Privately Owned Public Space: The International Perspective
Although local governments around the world are rewarding FAR bonuses to private developers for decades if they in turn agree to produce and maintain publicly usable urban spaces, most research … Continue reading
Head of the Dragon: The Rise of New Shanghai
Daniel Brook – As it did a century ago, the city’s embrace of modernity is breeding groups that will be hard to control. There is only so far the gap … Continue reading
How democracy is forcing itself onto the global urban agenda
If the question of identity has emerged so strongly in urban planning this year, it is because it reflects the need for a major overhaul of how the wider public … Continue reading
Planning, Connecting, and Financing Cities–Now : Priorities for City Leaders
This book distils lessons learned into a practical framework for sustainable urbanization, which is organized around the three policy pillars of the title. The coordination among these pillars is critical, particularly the … Continue reading
Public Space – A space of lost opportunities?
Aili Vahtrapuu – The 21st century urban model is controversial and changing everywhere in the world. It consists of a plethora of symbols, occurring as both visible and sometimes invisible … Continue reading
Second Hand Spaces – Recycling Sites Undergoing Urban Transformation
At vacant sites, second hand spaces draw on the atmosphere, the traces, the remains, and the history of their previous uses. Their actors develop an individual aesthetic out of such … Continue reading
From Dom-ino to Polykatoikia
In recent years there has been a resurgence of the “informal city” within the discourse on architecture and urbanism. In times of economic recession, the “informal” is often advocated as … Continue reading
City, Space, Power: Lahore’s Architecture of In/Security
Sadia Shirazi – Personal observations and thorough analyses of the current use of architecture in the city of Lahore (Pakistan) as a securitarian weapon. The notion of security is cleverly … Continue reading
Beyond Low and Middle Income Countries
Tezanos, S. and Sumner, A. – Many have challenged the use of income per capita as the primary proxy for development. This paper continues this tradition with a twist. The … Continue reading
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