26-30 of 84 matching articles 5 20 100 All What role do city networks play in international development? Kerwin Datu • 19 August 2010 In the world's wealthy regions, economic activity is articulated through networks uniting cities around the world. So shouldn't we also be looking to intercity networks as the key to international development? Putting Johannesburg's slum tenements back in order IRIN • 14 June 2011 Abandoned by owners in the post-Apartheid years, 1,500 buildings in Johannesburg have turned into overcrowded tenements. Mayors don't need the help of a World Association of Cities Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr • 3 September 2013 Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr remain unconvinced of the need for a World Association of Cities as Benjamin Barber proposes in his forthcoming book. We've got more than a century of infrastructure spending to catch up on Kerwin Datu • 19 April 2010 That the world's leaders have renewed their focus on infrastructure in recent years is a good thing. Whether they can retain that focus long enough to overcome centuries of neglect by colonial and independent leaders is another matter. Are partial solutions to housing and transport one step forward or one step back? Andrew Fleming • 6 March 2012 Lots of 'solutions' get presented at events like the Urban and Housing Development conference in Cape Town, but can a model be sustainable if it excludes large parts of the city? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
