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Guest Post: Habitat III Must Institutionalize Participatory Urban Development
This guest article from Citiscope explores avenues for participation in HABITAT III documents and gives insights into SDI's work with ...
2016: The Year of Cities
This introduction to the 2016 conference HABITAT III gives an overview of the high hopes for future urban development and ...
Learning About African Cities
Why not study online and for free? I introduce you to MOOCs and go back to some lessons from my ...
Increasing Public Participation in Urban Community Gardens?
In this article, I explore the beliefs of urban community gardening and their participatory potential ...
Voices from Kathputli Colony, Delhi
A resident of Kathputli Colony in Delhi answers my interview questions on the redevelopment scheme and other issues in his ...
Book Recommendation: The Participatory City
Here are some thoughts on the 2016 book "The Participatory City", which I highly recommend to all readers! ...
