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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHomage to deformed citiesGaza. Is there a city beyond the slogans?
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Published in: openIndiaCrafting “smart cities”: India’s new urban visionWith a new government in Delhi, India’s urban agenda is now focused on the creation of “Smart Cities” in industrial...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe heavy presence of Jerusalem Light Rail: why Palestinian protesters attacked the tracksThe destruction of tram stations during the protests in East Jerusalem is much more than vandalism, it shows that...
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Published in: openIndiaThe everywhere of sanitation: violence, oppression and the bodyNew Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had nothing to say on the attacks in Uttar Pradesh, but a debate has emerged in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe shadow citizenryThe shadow citizenry is a territorial reserve army of foot soldiers, who want in but are forced out; often defiant...
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Published in: openSecurityAnatomy of a demolitionOne year ago last month, part of a Delhi slum was demolished; the demolition received almost no public attention. As...
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Published in: openSecurityThe urban paradox
As Cities in Conflict goes on hiatus, I take a look back at the past fourteen months of publishing articles, film,...
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Published in: openSecurityDompak eco-city: a tale of corruption
The creation of new master-planned cities is an emerging transnational trend stretching across Asia, the Middle...
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Published in: openSecurityA year after Rana Plaza, still unearthing its causesAfter years of trade liberalisation, corporate self-regulation, and a global race-to-the-bottom, we need to consider...
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Published in: openSecurityNairobi's solution to terrorism: blame the Somalis
Last week’s crackdown on Somali refugees reads like a show of force by a government that desperately wants to hide...
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Published in: openSecuritySexual violence on the margins of DelhiWhile debates on sexual violence in India focus on the city, the experiences of women expunged to the city's...
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Published in: openSecurityWhose smart city?The proliferation of 'smart' solutions to a deluge of political and economic problems in today's cities may well...
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Published in: openSecurityA sporting chance?This year's 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony will feature the demolition of Glasgow's renowned Red Road...
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Published in: openSecurityKashgar's redevelopment is about more than anti-Uyghur sentimentWhile the CCP’s motives for redeveloping Xinjiang's capital are manifold, what seems to be provoking the most anger...
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Published in: openSecurityOn violence and protest in BrazilWhile media coverage of Brazil's urban protests continues to focus on Molotov cocktails and smashed windows, the...
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Published in: openSecurityBeyond the Kunming attackThe recent attacks on Kunming train station represent a watershed moment in China-Uyghur relations, as Uyghurs...
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Published in: openSecurity25 years of MIPIM is enough
Real estate managers, asset dealers and city sellers at this years MIPIM, the world's biggest property fair, will...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The new Balkan revolts: from protests to plenums, and beyondThe current wave of protests in Bosnia may represent the birth of true activist citizenship. These movements...
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Published in: openSecuritySplintering TunisThree years after the revolution, Tunisia is searching for a new urban identity.
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Published in: openSecurityDesigned conflict territoriesAs the traditional role of the commons is lost to proprietary, securitised technology and authoritarian control,...
