The Global Urbanist

News and analysis of cities around the world

Authors

Daniel London

Daniel London

Daniel London serves as research coordinator for Benjamin Barber's upcoming book <em>If Mayors Ruled the World</em>. He received his MA in History at the City University of New York, where he taught urban history and researched the role of public space in turn-of-the-century progressive politics. He has also contributed on a variety of public history projects, including curatorial assistance on exhibitions and books at the Museum of the City of New York. He may be reached via dlondongc@gmail.com .

Can we still learn from a selective reading of history?

Diversity is not enough: a historically-informed call for civic unity

How today's urban reformers should learn from history

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Mike Duff

Mike Duff

Mike Duff (Twitter: @MrMikeDuff) is a consultant on strategy, planning and sustainability for cities at WSP, based in London. He is part of the Harvard Working Group for Sustainable Cities, and a guest lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and the London School of Economics Cities Programme. His opinions are his own.

Cycling in the Caribbean: how stakeholders can clash over the same agenda

London Conferences on Food and Cities

How cities can embrace urban agriculture

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James Patterson-Waterston

James Patterson-Waterston

James Patterson-Waterston is a consultant on strategy, urban planning and development at Happold Consulting, with a particular focus on projects in China and central Asia. He was formerly a researcher on sustainable development in western China at the University of Cambridge, where he continues to be affiliated to the Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies Unit. His opinions are his own.

NSIPs: Another dent in the UK's localism agenda?

Chinese development goes west, but is it the western Chinese who benefit?

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Tanya Gallo

Tanya Gallo

A freelance writer, researcher and consultant on contemporary urbanism, with specific research interests including public space and the public realm, and community-based participatory planning. Before completing the MSc in Urbanisation and Development at the London School of Economics, she was the recipient of the Revson Fellowship at Columbia University and was the founder and director of DreamYard's ACTION project, an arts and social justice program for teenagers in Bronx, New York.

How can we reimagine public space in Beirut?

The creation of polarised space: Martyrs' Square, Beirut

Post-war reconstruction sowing new divisions in Beirut

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Bronwyn Kotzen

Bronwyn Kotzen

Bronwyn Kotzen is a qualified architect, and urban researcher at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI), a Wits University affiliate. She holds an MSc in City Design and Social Science with distinction from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. Her work in both academia and practice, focuses on the interstices between governance, informality and the built environment in rapidly developing urban African centres. She can be contacted on bronwynkotzen@gmail.com.

The Ordinary City: Reimagining Urban African Governance and Planning

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