December 2011
12 posts
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“As part of its Green 2020 plan, Vancouver specifies a 40-per-cent canopy and is...”
– An urban canopy to nurture a city’s growth
Dec 31st
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Dec 24th
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“Why not preserve the more significant ruins? Ruins can create meaning from...”
– Simon Sellars on the ruins of Christchurch, New Zealand
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“It’s been called the largest migration in human history: An estimated 320...”
– China grapples with mass migration from villages to cities
Dec 24th
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“London between the 17th to the 19th centuries is about the most digitised place...”
– Professor Robert Shoemaker on a new interactive map of London which shows the capital’s social history in unprecedented detail, including trial accounts from the Old Bailey, tax and population data. BBC interview
Dec 12th
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“What is more dramatic, even romantic, than the tumbled towers of lower...”
– Jane Jacobs. Jane Jacobs and The Future of the City - Geoff Dyer, Anna Mansfield, Ben Rogers and P D Smith at the Arnolfini, Bristol, Sat 3 Dec, 12:00pm - 1.30pm 
Dec 1st
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