16-20 of 38 matching articles 5 20 100 All The C40 putting cities at the centre of global climate action Michele Acuto • 2 August 2011 The C40 has pushed through major agreements with the Clinton Foundation and the World Bank. But what are the real purposes of these agreements and where does this put cities on the world stage? The slow-moving beast of urban political science Kerwin Datu • 31 May 2011 The Politics of Urban Governance by Jon Pierre leaves too many questions unanswered to bring any new energy to the science of urban politics. What's wrong with renting? Home ownership not the only solution for India's slum dwellers Asako Matsukawa / Beyond Profit • 9 July 2010 Governments often assume that home ownership is the main tool for housing their urban poor, but this neglects the usefulness of renting, which is important at all income levels. Nightclubs are here to stay, it's just the misogyny that should go Frances Brill • 28 May 2013 Wrongheaded to steer young people from clubbing to less alcohol-fuelled pursuits like theatre, since this does nothing to end the culture of victimisation that remains in the clubs themselves. Shutting in the poor: Beijing's policy for sealing rural migrants into urban villages Constance Bréhaut • 4 December 2012 Rural villages absorbed into China's cities have become thriving rental markets for rural migrants. Beijing's "sealed management" policy seeks to bring them back under state control, as Constance Bréhaut describes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
