Thinking City

Brilliant and beautifully written piece by @ligayamishan on Manhattan’s Chinatown, where life, culture, history and Western fetishisation intermingle nytimes.com/2023/09/19/t-m… @tmagazine

What can we do about gentrification and displacement? @LorettaCLees and @jbrownsaracino host a major conference tackling the question on 26–28 Oct at @BU_Tweets, for academics, activists & others sites.bu.edu/gentrification/

"History, antiquity, green spaces and people’s rights to land and memories are being sacrificed, as the soul of the city itself seems to decamp towards the new buildings on its outskirts" @NesrineMalik theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Oh dear. nytimes.com/2023/08/25/bus…

"Community gardens seem to have potential to mitigate many problems of our era: loneliness, ageing populations, obesity, poor mental health, lack of exercise, concrete cities and overstrained health services." ft.com/content/c28d0d…

A recent study found that Bangkok residents need to travel at least 4.5km on average to reach the nearest green space. A new initiative aims to change that (via @fairplanet) fairplanet.org/editors-pick/b…

‘Despite its reputation as the most livable city in the world, Copenhagen is also a place full of contradictions and economic disparity’ (@Domusweb) domusweb.it/en/sustainable…

“This place is in deep trouble. There’s no way developers will allow it to stay in the hands of low-income population groups.” Miami’s Little Haiti neighbourhood faces displacement (via @nytimes) nytimes.com/2023/06/12/rea…

Vietnam’s first ‘smart urban area’ lies desolate e.vnexpress.net/photo/news/vie…

Paris' new bioclimatic urban plan aims to increase green areas and social housing at the same time (via @DomusWeb) domusweb.it/en/sustainable…

Barcelona's pedestrian-oriented 'Superblocks' project, having been shown to improve residents' mental health, is being expanded (@POLITICOEurope) politico.eu/article/barcel…

Socially sustainable places facilitate sharing of equitable resources and services, collaboration and collective action, and self-sufficiency – all ways of living that help achieve a greener society thinkingcity.org/2023/04/14/env…

New post > Environmental sustainability is not possible without social sustainability thinkingcity.org/2023/04/14/env…

How COVID-19 changed cities — and how it didn’t (@POLITICOEurope) politico.eu/article/covid-…

‘Government officials, residents, and researchers are divided on whether the proposed preservation tool serves as a safeguard against gentrification or an instrument of it’ (⁦@HoustonChron⁩) houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst…

Closing this Friday: exhibition at @LSEnews exploring the road landscapes of Abu Dhabi lse.ac.uk/Events/2023/02…

‘Several cities across the world are now reinventing themselves to make life better for all residents — and in the process, carving a path for the rest of us to solve some of the most pressing urban design challenges’ @JennaSchnuer nytimes.com/2023/03/16/wor…

According to research in the UK, urban residents are 64% more likely than rural residents to engage frequently in active travel – and the more active travel a person does, the better their mental health. theconversation.com/mental-health-…

‘A new kind of inequality is taking hold in Indian cities’: the wealthy are paying to breathe clean air (⁦@WiredUK⁩) wired.co.uk/article/breath…

Can Cities Go Green Without Driving Gentrification? (@NPR) npr.org/2022/12/22/114…