81-85 of 279 matching articles 5 20 100 All The Royal Docks: a third international business district for London? Zoe Green • 27 August 2013 The Royal Docks in east London were left behind by the containerisation of shipping. In the wake of the Olympics, planning efforts and business investment is once again focused on the area. The complexity of participation: learning from slum dweller mobilisation in Dar es Salaam Michael Hooper • 11 December 2012 Michael Hooper provides six lessons for implementing a participation programme that recognises the differences between residents. Reforming the world's city networks, part 2: how to make global urban governance powerful? Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr • 18 April 2012 Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr argue that instead of grandiose schemes like a global senate of mayors, we must concentrate on creating popular demand for city networking, and giving more power and visibility to existing efforts. Setting the right price for parking in San Francisco and New York Catesby Holmes • 7 May 2013 San Francisco is developing a new paradigm for car parking with meter prices set by market demand and apps to allow drivers to find spaces and pay for them on their smartphone, with New York following in its wake. Demolition of Makoko, 'the Venice of Lagos', is violence against human rights as well as urban beauty Kerwin Datu • 31 July 2012 This month the Lagos State Government has begun demolishing Makoko, one of the world's most iconic informal settlements, with a violence resulting in at least one death and in contravention of international law. 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
