Tag: urbanism
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Uber Pivots to On-Demand Everything » The company is announcing new partnerships with dockless bike firms, car-sharing services, and transit startups, signaling its desire to help cities service all types… more ›
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Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' » Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. The term “smart city” is interesting yet not important, because nobody defines it. “Smart”… more ›
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Key models that Kampala needs to consider to manage its urban sprawl » Metropolitan areas in less developed countries can provide the foundation for economic growth for the whole country… more ›
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The Cities Of The 21st Century Will Be Defined By Water » His home in Houston Heights, an older neighborhood northwest of downtown, was spared from Hurricane Harvey’s flooding. Part… more ›
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Disrupt the Citizen » Easily the high point of the early Trump resistance was the huge, spontaneous gatherings at airports across the country to oppose the travel ban. more ›
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Cities, not nation states, will determine our future survival. Here's why » Nation states are looking increasingly outdated and even dangerous. Some of them are outright belligerent, and threatening catastrophic… more ›
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Is Your City Being Sold Off to Global Elites? » “See the little pair of shoes?” Kerry Starchuk brings her minivan to a halt before a sprawling manse with antebellum… more ›
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The French, Coming Apart » The real-estate market in any sophisticated city reflects deep aspirations and fears. more ›
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More Than Half the World's Refugees Live in Urban Areas » NAIROBI, Kenya—“Karibu,” Astar says, using one of Kenya’s official languages, Swahili, to welcome shoppers into her market stall. As… more ›
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blech: Photographs from the book Metropole by Lewis Bush, quoted in Dezeen: As Metropole progresses the initially dream-like photographs become increasingly confusing and nightmarish. Using in-camera double exposures I layer buildings… more ›