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Weekly Roundup 139 – 21st to 27th October
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Google’s plan to revolutionize cities is a takeover in all but name‘ Google’s newly launched project, Google Urbanism needs to be evaluated with a closer look. The inroads made by Read the whole piece here. Published by The Guardian ONLINE PUBLICATION OF THE WEEK ‘The State of National Urban Policy … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 138 – 14th to 20th October
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘How Commuting Choices Influence Quality of Life in Indian Cities‘ By Pallavi Pant This article examines new research by the University of Massachusetts and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi recently published in Environmental Research highlighting the need for detailed assessment of personal exposure to air pollutants in Indian cities, and argues … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 137 – 7th to 13th October
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Should we retire the word Slum‘ By Jake Blumgart City Lab talks with Australian Academician Alex Mayne about his book ‘Slums: The History of Global injustice‘. Mayne supports his argument with findings and data from studying centuries of policy in Britain, Australia, India and the United states. He explains … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 136 – 30th September to 6th October
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Cities Should Think About Trees As Public Health Infrastructure’ Authored by Eillie Anzilotti “Trees are sustainability power tools: They clean and cool the air, regulate temperatures, counteract the urban “heat island” effect, and support water quality and manage flow. Yes, they look pretty, but they also deliver measurable mental and physical … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 135 – 23rd to 29th September
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Beijing unveils vision for ‘downsized’, liveable city with cleaner air‘ By Stuart Lau ‘Beijing is to be “downsized” and its population capped as the government tries to turn China’s sprawling, overcrowded capital into a liveable, international city with cleaner air.’ City authorities cap the population at 23 million from 2020 … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 134 – 16th to 22nd September
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Forget Carnegie Hall. Musicians rush to rural Colorado to play the Tank‘ Authored by David Kelly Can old, seemingly dilapidated and abandoned buildings be revived and re-adapted into something of value? That’s exactly what happened in Rangely, Colorado, where strange acoustics have made the Tank in a destination for musicians from … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 132 – 2nd to 8th September
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘How government policies exacerbate hurricanes like Harvey‘ The culprit for hurricanes like Harvey is Climate Change by no surprise and that has been established time and over again. For more than a decade now, there has been substantial debate on who takes accountability for their actions that result in … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 130 – 19th to 25th August
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Technological Fixes for Climate Change‘ Editorial by Karla Lant ‘Is there a way we can Geo-engineer our way out of the climate crisis?’ This article tries to answer exactly that question. Geoengineering is the deliberate large-scale manipulation of an environmental process that affects the earth’s climate, in an attempt to … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 129 – 12th to 18th August
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Planning without colonizing: Lessons from a century-old plan for Indore by Scottish planner Patrick Geddes’ By Matias Echanove & Rahul Srivastava Patrick Gedddes’ ethnographic eye left behind a detailed portrait of a city, its neighbourhoods, streets, alleyways and productive capacities along with a patient diagnosis and suggestions for its future at … Continue reading
Weekly Roundup 127 – 29th July to 04th August
FEATURE REPORT/ ARTICLE OF THE WEEK ‘Urban-Rural Inequalities in Carbon Emissions’ Authored by Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira and Mahendra Sethi In the past, it has been have believed that carbon emissions are heavily correlated to a nation’s wealth. But studies over the past decade and data collected from more than 200 countries suggests that it is … Continue reading
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