Publications

The co-creation approach of Mistra Urban Futures forms the basis for the publications of the Centre, with academic as well as practitioner- and policy-oriented reports, papers, and briefs.

Croese, S., & Duminy, J. (2022). Co-producing urban expertise for SDG localization: the history and practices of urban knowledge production in South Africa. Urban Geography, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2079868
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Croese, S., Oloko, M., Simon, D., & Valencia, S. C. (2021). Bringing the Global to the Local: the challenges of multi-level governance for global policy implementation in Africa. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 13(3), 435–447. doi:10.1080/19463138.2021.1958335
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, Kisumu, GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Smit, W., Simon, D., Durakovic, E., Dymitrow, M., Haysom, G., Hemström, K & Riise, J. (2021) The challenge of conflicting rationalities about urban development: experiences from Mistra Urban Futures' transdisciplinary urban research. Trialog 137 Vol 2/2019, March 2021.
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Simon, D., Arano, A., Cammisa, M., Perry, B., Pettersson, S., Riise, J., … Smit, W. (2021). Cities coping with COVID-19. City, 1–42. doi:10.1080/13604813.2021.1894012
Platform: GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Simon, D., Vora, Y., Sharma, T., & Smit, W. (2021). Responding to Climate Change in Small and Intermediate Cities: Comparative Policy Perspectives from India and South Africa. Sustainability, 13(4), 2382. doi:10.3390/su13042382
Platform: Cape Town, Global, Shimla Type: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Cirolia, L. R. (2020). Contested fiscal geographies: Urban authority, everyday practice, and emerging state-finance relations. Geoforum, 117, 33–41. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.09.002
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Cirolia, L. R. (2020). Fractured fiscal authority and fragmented infrastructures: Financing sustainable urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Habitat International, 104, 102233. doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2020.102233
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Culwick, C., Washbourne, C.-L., Anderson, P. M. L., Cartwright, A., Patel, Z., & Smit, W. (2019). CityLab reflections and evolutions: nurturing knowledge and learning for urban sustainability through co-production experimentation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 39, 9–16. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2019.05.008
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Simpson, N. P., Simpson, K. J., Shearing, C. D., & Cirolia, L. R. (2019). Municipal finance and resilience lessons for urban infrastructure management: a case study from the Cape Town drought. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 1–20. doi:10.1080/19463138.2019.1642203
Platform: Cape TownType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year:
Haysom, G., Olsson, E. G. A., Dymitrow, M., Opiyo, P., Taylor Buck, N., Oloko, M., … Agong, S. G. (2019). Food Systems Sustainability: An Examination of Different Viewpoints on Food System Change. Sustainability, 11(12), 3337. doi:10.3390/su11123337
Platform: Gothenburg, Cape Town, Sheffield-Manchester, Kisumu, GlobalType: Scientific article (peer-reviewed)Published year: