56-60 of 265 matching articles 5 20 100 All Taking the car out of Corbusier: a car-free sector planned for Chandigarh Henrik Valeur • 9 April 2013 Henrik Valeur presents a well-developed proposal to turn one "sector" in Chandigarh into a car-free area, and the confused behaviour of the authorities attempting to implement the idea. The buying and selling of African city futures Kerwin Datu • 12 June 2012 The Economist conference 'Future Cities: managing Africa's urban transformation' was held in Lagos last month. A rosy picture for foreign investors, but what kind of future is being offered the ordinary African? Africa's Urban Revolution, part 2: de-urbanisation is futile Kerwin Datu • 20 May 2014 Sean Fox's provocative new theory that urbanisation is driven by demographic transition, not by economic growth, and that even rural development initiatives will directly cause increased urban populations. 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. How can we reimagine public space accessible to all citizens of Beirut? Tanya Gallo • 24 January 2012 How can we reimagine a public space divided by civil war, sectarianism and redevelopment? Rather than sophisticated urban design, Tanya Gallo argues that allowing public space to retain its indeterminacy will keep it accessible for all citizens. 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 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
