Cities and Sustainability: Is Intensification a Good Policy?
Phil McDermott – This post examines the idea that we can promote sustainability by increasing the densities of large cities around their centres. This compact city paradigm presumes that we … Continue reading
The Next Big Infrastructure Crisis? Age-Proofing Our Streets
Emily Badger – Age-proofing cities will be a cultural challenge as much as an urban design one. How do you get urban planners, transportation engineers, and anyone running around a … Continue reading
Can there be Science in City Planning?
Klaus Philipsen – Between urban theories that “have no principles” (Wells), which are messy and speculative and a universal formula as the one from Wells/Bettencourt, there must be some middle … Continue reading
Populism, its opposites, and its contentious relationship with democracy
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser – The recent Eurocrisis has shown a fact that is relatively obvious for observers of Latin American and US politics, namely, that populism can be both right-wing … Continue reading
Japan shrinks
Nicholas Eberstadt – Many nations have ageing populations, but none can quite match Japan. Its experience holds lessons for other countries as well as insights into the distinctiveness of Japanese … Continue reading
Why Do Cities Struggle to Replicate Best Practices?
Mike Pagano – Cities, urban regions, suburban communities and rural towns have only one thing in common and following a Pied Piper is not one of them. Besides being composed … Continue reading
Towards a Quantifiable Measure of Resilience
Christophe Béné – The objective of this paper is twofold. First it illustrates and discusses some of the challenges related to the measurement of resilience by reviewing some of the … Continue reading
Foreign Policy Goes Local
How Globalization Made São Paulo into a Diplomatic Power The key to realizing these new diplomatic goals is what is known as paradiplomacy, or subnational foreign relations. With the strengthening … Continue reading
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