 The journal covers the interface of global and local issues, locally embedded social interaction and community life, urban culture and the meaning of place, and sociological approaches to urban political economy, as well as urban spatial arrangements, social impacts of local natural and built environments, urban and rural inequalities, virtual communities, and other topics germane to urban life and communities that will advance general sociological theory.The editor-in-chief is Deirdre Oakley (Georgia State University).According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.087.