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116-120 of 287 matching articles 5 20 100 All Rahul Mehrotra and the "kinetic city": designing for informality in Mumbai Kerwin Datu • 24 May 2010 Mumbai architect and MIT Professor of Architecture Rahul Mehrotra argues that the positive aspects of the kinetic city or bazaar city that Mumbai embodies must be embraced to overcome the false formal v. informal conception of the city and to turn density into economic opportunity. What makes Taichung the intelligent community of the year? The judges explain Robert Bell and Sylvie Albert • 2 July 2013 Job creation in technology parks and precision manufacturing, a 4G wireless rollout, and a transformation of the city's cultural landscape. The death and life of Jane Jacobs critiques Oli Mould • 24 May 2011 Sharon Zukin's Naked City: the death and life of authentic urban places, reads like a character assassination of New York City, tearing through a few myths of Jane Jacobs' on the way. 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. Nigerians declaring "zones of peace" in the city of Jos to prevent the return of violence IRIN • 27 May 2010 A report on peacemaking efforts in the central Nigerian city of Jos, where the local community is building programmes to mediate conflicts before they turn to violence and trying to re-engage young men in employment and training. 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 57 58