The priority given to place and public space in the New Urban Agenda, an international agreement on cities that will be finalized at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador this week, marks an important shift for the global development community. But this document is still playing catch-up to how communities and placemakers are mobilizing on this issue.
Category Archives: Urban Policy
The Globe and Mail: Remembering and Understanding Jane Jacobs, Beyond Left and Right
As urban historian Sandy Zipp and myself compiled Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs, and immersed ourselves in the discourse around this great urban thinker, one thing became clear: Everyone has their own Jane Jacobs.