141-145 of 251 matching articles 5 20 100 All 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. Reinventing the shack will not get the poor out of slum conditions Kerwin Datu • 31 August 2010 Vijay Govindarajan's proposal to design a $300 one-room shed to solve the world's housing problems is riddled with stereotypes and prejudices. The unbuilding of informal Buenos Aires, part 3: Jane Jacobs for the entitled, Robert Moses for everyone else Drew Reed • 1 April 2014 Drew Reed reports on plans to demolish informal areas in the Argentine capital and replace them with mixed housing and green space projects, and the life of one man at the centre of the struggle against these plans. The unbuilding of informal Buenos Aires, part 2: the terminal Drew Reed • 18 March 2014 While the government is providing new infrastructure for wealthy and middle-class commuters to enjoy their combi commutes in comfort, they are squeezing low-income commuters out of the city. The unbuilding of informal Buenos Aires, part 1: street markets and free markets Drew Reed • 28 January 2014 Drew Reed takes us on a walk through downtown Buenos Aires to see how the mayor Mauricio Macri's policy of formalising informal traders is being undermined by the free trade principles he normally espouses. 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
