European Cities in Conflict

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Reading into the soul of Istanbul

Published on: 6 November 2014

Written by: Serhan Ada All articles by Serhan Ada

A photograph from the 1920s makes plain the faultline that lays bare the conflicts of Istanbul, whether clearly...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Does Max Weber's occidental city have a future?

Published on: 5 November 2014

Written by: Hinnerk Bruhns All articles by Hinnerk Bruhns

Comparative analysis of types of city, in their own spatial, political, social and economic contexts, remains a...

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Whose smart city?

Published on: 8 April 2014

Written by: Alberto Vanolo All articles by Alberto Vanolo

The proliferation of 'smart' solutions to a deluge of political and economic problems in today's cities may well...

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A sporting chance?

Published on: 8 April 2014

Written by: Kirsteen Paton All articles by Kirsteen Paton

This year's 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony will feature the demolition of Glasgow's renowned Red Road...

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25 years of MIPIM is enough

Published on: 14 March 2014

Written by: European Action Coalition for the Right to housing and the city All articles by European Action Coalition for the Right to housing and the city

Real estate managers, asset dealers and city sellers at this years MIPIM, the world's biggest property fair, will...

Published in: openSecurity

From Olympic spectacle to social crisis: review of Future Suspended

Published on: 25 February 2014

Written by: Christina Laskaridis All articles by Christina Laskaridis

Review: Crisis-Scape's new film invites us in to the shadows of Athens, a city tenuously held together by state...

Published in: openSecurity

Athens: future suspended

Published on: 25 February 2014

Written by: Crisis-Scape All articles by Crisis-Scape

Watch: What impact does a global financial crisis have on everyday life in the city? Crisis-Scape's final 35'...

Published in: openSecurity

Focus E15: the young mothers' struggle for universal housing

Published on: 21 February 2014

Written by: Kate Belgrave All articles by Kate Belgrave

For more than six months, a small group of young, homeless mothers have been battling for decent and secure social...

Published in: openSecurity

Territorial stigma and regeneration in Tottenham

Published on: 18 February 2014

Written by: Chloe Peacock All articles by Chloe Peacock

The stigmatising narratives which dominate popular discourse on the 2011 riots have imbued the punitive regeneration...

Published in: openSecurity

Istanbul in transformation

Published on: 18 December 2013

Written by: Basak Tanulku All articles by Basak Tanulku

The Gezi park protests of June 2013 drew the attention of the world to a very urban conflict in Turkey's most...

Published in: openSecurity

Victims no longer: Spain’s anti-eviction movement

Published on: 17 December 2013

Written by: Carlos Delclós All articles by Carlos Delclós

For over four years, the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) have responded to a national housing crisis...

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