State Legitimacy: A Political Approach to a Political Problem
State legitimacy underpins power relations. It is an important concept for understanding power and politics, yet research on it has been surprisingly apolitical. Research has focused on measuring legitimacy and … Continue reading
Intelligent Transport Systems need to get wiser … or transport will keep on killing us
Originally posted on The Urban Technologist:
(The 2nd Futurama exhibition at the 1964 New York World’s Fair displayed a vision for the future that in many ways reflected the concrete…
The City of the Global South and its Insurrections: Algiers, Cairo, Gaza, Chandigarh, and Kowloon
This presentation constitutes a rather shallow examination of five cities’ reciprocal influence between their urban fabric and their insurrections and counter-insurrections operations. These criminalizing discourses construct an imaginary of these neighborhoods that … Continue reading
On planning, violations and the limits of informality; an interview with Jayaraj Sundaresan
Originally posted on {FAVEL issues}:
After twenty years working in Indian cities as an architect-planner-researcher, Jayaraj Sundaresan challenged existing urban theory to explain planning violations in Bangalore. When I tell…
Refugee camps are the “cities of tomorrow”
Governments should stop thinking about refugee camps as temporary places, says Kilian Kleinschmidt, one of the world’s leading authorities on humanitarian aid. “These are the cities of tomorrow,” said Kleinschmidt … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Urbanism – Breaking New Ground in Civic Participation
Originally posted on Places.:
by Valentin Schipfer To be honest, I have never parted with Euros for any crowdfunding project until today. I suppose ideas on http://www.kickstarter.com , http://www.indiegogo.com or…
Do cities have the institutional capacity to address climate change?
Originally posted on UGEC Viewpoints:
Patricia Romero Lankao National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA Daniel M. Gnatz Environmental Writer, USA Urban areas are both climate change hotspots and the seedbeds…
Political Settlements and the Politics of Inclusion
At least in the short to medium term, more inclusive political settlements at the elite level are crucial to avoid the recurrence of violent conflict, and to lay the foundations … Continue reading
Principles for Knowledge Management for Development – lessons from innovation
Originally posted on KM on a dollar a day:
This week UNICEF is partnering with the Government of Finland to organize a big innovation shindig – the rather grand sounding…
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