A platform exploring urban life, the built environment and inclusive cities // Founder: @francescaperry
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21 Oct 2023
Brilliant and beautifully written piece by @ligayamishan on Manhattan’s Chinatown, where life, culture, history and Western fetishisation intermingle nytimes.com/2023/09/19/t-mag… @tmagazine
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19 Sep 2023
What can we do about gentrification and displacement? @LorettaCLees and @jbrownsaracino host a major conference tackling the question on 26–28 Oct at @BU_Tweets, for academics, activists & others sites.bu.edu/gentrification/
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19 Sep 2023
"History, antiquity, green spaces and people’s rights to land and memories are being sacrificed, as the soul of the city itself seems to decamp towards the new buildings on its outskirts" @NesrineMalik
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28 Jul 2023
"Community gardens seem to have potential to mitigate many problems of our era: loneliness, ageing populations, obesity, poor mental health, lack of exercise, concrete cities and overstrained health services."
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7 Jul 2023
A recent study found that Bangkok residents need to travel at least 4.5km on average to reach the nearest green space. A new initiative aims to change that (via @fairplanet) fairplanet.org/editors-pick/…
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6 Jul 2023
‘Despite its reputation as the most livable city in the world, Copenhagen is also a place full of contradictions and economic disparity’ (@Domusweb)
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28 Jun 2023
“This place is in deep trouble. There’s no way developers will allow it to stay in the hands of low-income population groups.”
Miami’s Little Haiti neighbourhood faces displacement (via @nytimes) nytimes.com/2023/06/12/reale…
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23 Jun 2023
Paris' new bioclimatic urban plan aims to increase green areas and social housing at the same time (via @DomusWeb) domusweb.it/en/sustainable-c…
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8 May 2023
Barcelona's pedestrian-oriented 'Superblocks' project, having been shown to improve residents' mental health, is being expanded (@POLITICOEurope) politico.eu/article/barcelon…
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24 Apr 2023
Socially sustainable places facilitate sharing of equitable resources and services, collaboration and collective action, and self-sufficiency – all ways of living that help achieve a greener society
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16 Apr 2023
New post > Environmental sustainability is not possible without social sustainability thinkingcity.org/2023/04/14/…
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13 Apr 2023
How COVID-19 changed cities — and how it didn’t (@POLITICOEurope) politico.eu/article/covid-19…
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22 Mar 2023
‘Government officials, residents, and researchers are divided on whether the proposed preservation tool serves as a safeguard against gentrification or an instrument of it’ (@HoustonChron) houstonchronicle.com/politic…
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21 Mar 2023
Closing this Friday: exhibition at @LSEnews exploring the road landscapes of Abu Dhabi lse.ac.uk/Events/2023/02/202…
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20 Mar 2023
‘Several cities across the world are now reinventing themselves to make life better for all residents — and in the process, carving a path for the rest of us to solve some of the most pressing urban design challenges’ @JennaSchnuer
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16 Mar 2023
According to research in the UK, urban residents are 64% more likely than rural residents to engage frequently in active travel – and the more active travel a person does, the better their mental health. theconversation.com/mental-h…
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15 Mar 2023
‘A new kind of inequality is taking hold in Indian cities’: the wealthy are paying to breathe clean air (@WiredUK) wired.co.uk/article/breathin…
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14 Mar 2023
Can Cities Go Green Without Driving Gentrification? (@NPR) npr.org/2022/12/22/114509053…
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