21-25 of 41 matching articles 5 20 100 All Is being a smart city enough? What about being a truly intelligent community? Robert Bell • 25 February 2013 Robert Bell lays out the case for intelligent communities--cities like Austin using technology to improve education levels and train up their workforce for the knowledge-based digital economy. Our cities need a global political debate, not just politically correct ideas Kerwin Datu and Naïk Lashermes • 28 August 2012 Our editors exhort the global urban development community to raise the level of media debate from awareness building to constructive engagement with the political conflicts that confront our cities. Setting the global urban agenda: dealing with complexity Yusaf Samiullah • 20 December 2011 Yusaf Samiullah OBE argues for the complexity of urban environments, stating that this is what international development organisations must apprehend and address if they are to improve the quality of urban livelihoods. Now to walk the walk on service delivery in South Africa Kerwin Datu • 7 June 2011 South Africa's recent local elections were a minor milestone on the road to democracy. Now it's time for the DA to show they can deliver on policy. Politics needs to be part of the global urban agenda Kerwin Datu • 14 April 2011 Authorities meet in Nairobi this week to set the agenda for UN-HABITAT, but domestic politics makes a lot of that agenda impossible. How can we put domestic politics back on the table? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
