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Dr Hanna Ruszczyk's Outputs (4)

Liveability and vitality: an exploration of small cities in Bangladesh (2022)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H. A., Halligey, A., Rahman, M. F., & Ahmed, I. (2023). Liveability and vitality: an exploration of small cities in Bangladesh. Cities, 133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104150

This paper presents a mixed method, participatory exploration of liveability as a stocktaking assessment with projections for urban vitality in cities, particularly in LMIC, small cities. The paper takes as its case study research conducted in 2019 a... Read More about Liveability and vitality: an exploration of small cities in Bangladesh.

'It’s the right thing to do': specificities of the Polish response to the Ukrainian crisis (2022)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H., Kallio, K. P., & Riding, J. (2022). 'It’s the right thing to do': specificities of the Polish response to the Ukrainian crisis. Fennia, 200(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.11143/fennia.125368

Overwhelmingly, the Polish response to the 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has been based on the moral imperative of ‘It is the right thing to do’. Within three months, Poland was hosting 3.3 million Ukrainian refugees. This is equivalen... Read More about 'It’s the right thing to do': specificities of the Polish response to the Ukrainian crisis.

Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies (2022)
Journal Article
Nugraha, E., Wesely, J., Ruszczyk, H. A., de Villiers, I., & Zhao, Y. (2023). Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies. Cities, 133, Article 104044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104044

There is growing scholarly attention to secondary and intermediary cities as their relevance for global urban development is increasingly recognised. We call urban academics, scholars, policymakers and practitioners to situate debates on these cities... Read More about Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies.

Urban health challenges: Lessons from COVID-19 responses (2022)
Journal Article
Ruszczyk, H. A., Castán Broto, V., & McFarlane, C. (2022). Urban health challenges: Lessons from COVID-19 responses. Geoforum, 131, 105-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.03.003

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a re-examination of our societies and in particular urban health. We argue that urban health needs to address three inter-related challenge areas – the unequal impacts of climate change, changing patterns of urbanizat... Read More about Urban health challenges: Lessons from COVID-19 responses.