16-20 of 58 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. A city doesn't need a centre! (But it does need realistic planning) Kerwin Datu • 29 July 2010 The cities of the twenty-first century are too big for the old hub-and-spokes models; cities like Los Angeles, London and Sydney should be planned as tapestries, with ruthless disregard for the traditional dominance of our city centres. A tiny step closer to an enforceable right to housing Kerwin Datu • 12 February 2013 With Uruguay ratifying the Optional Protocol of the ICESCR, ten countries will soon have a right to housing somewhat enforceable under international law. Rahul Mehrotra and the "kinetic city": designing for informality in Mumbai Kerwin Datu • 24 May 2010 Mumbai architect and MIT Professor of Architecture Rahul Mehrotra argues that the positive aspects of the kinetic city or bazaar city that Mumbai embodies must be embraced to overcome the false formal v. informal conception of the city and to turn density into economic opportunity. Strange plans to gentrify Hackney will exacerbate inequality yet may create needed jobs Frances Brill • 6 August 2013 Frances Brill wonders whether the plans to deliberately gentrify the areas most affected by London's riots will target investment to the creation of badly needed jobs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
