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111-115 of 118 matching articles 5 20 100 All 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. Transformative urbanism: Cairo's women-only metro carriages Mae Wiskin • 18 August 2015 Seven years after the introduction of Women-Only Metro carriages in Cairo, former resident Mae Wiskin explores what this intervention means for the city, public space and gender politics within Cairo and Egypt as a whole. Smart cities and the plight of cultural authenticity Kris Hartley • 24 March 2015 As Asian countries join together to build "smart" urban developments, Kris Hartley explains why planners should heed the lessons of colonial history when it comes to such projects. The criminalisation of homelessness and informal settlements in US cities Martha Bridegam • 4 December 2012 Martha Bridegam describes a recent increase in criminalising legislation and policing against homeless and informally housed Americans but asks, is this a short-term backlash against changes in the nature of US housing? Has the "broken windows" theory of policing finally been fixed? Drew Reed • 12 September 2013 New research suggests that the successes of the "broken windows" theory in reducing crime might have been down to coincidences including, interestingly, the removal of lead from gasoline. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
