66-70 of 92 matching articles 5 20 100 All How professional urbanists and activists work together to make urban spaces safe for women Mukta Naik • 19 February 2013 Mukta Naik describes how urbanists, activists and authorities have made the most of each others' expertise after recent crimes in Delhi and Gurgaon. Last samba in Rio: sanitising the Olympic city's historic port Flavie Halais • 18 December 2012 Flavie Halais takes us to the old port of Rio de Janeiro, where the city's first PPP is threatening the birthplace of samba and the life of the city's oldest favelas. Shutting in the poor: Beijing's policy for sealing rural migrants into urban villages Constance BrĂ©haut • 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 BrĂ©haut describes. Past is more than prologue: how today's urban reformers should learn from history Daniel London • 16 October 2012 Historian Daniel London argues that today's civil leaders could learn a lot from previous generations of social workers who had very similar ideas--and implemented them. Is vertical living a solution for London's strained housing stock? Zoe Green • 24 July 2012 A new generation of apartment towers are rising above London. Is this the answer to London's housing crisis? And is social cohesion being reinforced or jettisoned at the same time? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19