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Future State 2030: Spotlight on urbanization
Posted on: 4 February 2014
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Following the launch of the Future State 2030 report in 2013, KPMG’s Global Government & Public Sector practice continues the conversation with Future State Spotlight. This series will take a closer look at the challenges and opportunities that governments face as they head into 2030 and present insights from KPMG experts around the world. The first articles in the series first article explores how governments can strike the right balance between rural areas and urban centers in the developing world to create environments of inclusivity. While urbanization drives the economies of these emerging countries it can also result in poorly planned and connected urban environments, marginalizing large segments of the population.
10 failed utopian cities that influenced the future
Posted on: 30 January 2014
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Some of the most famous cities in history were never built. These 10 Utopian cities may have been failures, but they expressed our ideas about what the future of human civilization could look like. And many ideas contained in them continue to influence us today.
Dynamics of colonial urbanism: a view from Israel/Palestine
Posted on: 28 January 2014
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This is a video of a talk by Dr Haim Yacobi, a lecturer in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University as well as an architect and planner. The term “mixed cities” is widely used in Israel, describing an urban situation in which Jewish and Arab communities occupy the same urban jurisdiction. However, a critical examination questions this terminology that brings to mind integration and mutual membership of society, while reality is controversial. Similar to other cases of ethnic nationalism, a clear spatial and mental division exists between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and hence the occurrence of “mixed” spaces is both exceptional and involuntary. Rather, it has resulted from a historical process during which the Israeli territory, including previously Arab cities, has been profoundly Judaized. In this process, the Palestinian community remaining in Israel following the 1948 war, has become a marginalized and dispossessed minority. Beyond the significant effect of the social and political processes, the ex-Palestinian urban fabric has been dramatically transformed.
Cities
Posted on: 28 January 2014
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The Guardian has launched a new section devoted to ideas, discussion and predictions about cities all over the planet. This includes a section, Cities back from the brink, which looks at cities around the world that are recovering and rebuilding after a natural disaster.
Cities Outlook 2014
Posted on: 27 January 2014
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Now in its seventh year, Cities Outlook 2014 is the authoritative economic index of the 64 largest cities and towns in the UK. Published by the Centre for Cities, it sets out how different cities are set to fare in the year ahead. This edition has a special focus on London and its relationship to other cities.
The state of European cities in transition: Taking stock after 20 years of reform
Posted on: 27 January 2014
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This gives an in-depth overview of twenty years’ transformation efforts by the 23 countries and territories in northeast, central, east and southeast Europe that, in the early-1990s, embarked on a monumental transition from Socialist centrally-planned economies to democratic and market-based systems. As this report shows, the transition has been a long and winding road with these countries now in various phases of completing their reforms.
Cities and ageing
Posted on: 20 January 2014
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By 2050, for the first time in human history, there will be more older people in the world than children under 14 years of age. By that same year, 70 percent of the world population will be urbanized. This report examines the implications of these two converging global demographic trends and the policy and planning challenges associated with “age friendly cities.
On city size distribution: Evidence from OECD Functional Urban Areas
Posted on: 17 January 2014
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An increasing amount of empirical evidence documents that city-size distribution within a country follows a power law, often in the form of Zipf’s law. This paper provides new comparative evidence on city size distribution across OECD countries. It uses a database where urban agglomerations are consistently identified across different countries, through an algorithm based on population density and commuting patterns. The paper investigates whether Zipf’s law fits well with data. A robustness check is carried out using a traditional administrative definition of cities. Results show that Zipf’s law describes well city size distribution not only at country level, but also at wider spatial scales. The law does not fit as well with the data when using a traditional administrative definition of cities.
Learning from Europe 2014
Posted on: 16 January 2014
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The Learning from Europe seminar at BDP brought together the finalists of the European City of the Year Award to give a more in-depth presentation of the challenges and changes facing their cities. The Awards recognise the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments. Video presentations are available for Istanbul, Malmo and Marseille.
The human city. Sao Paulo, 4-6 June 2013
Posted on: 8 January 2014
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