Human rights and the New Urban Agenda
…we are leaving aside some potent and critical tools. The use of human rights instruments has not been prominent, either as guiding principles for sustainable urban development, as tools for … Continue reading
A City is a Machine for Creating Networks
In this era of reurbanization, with large scale developments in cities setting the path for the next half century, cities must be designed to create the maximum benefit. Currently many … Continue reading
Favelas: The “Real” Modernity in Latin America?
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All countries that constitute Latin America are developing countries; approximately 124 million of Latin American urban inhabitants live in poverty. The south-continent has always been…
Why international law is failing refugees
The extent to which migration and relocation can function as positive forms of adaptation, rather than signs of vulnerability, will depend in part on the laws and policies put in … Continue reading
Gender and Urban Climate Policy
In the context of gender and climate change, focus is often laid on women as a particularly vulnerable group that is strongly affected by the impacts of climate change. While … Continue reading
Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality : A Global Perspective
This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some … Continue reading
Remembering Our Future
The received wisdom is that beyond all else, economic essentials of fiscal stability, trade flows and investments drive economic growth. That point of view, rightly stressing the essentials of growth, deserves to … Continue reading
Migration comes of age
This is the age of migration…migration, as it exists right now, is the mega-trend of our times, and is ineffably changing the world as we know and experience it. It may … Continue reading
The key to humanity’s future? Asian cities
To address the seemingly insurmountable urban challenges we face, urban leaders and decision makers must, first and foremost, cultivate an ecosystem that nurtures innovation. Often it is the pioneers, inventors … Continue reading
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