71-75 of 279 matching articles 5 20 100 All How do we reconcile the planner's perceptions with the slum dwellers' reality? India's Rajiv Awas Yojana Mukta Naik • 13 March 2012 The Government of India has launched a grand housing scheme for a 'slum-free India'. But can grand schemes work when planners and policymakers neither understand the reality of the urban poor nor connect to their aspirations? Haiti, Ayiti: challenges and opportunities in the social divide Edad Mercier • 15 February 2011 A number of positive civil movements that Haitian authorities could easily engage with to develop a more sustainable and inclusive future for the country. 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. The beginning or the end of the urban age? Kerwin Datu • 30 March 2010 Almost too many articles on urbanisation in the popular media today begin by citing the fact that the majority of the world's population now lives in urban areas, as of 2005, 2007, 2008 or 2009, depending often on when the writer started paying attention! What the Habitat III Agenda fails to consider Kerwin Datu and Naik Lashermes • 22 April 2014 We argue that the Habitat III Agenda currently on the table comprises several serious omissions, including any acknowledgement that conflict routinely arises in urban areas. 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 50 51 52 53 54 55 56
