Structure and agency: The seeds of sustainability for 21st century cities
Merely critiquing cities’ unsustainable throughputs is not enough, and mistaking them as parasites is even worse because it usually precipitates highly ineffective solutions (e.g., making cities less city-like). We must … Continue reading
Professionalization of the public participation field
Starting with a discussion on the multiple and diverse understandings of public participation, this booklet builds a portrait of relevant actors of public participation (Part 1). It discusses challenges and … Continue reading
How the City Almost Came Back
The Story of Migration’s Recessionary Bubble – When we look at the last few years of migration, we should see it as a bubble. It was never going to last … Continue reading
The problem with smart cities – India
By 15 December, 85 cities out of the total 98 included under the Smart Cities Mission had submitted their respective Smart City Plans to the ministry of urban development. Hopefully, … Continue reading
The rising metropolitan sensibility
Expansive ideas of collaboration throughout metropolitan areas appear to be spreading in the run-up toHabitat III Two major conferences in late 2015 — one in Canada, the other in Latin America … Continue reading
The New Urban Agenda must prompt planners to recognize informal labour
If urban poverty, inequality and unemployment are to be reduced, urban informal workers, especially the working poor, needs to be recognized, valued and supported as economic agents who contribute to … Continue reading
An Optimistic View of the Long-Run Evolution of Poverty in Indonesia
Indonesia has achieved well-documented and drastic improvements in average incomes and in the reduction of poverty. Much research has discussed this progress. This paper adds to the literature with a … Continue reading
Confronting Gender Inequality
The LSE Gender Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the Gender, Inequality and Power Commission’s final report: ‘Confronting Gender Inequality’. The Commission was designed to draw on LSE … Continue reading
100 key research questions for the post-2015 development agenda
This article presents the results of a consultative exercise to collaboratively identify 100 research questions of critical importance for the post-2015 international development agenda. The final shortlist is grouped into … Continue reading
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