Book notes
Forming part of the “Another city is possible” series written in anticipation of the Habitat III conference in Quito in 2016, this collection of 23 case files on participatory budgeting (PB) challenges dominant conceptions of urban futures for cities in a way that goes beyond anecdotal experimen
This bilingual book offers a view into the current state of Austrian landscape architecture as illustrated by the Nextland collection.
This guide manages to concisely describe urban policies dealt with by government and non-governmental actors. These shape and are shaped by numerous social, economic, political and ecological challenges that are particular to urban living.
This report is based on summaries and background papers of a meeting held in Bellagio, Italy in October 2014.
This book describes the formal planning policy processes in the Chinese context. It illustrates them in reference to key statutory and non-statutory plans and instruments such as the City Comprehensive Plan, as well as with a few case studies like the Xiamen Urban Development Strategic Plan.
Building the Inclusive City shows the socially exclusionary nature of much urban development.
This paper examines the adaptation strategies of migrant workers to diverse livelihood risks and uncertainties in Indian cities.
This working paper was in press when a devastating earthquake struck Kathmandu on the 26th of April 2015, and then a second struck on the 12th of May. The current priority is recovery.
Food security is rarely prioritized in African cities, and food vendors are similarly ignored or stigmatised, despite providing a range of affordable, accessible meals. Furthermore, past research and urban policies usually overlook food hawkers selling inside informal settlements.
In recent years there has been increasing interest in area-based approaches among humanitarian actors responding to urban crises.