Tag: Spatial Inequality
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Building Inclusive Streets: Reshaping the Schlossstrasse, Frankfurt
Streets exist in many forms. From large, straight and open, to small, winding and secluded. Streets have different meanings to different people. For one it might be the way to work, for the other a place to hang out. Especially in cities, streets are multidimensional, multifunctional and multi-interpretable. Streets are there for movement, place making…
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Amsterdam: A cognitive cultural city?
Katie Brown exemplyfies how Amsterdam is transforming into a city ruled by the cognitive cultural class.
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Observing Urban Form in Dili, East Timor
Matt Smith travels to Dili, Timor – Leste and traverses the urban environment of one of the least visited countries in the world.
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Homelessness & NYC’s Public Libraries
Beth Jarret is researching the effects of rampant homelessness on public libraries in New York City, with specific focus on the changing role of the librarian. She looks at the burden homelessness can place on librarians and examines potential solutions based on programs developed in San Jose, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
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Uniting a Divided City: A Case Study in Silwan
How is city planning in Jeruzalem a subtle powerful tool for the Israeli government to rule East-Jeruzalem, where the majority of residents is Palestinian?
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Ponte Tower: Pipe Dream of Johannesburg
Johannesburg’s Ponte Tower used to be a symbol for white priviledge under the apartheid regime, but soon became an icon of decline and crime.
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Manchester’s Northern Quarter: Fostering or Exploiting Authenticity?
Authenticity is often considered as the magic ingredient for cultural and commercial regeneration of post-industrial neighbourhoods. But what is considered authentic and to what extent can authenticity be ‘used’? Valerie van Lieshout looks for answers in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
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Yuppie Voting Behaviour: Urban Electoral Earthquakes?
As European cities change demographically, so do their electoral preferences. Jorn Koelemaij reports about yuppies and the collapse of labour in Amsterdam.
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Polarised Tehran: Tea House vs. Coffee shop
Reza Shaker Ardekani critically explores the geographic polarisation of Tehran by looking at tea houses and coffee shops as gendered spaces.
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Territoriality and Tensions in Glasgow’s Schemes
Glasgow is often associated with territorial, violent youth gangs. Jorn Koelemaij did research in Possilpark, and discusses territoriality and its impact.