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

RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: BUILDING LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR URBAN JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY - A FUNDER’S GUIDE

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

CONEY ISLAND VISIONS

by Center for an Urban Future

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