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11-15 of 118 matching articles 5 20 100 All Relocation policies do not excuse forced evictions, still a denial of human rights Kerwin Datu • 5 July 2010 Forced evictions are usually illegal, yet they are increasingly routine for many governments, assisted by international institutions. Rather than helping governments justify evictions, institutions need to steer governments towards true 'voluntarism'. Seeking a global urban agenda: The Global Urbanist Debates Kerwin Datu • 22 November 2011 Who sets the global urban agenda? What are the world's urban priorities? What should they be? Three international experts and a roomful of readers battled out these questions and more. Are cities really killing culture in China? Bart Orr • 4 February 2014 The argument that China's urbanisation is destroying its traditional culture belies a misplaced nostalgia through which Westerners perceive non-Western cultures. 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. Six months on, Haiti reconstruction has ground to a halt Kerwin Datu • 12 July 2010 Customs officials blocking supplies, international donors blocking funds, and land owners blocking redevelopment: a wrap-up of international reporting on the stalled reconstruction efforts in Haiti. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
