%V 43
%A Alan Latham
%A Jack Layton
%J Urban Geography
%O © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
%D 2022
%N 5
%T Social infrastructure: why it matters and how urban geographers might study it
%L discovery10151886
%P 659-668
%K Social infrastructure, infrastructure, urban geography, public space, sociality, public space
%I ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
%X Social infrastructure is an emerging research frontier in urban geography and urban studies. This editorial introduction provides a concise introduction to the term. It briefly sets out the intellectual provenance of the concept of social infrastructure, examining the different ways social infrastructure is being used across urban geography.