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For the Love of a City by Michael Marder – Project Syndicate

Posted on 30/12/2012 by Ares Kalandides

“That is how easily recognizable landmarks—Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, and so on—acquire their bigger-than-life significance. These privileged parts of the city stand in for the whole in a substitution that makes the process of idealization possible. New York “is” … Continue reading →

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Curitiba: Latin America’s Green City

Posted on 14/03/2012 by hanspul

by Hans Pul In this post I will argue that good urban planning can be of great value for places and their branding efforts. Cities with good urban planning get noticed. This is important, especially for relatively unknown non-capital cities … Continue reading →

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2nd Nordic Urban Workshop at Stockholm University 25th-26th October 2011

Posted on 12/06/2011 by splacing

Welcome to the second Nordic Urban workshop, a two-day meeting directed towards PhD students and young researchers studying urban dynamics from a broad range of disciplines. The workshop features a key lecture and a career strategy discussion, along with parallel … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Lecture on City Branding & Creative Cities

Posted on 25/05/2011 by splacing

By Renard Teipelke On the upcoming Saturday, May 28th, four experts for creative cities and industries are going to give lectures at the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies / Humboldt University in Berlin (7pm-11pm; Unter den Linden 6, 10117 … Continue reading →

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