1-5 of 253 matching articles 5 20 100 All Temporary initiatives need a permanent place in urban creativity policies Oli Mould • 22 May 2012 While 'creative city' policies have become ubiquitous, temporary and 'pop-up' initiatives are spreading even more quickly. Oli Mould argues that it might be time to embrace these initiatives as an ongoing force for urban renewal. An urban exemplar in the Middle East: Doha, Qatar Zoe Green • 1 May 2012 Doha is part of Qatar's push to become an urban exemplar for the region, diversifying away from an oil-based economy by investing in education, enterprise, sport, transport and the quality of the public realm. The global urban agenda must focus on employment and income levels, not just housing and services Kerwin Datu • 7 August 2012 Kerwin Datu argues that the global urban development community has lost sight of its own agenda, and must focus on urban employment and income levels alongside its obsession with housing and services. Setting the global urban agenda: dealing with complexity Yusaf Samiullah • 20 December 2011 Yusaf Samiullah OBE argues for the complexity of urban environments, stating that this is what international development organisations must apprehend and address if they are to improve the quality of urban livelihoods. Whether it's urban gardens or stop-and-frisk, we must lose the desire to "control" communities Matt DelSesto • 16 April 2013 Sceptical of the narrative that cities have wholeheartedly embraced urban gardening, Matt DelSesto spies a connection between city crackdowns on urban gardens and police crackdowns in poor communities. 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