Guest Editors: Zachary Neal (Michigan State University) and Ben Derudder (Ghent University)
Research on cities and networks at both the local (e.g. neighborhood social networks) and global (e.g. finance, trade, etc.) scales has expanded dramatically over the past several decades. The earliest waves of empirical research on urban networks were descriptive, while more recent work has sought explanations of the causes and consequences of these networks. However, the implications of urban networks for urban policy has remained relatively unexplored. This special issue brings together ten empirical studies of urban networks, at a range of scales and in a range of contexts, that offer an initial exploration into the intersections of cities, networks, and urban policy.