“We have to call off this capitalist urbanization dynamic” – An Interview with David Harvey
What we’ve got right now are some of these totally absurd forms of urbanization, for example in states like Dubai…the only thing that has kept global capitalism alive over the … Continue reading
Without Architects, Smart Cities Just Aren’t Smart
Arguably the biggest buzzword in urbanism right now is the ‘Smart City’. The idea, although certainly inclusive of eco-friendly practices, has even replaced “sustainability” as the major intent of cities … Continue reading
Cities, Violence and Order
A series of blogs that explores what the challenges of security provision in cities might look like in 2040; and how development policy and practice might preemptively respond to these challenges … Continue reading
Can Urban Planning Solve the Health Problems That Poverty Causes?
Stanford physician and public health researcher Rita Hamad is researching how to improve health and reduce poverty worldwide. Based on her previous research on microfinance in Peru and South Africa, … Continue reading
University and community-led regeneration- Five case studies
UCL Urban Laboratory has recently launched five case studies in university and community-led urban regeneration, which explore the role of universities as actors in urban renewal processes, and the potential … Continue reading
What might Slum Dwellers want from the SDGs?
This blog is drawn from an interview with Jockin Arputham who founded the first national slum dweller federation in India in 1976 and went on to ally this with Mahila Milan, … Continue reading
Cities respond: Testing the urban SDG indicators
With the Sustainable Development Goals now finalized, all eyes turn to the critical task of defining how to track progress on these global aims. How are local authorities responding to … Continue reading
Global Education for Urban Futures
Urban Pamphleteer #5 contents Urban governance as a pedagogic tool in the Asian context Towards a reflexive critical urban pedagogy Getting the education for the city we want Finding ‘community’, … Continue reading
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