66-70 of 71 matching articles 5 20 100 All Has the "broken windows" theory of policing finally been fixed? Drew Reed • 12 September 2013 New research suggests that the successes of the "broken windows" theory in reducing crime might have been down to coincidences including, interestingly, the removal of lead from gasoline. The knowledge gap dividing the two halves of the World Urban Forum in Medellín Laura Cesafsky • 22 April 2014 Reviewing UN-Habitat’s World Urban Forum held in Medellín last week, Laura Cesafsky hears two camps talking past each other on the lack of scientific knowledge underpinning the New Urban Agenda. Learning from Typhoon Haiyan: risk and resilience in emerging secondary cities Lily Song • 29 April 2014 Lily Song learns how Tacloban and other secondary cities can improve their ability to cope with emergency challenges which would be daunting even for the world's largest mega-cities. Colombo's growth pains: what is really meant by "rehabilitation"? Marco Picardi • 22 July 2014 Five years out from the civil war, Marco Picardi recalls his tour of the capital, where billboards paper over an all-too-common logic of modernisation, eviction, and lack of compensation. Historic preservation: an integral ingredient in solving the contemporary urban plight Gabrielle M. Peterson • 23 February 2016 In discussing the scope and meaning of historic preservation, Gabrielle M. Peterson reminds us of how it can help solve multi-dimensional urban plight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
