1-5 of 128 matching articles 5 20 100 All What role do city networks play in international development? Kerwin Datu • 19 August 2010 In the world's wealthy regions, economic activity is articulated through networks uniting cities around the world. So shouldn't we also be looking to intercity networks as the key to international development? Reflecting on Dharavi: supporting slums as centres for economic growth Julius Gatune, Dinh The Phong and Carlin Carr • 18 October 2011 While economic development policies might contradict and undermine the needs of the urban poor, slums like Dharavi may incubate industries that can export to the world and should be embraced. Rumour has it that Dubai has collapsed... Michele Acuto • 18 October 2011 ...but with the Al Maktoum International Airport, the logistics centre in Jebel Ali, and a flourishing of small-scale economic life, evidence would suggest otherwise, as Michele Acuto observes. Alan Gilbert and the future of urban development geography Kerwin Datu • 25 June 2010 As colleagues and past students celebrate the career of the British geographer Alan Gilbert, Kerwin Datu reflects on the direction of research into urban poverty… London 2012 Olympics: missing an opportunity for truly sustainable development Joe Peach • 22 June 2010 Analysis begins at home. London is the world's financial and business capital, an exemplar of the tensions and inequalities besetting all global cities, and the home of The Global Urbanist. 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
