The Right to the City: The entitled and the excluded
THE URBAN REINVENTORS - Issue 3, november 09
Editorial
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: THE ENTITLED AND THE EXCLUDED - Alessandro Busà - UR Chief Editor
Paper Series
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY VERSUS BRIDGING THE URBAN DIVIDE - Tom Angotti, Hunter College, CUNY, New York
ENACTING DEMOCRACY- PUBLIC SPACE: THEATER OF DISCOURSE - Lois Ascher, Wentworth Institute, Boston
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY AND THE STRUGGLES OVER PUBLIC CITIZENSHIP: EXPLORING THE LINKS - Anna Plyushteva
IGNORING INJUSTICE IN DISASTER PLANNING: AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH ON KATRINA AND 9/11 - Peter Marcuse, Columbia University, New York
REVANCHIST PLANET - Neil Smith, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
Disconnected from society? Gated communities: their lifestyle versus urban governance - Peer Smets, VU University Amsterdam
THE PRESENT CRISIS IS A CRISIS OF CITY BUILDING - Neil Smith, Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at CUNY Graduate Center, New York
In Depth
FAVELAS, PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF URBAN SPACE IN BRAZILIAN SLUMS - Gustavo Rivera, University of Chicago
A CURIOUSLY QUALIFIED LEGACYOF RESISTANCE TO GENTRIFICATION - Kate Shaw, University of Melbourne, Australia
THROUGH THE SKY: VERTICAL GATED DEVELOPMENTS IN ISTANBUL - Aliye Ahu Gülümser, Tüzin Baycan Levent, Instanbul Technical University
THE FRAGMENTED CITY: CHANGING PATTERNS IN LATIN AMERICAN CITIES - Axel Borsdorf (University of Innsbruck) and Rodrigo Hidalgo (Catholic University of Chile)
HOMELESS IN TENT CITY, USA - Kathy Sanborn
THE RIGHT TO THE “WORLD CLASS CITY”? CITY VISIONS AND EVICTIONS IN MUMBAI - Matt Birkinshaw and Victoria Harris (Save Houses, Build Houses)
IS DONGTAN ECOCITY A MODEL OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY? - Peter Sigrist, Cornell University
Combating Social Exclusion with “Activating” Policies: Lessons from Recent German Policy Reforms - Margit Mayer, Freie Universität, Berlin
Urban Stories
THE GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA (pdf) - D. L. Lewis
TALES OF A LITTLE GHETTO GIRL (pdf) - Kathy Henry
HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS (pdf) - Edgar Swamp
106th STREET AND ME (pdf) - Rafaela Santos
Image Gallery
The “Prestes Maia” Reportage - Tatiana Cardeal
The Right to The City: The Entitled and the Excluded - a collective project
La Banlieu à pied - Ludovic Maillard
Night and Decay - Lynn Smith
The Homeless Photographer - Leroy Skalstad
The Duality of Darius Twin - Darius Twin
Video Gallery
AMERICAN CASINO - Leslie Cockburn
PRESTES MAIA – FREEDOM IN CONCRETE - Levin Peter, Jonas Ginter, Marla Fee Wilke
PRESTES MAIA – A PLACE TO LIVE AT - Cut Chase Production
VANISHING NEW YORK - Fiore Derosa and Jen Senko
A HOLE IN THE FENCE - D. W. Young
RAZING NY: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING - Global Action Project
DON’T SHRINK CONEY ISLAND! FIX THE PLAN - ck Zigun, Save Coney Island, Coney Island USA
THE DESTRUCTION OF CONEY ISLAND – WELCOME TO THORASIC PARK - KinetOskope
Rezoning Harlem - Natasha Florentino & Tamara Gubernat
GENTRIFICATION IN GREENPOINT: A NOT-SO-SERIOUS-COMMERCIAL - Null Set Films
GENTRIFICATION IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE: A SHORT FILM - A.Turzio, D. Coles, J.Guo and E. Dong
THE BATTLE OVER NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC HOUSING - Big Noise Film
SAVE PUBLIC HOUSING IN NEW ORLEANS - Gudhee
WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES IN NEW ORLEANS - A multimedia presentation
THE URBAN ROOTS OF THE FISCAL CRISIS - David Harvey/p>
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY - Radical Urbanism Conference, CUNY
AMERICAN TENT CITIES - NBC, Today Show
More Resources (PDF)
THE WORLD CHARTER FOR THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
by World Social Forum
SUPPORTING URBAN PROSPERITY – INVESTING IN AMERICAN CITIES
by Barack Obama and Joe Biden
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: BRIDGING THE URBAN DIVIDE
By U.N. Habitat
by Right to the City Alliance
RIGHT TO THE CITY: RECLAIMING OUR URBAN CENTERS,REFRAMING HUMAN RIGHTS AND REDEFINING CITIZENSHIP
by TIDES Foundation
URBAN POLICIES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
By UN Habitat, March 2009
PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIES: GLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 2009
by UN Habitat
ENHANCING URBAN SAFETY AND SECURITY
by UN Habitat
A LOOK AT THE URBAN INFORMAL ECONOMY
In Habitat Debate, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2007
THE EFFECTS OF INCLUSIONARY ZONING ON LOCAL HOUSING MARKETS
by Furman Center for Real Estate and Housing Policy
THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING DEBATE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANDATORY PROGRAMS OVER VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS
by American Planning Association
A CHARTER FOR OPPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE
by Anarchitektur
INCREASING HOUSING OPPORTUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY – THE CASE FOR INCLUSIONARY ZONING
By PolicyLink and Pratt Institute
SAVE CONEY ISLAND – An informative Brochure
by Save Coney Island
by Center for an Urban Future