11-15 of 128 matching articles 5 20 100 All Whether it's urban gardens or stop-and-frisk, we must lose the desire to "control" communities Matt DelSesto • 16 April 2013 Sceptical of the narrative that cities have wholeheartedly embraced urban gardening, Matt DelSesto spies a connection between city crackdowns on urban gardens and police crackdowns in poor communities. Is vertical living a solution for London's strained housing stock? Zoe Green • 24 July 2012 A new generation of apartment towers are rising above London. Is this the answer to London's housing crisis? And is social cohesion being reinforced or jettisoned at the same time? Can you have a private city? The political implications of 'smart city' technology Andrew Comer and Kerwin Datu • 17 February 2011 The political questions that face local authorities seeking to implement 'smart city' technologies within their cities. How can Detroit stop speculators from blocking its consolidation plan? Isidoros Kyrlangitses • 8 March 2011 Mayor Bing has been trying to resume and demolish blighted neighbourhoods, but is being frustrated by speculators. How might the Land bank be used to redistribute land and skirt the problem? Shutting in the poor: Beijing's policy for sealing rural migrants into urban villages Constance Bréhaut • 4 December 2012 Rural villages absorbed into China's cities have become thriving rental markets for rural migrants. Beijing's "sealed management" policy seeks to bring them back under state control, as Constance Bréhaut describes. 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
