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By Van Hoang, University of Amsterdam Architecting the socio-spatial conditions for belonging in rapidly changing urban districts is as vital as roads, schools, and water lines. Hanoi’s West Lake – simultaneously a refuge for youth culture and a cosmopolitan “expat enclave” – concentrates these pressures. For local youth of Hanoi, the lake’s perimeter paths, informal...

By Ricard Zapata-Barrero, GRITIM, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona A re-examination of the local turn literature (Zapata-Barrero et al., 2017), with a focus on the normative assumptions that has helped to articulate the debates, may necessitate a re-set of the local turn so as to broaden the scope of cities. This would include, but not be...

By Joshua Soriano Fernández, Master’s Student in Democracies, Nationalism, Federalism, and Multiculturalism, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain IntroductionMigration governance in cities presents a significant challenge. National policies often fail to address thespecific needs of urban migrant populations, forcing local governments to navigate the complexities ofmigration without formal mechanisms in place. In response, many cities rely...