36-40 of 76 matching articles 5 20 100 All Extract - Mogadishu Then and Now: the rise and fall of a historic city Rasna Warah and Mohamud Diriye • 30 May 2012 In this extract from their forthcoming book, Rasna Warah and Mohamud Diriye recount the history of Mogadishu from its origins in Arab and Persian trade to the outbreak of civil war in 1991. Temporary initiatives need a permanent place in urban creativity policies Oli Mould • 22 May 2012 While 'creative city' policies have become ubiquitous, temporary and 'pop-up' initiatives are spreading even more quickly. Oli Mould argues that it might be time to embrace these initiatives as an ongoing force for urban renewal. Reforming the world's city networks, part 1: a time to cull Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr • 11 April 2012 Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr survey the landscape of city networks and local government associations and call for some serious bureaucratic Darwinism to cull the overduplication of organisations. Crossed wires in Cape Town: how communication breaks down between government and civil society Andrew Fleming • 10 January 2012 The breakdown of Cape Town's Housing Indaba shows how much such a forum is needed, but also shows how unready the city's stakeholders are for constructive collaboration. Problems of Cape Town's outlying townships demand strategies to densify the centre Andrew Fleming • 11 October 2011 To help solve the problems of its dense peripheral regions, Cape Town needs increase residential densities in the inner suburbs to give more residents a chance to benefit from the jobs and services they provide. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
