In this paper, we reflect on the threads that connect and distinguish our collected essays on cities and crisis. We pull out four themes for further consideration: the (urban) crisis of knowledge; the global/local dimensions of crisis; temporalities; and the connections between democracy and urban crisis. These reflections constitute an invitation for further conversations, both within the pages of the journal and beyond.
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