116-120 of 227 matching articles 5 20 100 All No excuses slum upgrading in São Paulo Fernando Serpone Bueno and Veridiana Sedeh/Citiscope • 24 March 2010 In a fast-urbanising planet, São Paulo develops a model toolkit to improve housing for the poor and dispossessed. The creation of polarised space: Martyrs' Square, Beirut Tanya Gallo • 17 January 2012 Martyrs' Square was the focal point for the 2005 demonstrations that saw Syria relinquish control of Lebanon. How do its citizens now regard this polarising space, and how should placemakers respond? Tanya Gallo investigates. 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. NGOs and governments in India must learn to work together Christine Mehta • 8 November 2011 Despite claims of lack of accountability and transparency on both sides, NGOs and governments need to learn to trust each other lest basic services for the urban poor continue to go undeveloped. A woman's right to enjoy the city Pallavi Shrivastava • 26 February 2013 Pallavi Shrivastava reflects on how the threat of violence forces women not only to change our movements but also prevents us from enjoying our cities, and thus from helping to make them the cities we want them to be. 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
