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29
Sep

Urban Word Wars and the Nouveau-Eco-City Brand

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Planning, Urban Scale, USA and Canada
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by Sophie Silkes
arcosanti
A new city prototype has quietly arisen to capitalize on the push for sustainable urban development: new, privately funded, planned cities which bleat tried and true urban buzzwords like “eco-city” and “sustainability” on their shining new city websites. But are these urban prototypes really really sustainable? Read more
15
Sep

Transforming In-Between Spaces for the Benefit of Urban Communities

Categories: Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Placemaking, Planning, UK
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by Tere Garcia
Books under Bridge
In-between spaces, perceived as frontiers and borders, are the spaces that divide territories within our cities, neighbourhoods and towns. In our minds, they are understood as "non-places", under-utilised spaces that are often associated with dirty, derelict and unsafe areas of the city. Read more
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