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226-230 of 244 matching articles 5 20 100 All The centre reigns supreme: how a polycentric urban plan for Beijing was lost Jinxi Chen • 10 July 2012 Jinxi Chen takes us on a modern history tour of Beijing's urban structure, arguing that Mao's efforts to rebuild the centre preserved a concentric structure that could not work well for contemporary Beijing. Cycling on the up and up in hilly San Francisco Joe Peach • 29 November 2011 Despite its hilly topography and a legal injunction that prevented it from developing its bicycle network for four years, cycle use in San Francisco has grown to set the standard for US cities. There are better models for Ahmedabad's slum redevelopment than Dharavi Carlin Carr • 1 November 2011 Rather than turn to Dharavi, Ahmedabad would do well to look amongst its own social entrepreneurs for models to rehouse the poor and integrate them into their new roles as homeowners. 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? Alan Gilbert and the future of urban development geography Kerwin Datu • 25 June 2010 As colleagues and past students celebrate the career of the British geographer Alan Gilbert, Kerwin Datu reflects on the direction of research into urban poverty… 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 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
