121-125 of 227 matching articles 5 20 100 All Istanbul and Rio protests show that "cities matter", but urbanists shouldn't be too triumphant Kerwin Datu • 25 June 2013 It's too easy to overlay an urbanist narrative onto the past month's protests. It's more important to see how the protests contradict even some pro-urban discourses, and to reform the world's police forces. LSE Urban Age: Spatial planning one of few clear solutions for climate change Alia Dharssi • 20 November 2014 A well-planned response to the unprecedented expansion of cities may hold the key to responding to climate change and other challenges of the 21st century. How the urbanism of small cities helped shape the Arab uprisings Deen Sharp • 31 July 2012 Often neglected by political dictators as well as by urban theorists, small cities played a role in sparking the Arab uprisings in several countries. The road to Habitat III: a wake-up call to the New Urban Agenda Kerwin Datu • 22 April 2014 We set out our intentions for the next two years leading to Habitat III in 2016, with a call to think beyond the tick-a-box approach to the Habitat Agenda currently being encouraged. What's wrong with renting? Home ownership not the only solution for India's slum dwellers Asako Matsukawa / Beyond Profit • 9 July 2010 Governments often assume that home ownership is the main tool for housing their urban poor, but this neglects the usefulness of renting, which is important at all income levels. 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