Selected Feature Public Space and Crime: The Cultural Meaning of Violence by Herbert Glasauer Strategic Planning and Urban Competition: The Agenda of Multilateral Agencies in Brazil by Fabricio Leal de Oliveira The Role of Technnical/Professional Workers in Progressive Social Change …
by Carlos B. Vainer Professor at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning and Research, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro — IPPUR/UFRJ “In the criticisms from Brazil against strategic planning and the influence of urban planning from Barcelona, which…
by Bob Heifetz During the 1930s and 1940s, members of the left-led Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and Technicians (FAECT) helped build a radical political agenda. The experiences of this group of technical and professional workers offer lessons for progressive…
by Fabricio Leal de Oliveira In Brazil today, the same solutions for cities come up in almost all forums, debates, and institutions: sustainability and competition. Competition, which is expressed through strategic urban planning, affects all local policy, including environmental policy.…
by Herbert Glasauer In Germany, as in most European countries, there has been a dramatic increase in people’s concerns about insecurity in the past thirty years. In particular, people living in big cities are afraid of using public urban space…