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101-105 of 130 matching articles 5 20 100 All Shock therapy: the pacification of Rio de Janeiro's favelas Flavie Halais • 6 November 2012 Flavie Halais reports on the efficacy of the new Police Pacification Units cleaning up the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and asks why the city's authorities have chosen this time to step up the programme. Urban poverty alleviation in India: softening the rural-urban divide Charis Elizabeth Idicheria • 8 May 2012 Simply creating urban policies that parallel India's rural policies won't fully solve the problem of urban poverty, especially when migrants and other groups fall into the cracks between the two policy regimes. UK devolving more responsibility to local governments but with less money? The 'duty to cooperate' Zoe Green • 28 February 2012 The UK government is abolishing Regional Spatial Strategies, giving greater power to local governments. But with many cross-regional issues remaining, will they be able to fulfil their new roles? Through trial and error, 'smart cities' are slowly getting smarter Zoe Green • 14 December 2011 The 'smart city' concept has existed for several years, but only now, with some trial and error, are we seeing the real fruits of these efforts coming to light. Problems of Cape Town's outlying townships demand strategies to densify the centre Andrew Fleming • 11 October 2011 To help solve the problems of its dense peripheral regions, Cape Town needs increase residential densities in the inner suburbs to give more residents a chance to benefit from the jobs and services they provide. 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