81-85 of 105 matching articles 5 20 100 All Reflecting on Dharavi: supporting slums as centres for economic growth Julius Gatune, Dinh The Phong and Carlin Carr • 18 October 2011 While economic development policies might contradict and undermine the needs of the urban poor, slums like Dharavi may incubate industries that can export to the world and should be embraced. It takes a village: building the Renaissance Project in Haiti Edad Mercier • 27 September 2011 The challenges facing the implementation of a proposal to build a self-sustainable village to the north of Port-au-Prince in one hundred days. How can Detroit stop speculators from blocking its consolidation plan? Isidoros Kyrlangitses • 8 March 2011 Mayor Bing has been trying to resume and demolish blighted neighbourhoods, but is being frustrated by speculators. How might the Land bank be used to redistribute land and skirt the problem? Enrique Peñalosa and the mathematics of democracy Kerwin Datu • 25 January 2011 Applying the principle of democratic equality to the planning of road space leads to powerful arguments for the pedestrianisation of our streets and the expansion of bus and cycle networks. Ranking 'Creative Cities': an exercise in futility? Oli Mould • 2 August 2010 Oli Mould reflects on the tendency for policies that seek to boost a city's ranking on 'creative city' league tables to paper over the people and processes responsible for creativity. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21