Initially published at CAAC blog An article written for the Urban Solutions Seminar, Birmingham May 2012. Amazing cities. Social constructions, where the best and the worst of humanity live together. From the first fortifications in the Middle Ages to the megapolis of Tokio or Mexico, cities have developed and now seem the most …
Tag: sustainability
You are here: How a Greenmap gives you the keys of your city
Earmarked in a bigger project and the worldwide action of Cities Foundation, We own the city contest aims to break down boundaries of conventional practices, while spotlighting the innovative potential of bottom-up initiatives in sustainable urban development, so as to catalyze discussion and capitalize on debate. This is also the red line guiding the publication …
Back to rural, back to plural
When analyzing the degree of development of a country or its economic potential, the agricultural sector and therefore rural sector usually fall on the negative side of the scale, when they are not in the queue of criteria and priorities. Rural is seen as backward or even without value in the scale of production when …