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Our fortieth year at Project for Public Spaces was an exciting one, and it took us all over the world, from the public markets of Barcelona to Stockholm’s City Hall. For some time, placemaking was a strong but “quiet movement.” But after the year we just had, we think it’s safe to say that the secret is out. 
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The early Islamic cities embodied a new way of living, promoted and supported by the Islamic law and the life of the Prophet and his successors. The idea of ‘paradise’ as a reward for the Muslim faithful was the basic concept developed by Muhammad from the beginning of his apostolic mission in Mecca. [1] This was more than an abstract vision of future bliss because the Prophet made many specific statements as to the garden’s iconography, topography, its nature and its inhabitants. Since then these descriptions have played an important role in the Muslim ideology in relation to the built environment.
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In the 19th century, there were 11 cities with over 1 million inhabitants. Today there are over 500 cities around the world where the population stands above 1 million. There are over 7 billion souls on this planet and this number is predicted to...
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In the first in an occasional series looking at how to make cities fairer for all, four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence over ostentatious tower blocks
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Animation which explores the potential of using the Stigmergic logic as a means of organising walkable path ways in an urban centre.
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To promote the wider arguments in the book, Lewis and Conaty produced a series of very short articles. The following Special Report features their series on Community Land Trusts, Mutual Home Ownership, the Garden City Model and the Co-operative Land Bank. The Garden City Model merits special attention, as Garden Cities that took land out of the market were a full expression of radical socialist and co-operative economy planning. Nowadays, a number of parts of the world are showing an interest in reviving them.
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Skyline construction in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings) Bill Freund, an academic and author of The African City, isn't naive. He knows there's pessimism about his area of expertise.
Jason Schneider's curator insight,
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For now, Africa is known for it's lack of urban areas. There are more rural and agricultural areas than urban areas. However, its economy strength is thought to improve Africa's urban life. Burkina Faso seems to be the most grown city (in GDP & population) in Africa.
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kirsten straddles the line between the 'urban real' and the 'urban imagined' and asks how the
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