The Architecture of ‘Passive Revolution’: Society, State and Space in Modern Mexico
This article analyses the political economy of Henri Lefebvre’s concept of ‘state space’ with specific attention directed towards the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, completed in 1938. The … Continue reading
The informal city and rights in South East Asian Cities
David Sweeting – Using intersecting ideas between informality developed by Ananya Roy; the state of exception by Giorgio Agamben; theories on rights to the city by David Harvey and Henri … Continue reading
East Asia and Pacific Cities : Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor
Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to … Continue reading
Urban Design in the Global South: Ontological Design in Practice
Paul James – Urban design tends to remake nature with the modern neatness and cultural flatness of a computer-generated verge pattern. However sensitive to cultural difference, various individual designers may be, … Continue reading
A tale of three cities, or: The smart city as will and category error
Adam Greenfield – By leveraging the decentralizing tendencies that appear to be implicit in our networked technologies, and the configurations of power they in principle give rise to, we can … Continue reading
Five ways urban design can spur inclusive growth
Every week, 1.5million people move to the city. By 2030, some 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Yet while cities drive economic development, generating about 85% … Continue reading
Confined Informality: Global Margins, Statecraft, and Urban Life
Special informality issue – International Sociology – Free download until 30th July 2017 Articles: Formalization as confinement in colonial Hong Kong – Alan Smart, Josephine Smart Moving on, finding shelter: … Continue reading
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