In the first of three articles on the remaking of Martyrs' Square, an intensely political space in downtown Beirut, Tanya Gallo explores the capitalist redevelopment of the city centre, and how it is threatening to create new segregations between the wealthy and the general public in the city's public spaces.
There is much to be commended, and much to be weeded out, in Foster's vision for a new London airport in the Thames Estuary and the proposal for a new transport, utilities and data spine running the length of the country.
...but with the Al Maktoum International Airport, the logistics centre in Jebel Ali, and a flourishing of small-scale economic life, evidence would suggest otherwise, as Michele Acuto observes.
The political questions that face local authorities seeking to implement 'smart city' technologies within their cities.
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The Global Urbanist is an online magazine reviewing urban affairs and urban development issues in cities throughout the developed and developing world.
Its readers are drawn from the urban policy and international development sectors, and include urban planners, officers in local, national or international government agencies, civil society leaders, and researchers.
