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6-10 of 223 matching articles 5 20 100 All Setting the global urban agenda: dealing with complexity Yusaf Samiullah • 20 December 2011 Yusaf Samiullah OBE argues for the complexity of urban environments, stating that this is what international development organisations must apprehend and address if they are to improve the quality of urban livelihoods. DfID withdrawal from UN-HABITAT displays naivety on slums Kerwin Datu • 29 March 2011 DfID's decision to withdraw from UN-HABITAT demonstrates an ignorance of the contradictions in the mainstream development agenda, and the intractability of the problems facing urban areas. 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. Fixing the global urban agenda: a personal view Geoffrey Payne • 20 December 2011 Eminent housing and urban development consultant Geoffrey Payne offers a personal view on the international framework governing the global urban agenda. Are cities really killing culture in China? Bart Orr • 4 February 2014 The argument that China's urbanisation is destroying its traditional culture belies a misplaced nostalgia through which Westerners perceive non-Western cultures. 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
