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Published in: openSecurityConservation and dispossession in BogotáThe deployment of conservation zones in Bogotá's 'green' neighbourhoods, is fast becoming an alibi for the...
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Published in: openSecurityPacifying Rio: what's behind Latin America's most talked about security operationRio de Janeiro has engaged in an ambitious security operation aimed at freeing its favelas from the control of gangs...
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Published in: openSecuritySlow and steady in KabulYears of violent conflict and a history of controversial planning in Kabul have stifled urban development in the city.
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Published in: openSecurityThe battle for space in Barcelona: the 'rose of fire'Beyond indignation and in the wake of a housing market crash, a series of daily battles are taking place on the...
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Published in: openSecurityPeopling space: contemporary redevelopment in BogotáWhile previous 'security planning' in Bogotá has been premised on eviction and demolition, emerging redevelopment...
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Published in: openSecurityMedellín: who's afraid of hip-hop?Ten young hip-hop activists have been murdered in Medellín's Comuna 13 district since 2009. Such violence against...
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Published in: openSecurityDevelopment and dissent in China's 'urban age'As China enters an 'urban age' for the first time in its entire history, a new set of urban conflicts over identity,...
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Published in: openSecurityThe politics of neglect in post-Mubarak CairoThe politics of neglect which has long governed Cairo's expansive informal spaces looks set to remain well into the...
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Published in: openSecuritySheikh Jarrah: The extremes of 'sharing space' in JerusalemPhoto-essay: Sharing space in divided cities can take many shapes: from tense encounters and confrontations, to...
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Published in: openSecuritySecuring BogotáBogotá's lauded transition from chaotic city of crime and violence to cosmopolitan hub of commerce and creativity...
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Published in: openSecurityE1: Settlement in waitingThe proposed E1 settlement expansion into the West Bank, recently blocked by Palestinian protestors at the...
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Published in: openSecurityWarspace: Geographies of conflict in BeirutThe series of conflicts that besieged Beirut during the Lebanese civil war have radically reconfigured the social...
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Published in: openSecurityGreetings from Athenian democracyThe rise of Golden Dawn as a political force on the streets of Athens has provided the Greek state the opportunity...
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Published in: openSecurityUrban security and the 'tricks' of enduranceUrban security is often thought of as strategies to protect and disarm city populations, however security may also...
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Published in: openSecurityOn strategies of spatial resistance in PalestineThe recent international coverage of the Bab Al-Shams camp depicted the demonstrators as mirroring Israeli settler...
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Published in: openSecurityFoucault’s boomerang: the new military urbanismAs our planet urbanizes more rapidly than ever before, an insidious set of boomerang effects, linking security...
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Published in: openSecurityRio's favela residents fight mega-event evictionGleaming plans for urban revitalization ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics include the not-so-shiny...
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Published in: openSecurityNotes from Athens: Political build-upPhoto-essay: Freelance filmmaker Ross Domoney, recounts his experiences over the past two years covering protest and...
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Published in: openSecurityNotes from Athens: Social meltdownFilm: Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou details the social meltdown taking place in Greece from May 2010 to the current date....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Alexandria mafia’s new adversary: civil societyPost-revolutionary Egypt was visited by the semi-break down of law and order, and an Egyptian public that became...
