Category: Build & Destroy
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Postsocialist racialised governance in Bucharest
In an earlier contribution I described the housing situation of Ferentari, a neighbourhood in southern Bucharest. The hardships described in that essay are based on research carried out in early 2012. However, one could argue that Romania was still recovering by that time from the rapid economic decline in the 1990s and the subsequent financial…
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The Cities of Central China: Urban Development Case Studies in Wuhan
Researchers Carl Hooks and Allison Sherlock reflect on trends in urban development on the high streets of Wuhan, China.
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Nothing to Hide: Camera Surveillance at Bos en Lommerplein
Normalised surveillance Every day, we are tracked and watched by a vast surveillance infrastructure. Most of the time, we are not even aware of the devices and data monitoring tracking our movements and behaviour. Discourse on mass surveillance has become less critical, normalising its’ practices and workings, while at the same time highlighting its’ benefits,…
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Self-driving Cars in Boston: Opportunities and Threats for Real Estate Development and Influence on the Character of Cities
Julian Bluemle explores oportunities and threats of self-driving cars to real-estate developments in the future. He provides an outlook on the changes self-driving cars will bring about in spatial organisation of cities and how street space can be better used to foster more livable and pedestrian friendly street spaces.
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The social impacts of urban waterfront regeneration projects
Does top-down urban planning result in more questionable social impacts? Benedict McAteer compares waterfront redevelopment in Liverpool and Amsterdam.
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Urban Success in Leipzig: By Coincidence?
Leipzig´s urban development has certainly seen its highs and lows since the end of the eighties. Daniël Kipp reports on the search for her new identity.
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Did Amman 2025 hear the voice of young people?
Zayed Zeadat researches the political system and cultural barriers in Jordan, in order to explain how the engagement of youth could advance the quality of urban development planning in Amman.
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Medieval Policy: Hungarian City to Build Anti-Refugee Wall
Cities in Hungary try to do everything they can to keep away refugees and other undesired people. Rothar Kolesa describes how Pushzővásársnyő considers to build back its medieval city walls.
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Reggio Calabria: Reviving After Earthquakes
Reggio Calabria has one of Italy’s most beautiful cityscapes. Will this earthquake-vulnerable city be able to prevent the region’s brain drain? Marta Perrone discusses.
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Banda Aceh: Town Beyond the Apocalypse
Steffen Fokkema explores Banda Aceh, still on the road to recovery following the 2004 tsunami.