insights for balanced infrastructure planning in resource-abundant regions.
The Socio-Economic Value of Urban Green Infrastructure: Statistical Equations for Assessing Perceived Urban Economic Growth Shad Sherzad Jawhar; Nawaz Nadhim Omar; Federico Luis del Blanco García
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-11

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Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, are converting green land into built land, and the valuation methods that would say what is lost presume property markets and environmental accounts that neither city keeps. This study measures the socio-economic value that residents and businesses attribute to urban green infrastructure and links it, through three equations, to their perception of the city’s economic growth. Three quantities are kept apart: perceived contribution, stated willingness to pay, and actual growth, which the design does not observe. A dual-frame survey of 1,593 residents and businesses supplies a composite structural model in which green endowment is associated with five value channels, and the channels with perceived growth, measured by the one item that does not name greenery. The model explained 43% of that item’s variance; wellbeing and productivity carried the largest coefficient (β = 0.231). A model-weighted indicator stood at 58.4–60.6 across the four groups and anchors, through stated willingness to pay, to 6,975–7,145 dinars per household monthly, a stated rather than a revealed amount. Measurement was invariant across three language versions. The chain is offered as a proposition for testing in other data-scarce cities rather than as a transferable property.
Urban Employment Growth and the Housing Price-Productivity Gap: Evidence from 35 OECD Functional Urban Areas Kamyar Fuladlu; Hasim Altan
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-8

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Urban economic growth can enhance productivity and employment while intensifying pressure on housing markets, raising questions about whether housing-price appreciation remains proportionate to improvements in metropolitan economic performance. This study examines the relationships among employment, labour productivity, and house-price indices using an unbalanced panel of 600 city-year observations for 35 OECD functional urban areas in 11 countries between 2000 and 2023. A house-price-productivity gap is constructed from rebased house-price and labour-productivity indices to identify periods in which housing-price growth outpaces productivity growth. Two-way fixed-effects models, first-difference estimation, and sensitivity analyses examine within-city co-movement while accounting for persistent metropolitan characteristics and common temporal shocks. Annual house-price growth is positively associated with contemporaneous employment and productivity growth. In the levels specification, a 10% increase in employment is associated with 3.2% higher labour productivity and a 0.132-log-point increase in the house-price-productivity gap, equivalent to a 14.1% increase in the index ratio. The gap coefficient is an accounting implication of the productivity and house-price equations rather than an independent causal effect. Results remain positive across samples, denominators, and fixed-effects specifications, although their magnitudes vary substantially. The findings demonstrate that urban economic expansion and housing-market appreciation frequently move together but do not necessarily proceed at comparable rates. The price-productivity gap therefore provides a transparent diagnostic indicator of metropolitan divergence rather than a measure of housing affordability or welfare. Its application can identify urban areas where employment growth, productivity performance, and housing-market change warrant detailed investigation of housing supply, land-use conditions, household incomes, and distributional outcomes.
Quantifying the Sustainable Urban Economy Through Integrated Metrics, Models, and Sensitivity Analysis Seyed Alireza Athari; Nehme Azoury; Dervis Kirikkaleli
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
Publisher : Alanya Üniversitesi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25034/ijcua.2026.v10n2-1

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Urban sustainability assessment requires metrics that jointly represent ecological limits, economic performance, and distributive equity. This structured, “method-centered” review evaluates eight established quantitative approaches, including ecological footprint, composite sustainability indices, location quotient, green GDP, data envelopment analysis, Shannon diversity, Gini inequality, and net present value and then develops a Sustainable Urban Economy Integrated Index (SUEI). Twenty-five verified peer-reviewed studies published from 2021 to 2026, together with foundational sources, were coded by method, scale, dimension, data requirements, and analytical contribution. An author-developed capability rubric compares the methods across eight criteria, and four fully disclosed weighting scenarios test rank sensitivity. Because the rubric records author appraisals of analytical capability rather than observed city outcomes, all derived statistics are interpreted descriptively. Composite indices and Gini assessment tie for the highest equal-weight capability mean (4.13/5), yet method rankings vary materially across normative priorities (tie-corrected Kendall’s W = 0.525). The revised SUEI uses directionally consistent, benchmark-based normalization, separate ecological, economic, and social subindices, geometric aggregation, and explicit safeguards against indicator duplication. Illustrative cases from Freiburg, Curitiba, Singapore, and Copenhagen clarify scale and interpretation without being treated as comparable empirical observations; their analytical units differ by roughly three orders of magnitude, which is itself evidence of why boundary choice governs interpretation. The synthesis shows that no single method is sufficient: credible assessment requires triangulating physical pressure, efficiency or productivity, equity, and, where relevant, investment evidence. The framework provides a transparent basis for future harmonized city-panel applications, sensitivity testing, and spatial validation.

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