India’s Evolution vs. China’s Revolution
Austin Williams – In these two developing nations, the model is “the future”, so they should be forgiven much. In Britain, by contrast, the Prime Minister has just announced his plans … Continue reading
Housing and Hope
Arjun Appadurai – The deep significance of housing lies thus in its intimate connection to dwelling, dignity and the cultural design of physical intimacy; housing provides the link between kinship, reproduction … Continue reading
Development and dissent in China’s ‘urban age’
Hyun Bang Shin – As China enters an ‘urban age’ for the first time in its entire history, a new set of urban conflicts over identity, development and inclusion are emerging … Continue reading
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
Reading Development 