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Zygmunt Bauman: Behind the world's 'crisis of humanity' l Talk to Al Jazeera
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Zuzanna Warso • Openness and digital human rights – Open Future
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Hayward and Swanstrom argue that when injustice is tied up with the physical spaces of cities and the policies that create them, it becomes “difficult to assign responsibility for it—and hence difficult to change.” That’s why the curb cut’s history—a successful “editing” of the built environment that arrived via mandate of federal law—is so impress
... See moreSara Hendren • What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World
Books like The New Localism by Bruce Katz and Jeremy Nowak offer examples of how cities are creating economic turnarounds by building partnerships between universities, local organizations, industries, and governments in a way that’s deeply optimistic and promising,
Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
The study found a 44-to-45-percent greater reduction in crime and arrests in BID areas compared to neighboring areas. BIDs are also associated with a significantly higher drop in police arrests: about ten fewer arrests per year in a neighborhood, or a 32-percent yearly decline. In our examination of actual BID private security expenditures, the evi
... See moreJohn MacDonald • Changing Places: The Science and Art of New Urban Planning
Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City
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