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Haiti after the earthquake: camps, shanty towns and housing shortages

Gerry L’Étang & translated by Oliver Waine - 2 May 2012
In Haiti, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, public squares became the sites of makeshift camps to provide...
From the Field

Housing the “harkis”: long-term segregation

Abderahmen Moumen & translated by Oliver Waine - 4 April 2012
The end of the Algerian War saw the arrival en masse of thousands of pieds-noirs and harkis in mainland France. From...
From the Field

Gay populations as gentrifiers in Paris and Montreal

Colin Giraud & translated by Oliver Waine - 22 February 2012
Are “gay villages” a sign of gentrification? A comparison between the Marais in Paris – an area gentrified before...
From the Field

Transport and urban planning in Rome: an unholy marriage?

Aurélien Delpirou & translated by Oliver Waine - 4 January 2012
Aurélien Delpirou brings a new perspective to the debate initiated by Luis Santos y Ganges. He highlights the fact...
From the Field

New Orleans Post-Katrina: the Uses of the Web in Times of Crisis

Jean Samuel Bordreuil & translated by Oliver Waine - 24 June 2011
What is the role of the internet media, particularly blogs, in mobilizing action in the aftermath of a major...
From the Field

Making sustainability public: the bayou observation deck in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans

Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 20 June 2011
How can the residents of a flooded neighborhood in New Orleans, torn between reconstruction imperatives and...
From the Field

The Build/No-Build Line

Richard Campanella - 1 June 2011
The Katrina flooding of 2005 ignited a debate between abandonists and maintainers. Should the city move to higher...
From the Field

The School of Urban Renewal: A New Ideological Mishmash?

Claire Carriou & Yankel Fijalkow - 18 May 2011
The Borloo Act of 2003 is said to have marked a major turning-point in French policy concerning so-called “critical”...
From the Field

The Ladies Kingdom and Its Many Uses. A shopping mall in Riyadh for women only

Saba A. Le Renard & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 30 March 2011
The frenetic development of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia is unveiling new and unexpected urban realms, including a shopping...
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Aging in self-managed housing

Stéphanie Vermeersch & translated by Claudio Cambon - 2 March 2011
What happens to old people when they find themselves in a state of dependence? As an alternative to retirement homes,...
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The mayor, the developer and low-cost home ownership

Guilhem Dupuy & translated by Michael Stokes - 17 January 2011
At a time when controlling housing prices has become a national priority, a recent study carried out by Guilhem Dupuy...

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Horizons in the Housing Struggle
Black Power and Black Self-Determination in a New Time and New Spaces
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New York Dossier: The Food Industry Faces the Covid‑19 Pandemic
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Covid-19 Transformed New York’s Destination Food Markets

Ivana Mellers - 5 October 2021
Ivana Mellers analyzes how New York’s destination markets—key spaces of economic and social interactions—coped during...
From the Field

Moving Inside City Limits: The Urban Mobility of Undocumented Youth

Stephen P. Ruszczyk - 4 June 2019
The urban context and public transportation shape how undocumented youths move within cities. In a comparison of New...
Reviews

Filming Ethnic Diversity in New York

Stéphane Tonnelat & translated by Christina Mitrakos - 21 October 2016
Frederick Wiseman’s fortieth documentary film, In Jackson Heights (2015), returns to an urban theme explored in...
From the Field

Looking Inward, Across the Border

Harel Shapira - 19 April 2016
In the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who patrol...
Essays

The Political Aesthetics of Drag

Shaka McGlotten - 13 October 2015
Drag, or the diverse art form and culture of performance that typically plays with gender and sex, is an integral...
Debates

Disarm the Police

Gregory Smithsimon - 29 September 2015
In the current political debates about discriminatory policing, there has been a lack of serious discussion of...

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Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers

CityLab
NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic...

DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for...

Politico
A proposal from the Trump administration would restrict federal funding for cities that don’t charge fares.

‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol...

The Guardian
With 64% of the city’s residents relying on buses and trains so overloaded that up to 10 passengers die a day, anger...

In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great...

The Guardian
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of...

Say what you like about "Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape" – Britain’s...

The Guardian
To right-wing populists who try to portray the world in simple terms, places of fluidity and freedom will always be...

“Our hallway’s big enough to play football in!” The council housing...

The Guardian
Boasting two-sink kitchens, Tower Court in north London is tailored for the Haredi Jewish community – but its...
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