Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class

….600 cities making the largest contribution to a higher global GDP—the City 600—will generate nearly 65 percent of world economic growth by 2025. However, the most dramatic story within the … Continue reading

Thursday, 1 November 2012 · Leave a comment

Temporary initiatives need a permanent place in urban creativity policies

While bland ‘creative city’ policies have become universally popular in the world’s city halls, new temporary and ‘pop-up’ urbanism initiatives are spreading even more quickly across the globe. Oli Mould argues that … Continue reading

Sunday, 21 October 2012 · Leave a comment