Data and Citizen Engagement – Disentangling the Relationship
Tiago Peixoto – As more and more players engage in participatory initiatives, there is a significant amount of citizen-generated data being collected, which is important on its own. However, in … Continue reading
The Uncertain Relationship between Open Data and Accountability
Tiago Peixoto – Open government data, often equated with transparency by its advocates, emerges as the new low-hanging fruit of good governance.In the absence of a free press, open data … Continue reading
Urban Poverty in India and Post-MDG Framework
In spite of rapid economic growth over the last decade, India’s urban areas show high levels of inequality, with many social groups being left behind in most of the areas … Continue reading
On Why Struggles over Urban Space Matter: An Interview with David Harvey
Why do urban struggles matter in projects of social change? What is the importance of reclaiming public space in social movements? And at this gloomy global moment of extreme urban … Continue reading
Corporate colonisation of new India
Graham Peebles – Twenty years of corporate colonisation of the Indian countryside has fuelled conflict, forced-urbanisation and the breakdown of the democratic ideal. The fight for land is occurring in many … Continue reading
Urban Green Infrastructure
Jonathan Wentworth – Urban green infrastructure is a network of green spaces, water and other natural features within urban areas. A green infrastructure approach uses natural processes to deliver multiple … Continue reading
Violence and displacement in suburban Dhaka
Shahadat Hossain – A combination of violent rural and urban displacement have produced rings of poverty and exploitation on the outskirts of Dhaka, one of the world’s fastest growing cities.Most … Continue reading
Violence and the city in ‘fragile states’
Thomas Goodfellow et al – Actively increasing urban citizens’ capacity to make collective demands in ways that are non-violent – rather than denying them political agency by hoping either that … Continue reading
