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Tag Archives: urban renewal
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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Review of “Triumph of the City” – Part I: Not Satisfying
By Renard Teipelke Has there been any other book in the past couple of years which has polarized me that much!? Harvard economist, Edward Glaeser, published his New York Times Bestseller “Triumph of the City” in 2011 and I acquired … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive, Edward Glaeser, housing, local government, middle class, poverty, sprawl, suburb, tax system, United States, urban decline, urban poor, urban renewal
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Pick of the Day: A Rare Inside into the Kowloon Walled City
By Renard Teipelke “Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City. … Continue reading
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Tagged China, crime, density, Hong Kong, informal settlement, Kowloon Walled City, photograph, resettlement, scale, urban design, urban economy, urban renewal
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The Killer Argument: “You’re a bloody Gentrifier!”
by Ares Kalandides “How do you feel as a gentrifier?” I was recently asked by a journalist. I initially thought she was referring to the fact that I live in one of the most gentrified areas in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Berlin, gentrification, Neil Smith, NEMONA, Neukölln, Prenzlauer Berg, urban regeneration, urban renewal
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Squatting in German Cities: Then and Now
By Renard Teipelke Last Thursday, November 17, 2011, gentrification and urban politics experts Andrej Holm and Wolf Wetzel gave a lecture at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main. The lecture was titled “Squatting is worthwhile – staying, too” and combined the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrej Holm, Berlin, crisis, development project, Frankfurt, gentrification, growth, Hamburg, investment, Place Development, Squatting, urban regeneration, urban renewal, urban space
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