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Podcast: Bogotá Mayor Claudia López, Breaking New Ground
Vídeos e MultimídiaNovembro 2021Season 2, Episode 9 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Mayor Claudia López.Bogotá Mayor Claudia López talks about local climate action, land value capture for more equitable urban development, and the importance of supporting women in society, in an interview...
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Case Study: Post-Disaster Recovery of Public Housing in Galveston, Texas
An Opportunity for Whom?OutroOutubro 2019Jane Rongerude and Sara HamidehThis case study highlights post-disaster challenges and opportunities, encouraging readers to ask who benefits from recovery efforts and who bears the costs.
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Case Study: Informal Settlements and Rights in Conflict
An Inquiry Case of Guryong Village Land Development in Seoul, South KoreaOutroOutubro 2018Jongwoong KimThis inquiry case focuses on the complicated decision-making process of urban development in Seoul, South Korea. How can a controversial slum development project be best planned?
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Case Study: Community Toilets and the Challenge of Urban Sanitation in Nairobi, Kenya
OutroOutubro 2018Carlos Rufín and Johann FrieldThe case focuses on the growth of community toilets in Nairobi’s sprawling informal settlements.
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Case Study: Fighting FEMA
Urban Informality and Disaster Response in Rio Grande Valley ColoniasOutroOutubro 2019Danielle Zoe RiveraThis case study examines the legal case LUPE, et al. v. FEMA, B:08-cv-487 [2008], which discusses the issue of informal housing repairs in post-disaster situations.
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Case Study: Bravery in the Face of Bureaucracy
The Negotiation and Completion of Minute 319OutroOutubro 2019Jennifer GimbelThis case reviews the negotiation process regarding the operations of the Colorado River system after it experienced the most severe drought in recorded history.
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Podcast: Plotting the Planet’s Future at World Urban Forum 10
Vídeos e MultimídiaMarço 2020Episode 10 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint and Claudio AciolyFinancing urban infrastructure and promoting decent, affordable housing were both big topics at the United Nations global cities summit, the World Urban Forum, recently held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
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Podcast: Solutions in Slums
Amid substandard living conditions, glimmers of hopeVídeos e MultimídiaAgosto 2019Episode 4 of the Land Matters podcast with Anthony Flint, Enrique Silva, and Theresa WilliamsonSlums have been a feature of cities for centuries, and accelerating global urbanization has led to an unprecedented number of people living in substandard conditions. Cities have responded with a...
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Building and Dwelling: A Conversation with Richard Sennett
Vídeos e MultimídiaMaio 2018Sociologist Richard Sennett discusses his book Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, in which he traces the anguished relationship between how cities are built and how people actually live in them, from ancient Athens to 21st-century Shanghai
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The Potential of Community Land Trusts in Rio's Favelas
Vídeos e MultimídiaDezembro 2017Theresa Williamson of Catalytic Communities (CatComm) in Rio de Janeiro discusses the potential for community land trusts to allow for improvements to informal settlements while protecting affordable housing.