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Residents’ perceptions: a collective critical cartography of gentrification in Vallcarca, Barcelona
(2018-05-29)
Displacement of low-income workers as a result of speculation processes is a challenge recognized by the current government of Barcelona. The physicality of speculation can be broadly noticed when a ...
Negotiating cultural identities in post-conflict spaces: the memorial landscapes of Nicosia
(2016-05-17)
During the last fortytwo years, Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus has been a city divided by the Green Line after a long period of intercommunal conflicts and the Turkish military invasion in 1974. ...
(IN)formal conquers: a critical assessment of manteros’ public space occupation in Barcelona
(2018-05-22)
Cities bonded to tourism in the global North are facing a series of issues in their public spaces that have to do with informality, materialized as unofficial street vending. This dynamic phenomenon is ...
The resilience balancing act: how New York has balanced built environment and community approaches in it’s resilience framework
(2019-05-27)
Ensuring that cities are resilient against increasing risks of flooding is one of the greatest challenges for planners, especially within coastal cities like New York. Current literature has examined ...
The temporal migrant city: a study on the relationship between sub-saharan migrants and the city of Algiers
(2019-05-20)
Over the last fifteen years, there has been an increase in migratory flows of West Africans to Maghreb and Europe. Studies indicate that the trans-Saharan migration to the Maghreb region by sub-Saharan ...
Spaces of cultural exchange: integration of migrant communities in urban life through commoning practices in Athens
(2019-05-20)
Greece is a country with a large number of immigrant populations having various integration needs. To a large extent, these needs are covered by facilities open to migrant communities that help them ...
From privatisation to the human right to water in Latin America: a closer look at Uruguay, Argentina and the plurinational state of Bolivia
(2017-05-25)
Following the many failed private-sector management contracts in Latin America, the anti-privatisation campaigns have gradually risen in numbers and shifted their attention towards the Human Right to ...
Build back better? Not only a technical matter. Insights from owner-driven reconstruction in Nepal
(2017-05-26)
Post-disaster Recovery and Reconstruction play a vital role in amplifying or reducing the magnitude of future hazards, challenging communities to Build Back Better in order to reduce their exposure to ...
“Smart city? What address are you looking for?” Perception and participation in India’s smart cities through the case of Pune
(2017-05-25)
India’s Smart Cities Mission aims to improve the quality of life in 100 of its cities through a citizen-centric and all-inclusive strategy of physical, social, institutional and economic infrastructure. ...
Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS): a neighbourhood scale approach for urban stormwater management. The case of Bon Pastor, Barcelona
(2019-05-20)
The increase of floods and the inability of aging sewage infrastructure to deal with stormwater retention led Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to be one of the emerging paradigms for urban ...