All posts by Osa Isacson
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Global Urban Lectures s04e12: Carlosfelipe Pardo – Reducing speeds for better mobility and quality of life
The lecture will address the issue of having more appropriate speeds in cities while increasing efficiency and livability. SYNOPSIS Issues which the lecture addresses Current transport policies give too much attention to speed as an indicator of...
- Posted July 30, 2017
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Global Urban Lectures s04e11: Luisa Bravo – Stand up for public space
Luisa Bravo in this lecture advocates for that public space in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic – a right for everybody. SYNOPSIS Issues which the lecture addresses Public space...
- Posted July 25, 2017
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Global Urban Lectures s04e10: Lewis Dijkstra – The tale of broadville and narrowtown: Why we need a global, people-based definition of cities and settlements
Lewis Dijkstra from the European Commission in this lecture explains why without a global definition of cities, urban indicators are hopelessly distorted and proposes the degree of urbanisation as new method to solve this problem. SYNOPSIS Issues...
- Posted July 18, 2017
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Global Urban Lectures s04e09: Geoffrey Payne – Improving urban tenure security and property rights
In this lecture, Geoffrey Payne distills thirty years of work on land tenure and property rights to provide a conceptual and methodological framework for assessing the issues involved and offers policy options with practical examples. SYNOPSIS Issues which the lecture...
- Posted July 10, 2017
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Global Urban Lectures S04e08: Fernando Murillo – A Compass for cities
In this lecture Fernando Murillo from University of Buenos Aires discusses the “Compass” of cities – a participatory methodology for policy making . It consists of different indicators represented graphically as a “Compass”, combining four fundamental dimensions dealing...
- Posted July 3, 2017