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Laying siege to the villages: neighbourhoods for the working poor

Published on: 28 March 2013

Written by: Mary Ann O’Donnell All articles by Mary Ann O’Donnell

Part 4: As of 2013, with a population of 140,000 residents Baishizhou was the largest of Shenzhen's urban villages....
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Laying siege to the villages: neoliberalizing the bamboo curtain

Published on: 28 March 2013

Written by: Mary Ann O’Donnell All articles by Mary Ann O’Donnell

Part 2: Both Cold War geo-politics and the rush to develop the neoliberal city informed the development of a...
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Laying siege to the villages: lessons from Shenzhen

Published on: 28 March 2013

Written by: Mary Ann O’Donnell All articles by Mary Ann O’Donnell

In this 4-part series, Mary Ann O'Donnell explores the social antagonisms that have emerged through Shenzhen's...
Published in: openSecurity
Shenzhen: constructing the city, reconstructing subjects

Published on: 14 March 2013

Written by: Jonathan Bach All articles by Jonathan Bach

Shenzhen, one of our greatest contemporary urban experiments, faces huge challenges in integrating the non-urban...
Published in: openSecurity
Conservation and dispossession in Bogotá

Published on: 12 March 2013

Written by: Diana Ojeda All articles by Diana Ojeda

The deployment of conservation zones in Bogotá's 'green' neighbourhoods, is fast becoming an alibi for the...
Published in: openSecurity
Pacifying Rio: what's behind Latin America's most talked about security operation

Published on: 12 March 2013

Written by: Flavie Halais All articles by Flavie Halais

Rio de Janeiro has engaged in an ambitious security operation aimed at freeing its favelas from the control of gangs...
Published in: openSecurity
Peopling space: contemporary redevelopment in Bogotá

Published on: 4 March 2013

Written by: Federico Pérez All articles by Federico Pérez

While previous 'security planning' in Bogotá has been premised on eviction and demolition, emerging redevelopment...
Published in: openSecurity
Development and dissent in China's 'urban age'

Published on: 25 February 2013

Written by: Hyun Bang Shin All articles by Hyun Bang Shin

As China enters an 'urban age' for the first time in its entire history, a new set of urban conflicts over identity,...
Published in: openSecurity
The politics of neglect in post-Mubarak Cairo

Published on: 25 February 2013

Written by: WJ Dorman All articles by WJ Dorman

The politics of neglect which has long governed Cairo's expansive informal spaces looks set to remain well into the...

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