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81-85 of 185 matching articles 5 20 100 All Smart cities and the plight of cultural authenticity Kris Hartley • 24 March 2015 As Asian countries join together to build "smart" urban developments, Kris Hartley explains why planners should heed the lessons of colonial history when it comes to such projects. England's experiment with neighbourhood planning brings ethnic tensions to the surface Kerwin Datu • 23 April 2013 In a quiet London suburb two rival "neighbourhood forums" put forward under new "localism" laws have brought religious and cultural divisions into the light. Relocation policies do not excuse forced evictions, still a denial of human rights Kerwin Datu • 5 July 2010 Forced evictions are usually illegal, yet they are increasingly routine for many governments, assisted by international institutions. Rather than helping governments justify evictions, institutions need to steer governments towards true 'voluntarism'. How do you maintain a business when you work on the streets? The informal vendors of Yangon Zach Hyman • 17 July 2012 Accessing the space, power and storage facilities one needs to work as a street vendor poses a number of logistical problems. Zach Hyman visits informal workers in Yangon to learn how they solve them. Converting London's offices to residential: housing solution or commercial disaster? Zoe Green • 28 March 2013 The UK Government wants to make it easier to convert offices to residential use, but it runs the risk of turning valuable commercial space into more empty houses. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37