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Monthly Archives: September 2014
10th International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society
The 10th International Congress of the Hellenic Geographical Society will take place in the historic and beautiful city of Thessaloniki from the 22th to the 24th of October 2014 and will be hosted by the Department of Physical and Environmental … Continue reading
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Conferences: New page on “Places.”
We have added a new page to the blog called Conferences. We are putting together a list of regular and upcoming conferences, which will be updated regularly. You are most welcome to publish comments with additional conferences that fit the subjects … Continue reading
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Pick of the Day: The truth about property developers: how they are exploiting planning authorities and ruining our cities | Cities | theguardian.com
A lengthy, but excellent article on planning, real estate development and booms: “Under the coalition’s localism agenda, the wheels for private-sector encroachment into public planning have been further oiled, with the introduction of neighbourhood plans. Presented as a means of … Continue reading
Pick of the day: New Statesman | It is time to recognise the benefits of social housing
“Another reason why increasing current levels of social housing construction would benefit society can be seen in The National Housing Federation’s 2011 Neighbourhood Audit. This report shows that housing associations alone invest £750m annually in all kinds of community initiatives, … Continue reading
Pick of the day: Helsinki v Guggenheim: the backlash against the global megabrand is on | Art and design | The Guardian
“Dazzled by the promise of the Bilbao effect, dozens of cities court the attentions of the Guggenheim every year, hoping to become the next pearl in its necklace. The latest Gehry-designed titanium behemoth is planned to open in Abu Dhabi … Continue reading
Guest article: How Social Inequality And Other Inconvenient Truths Could Upset the Innovation Apple Cart (Part 2)
by Linda Lees* (click here for Part 1) What the Brookings study advocates is not only a top down approach to urban planning, but something akin to a gated community for the creative class save a passing reference to the … Continue reading
Guest article: How Social Inequality And Other Inconvenient Truths Could Upset the Innovation Apple Cart (Part 1)
by Linda Lees* Instability, creative tension, and entrepreneurial people on society’s margins are some of the qualities that have always been the hallmarks of dynamic and creative cities. So said Professor Sir Peter Hall in the probing book he wrote … Continue reading
La visión de Bogotá internacional
Short video clip by Invest in Bogotá with information on its international positioning strategy. INPOLIS was responsible for designing the latter.
2014 Masterclasses in Place Management, Marketing and Branding
Make better places with the latest thinking from experts. 2-4th October 2014 The Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University is running a series of one day masterclasses, aimed at practitioners, policy makers and place stakeholders who want to access the latest thinking … Continue reading
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Review of “Triumph of the City” – Part II: Right Messages
By Renard Teipelke In the first part of my review of Edward Glaeser’s “Triumph of the City” I was pretty much in a rage of criticizing the flaws in this urban economist’s analysis (here). But I need to be honest: … Continue reading
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Tagged density, Edward Glaeser, Global South, Jane Jacobs, middle class, New Urbanism, poverty, sprawl, suburb, United States, urban decline, urban poor, urban renewal
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