Anna Selmeczi (CEU): From Shack to the Constitutional Court: The Litigious Disruption of Governing Global Cities. Phil Hubbard (Kent): Gender, Power and Sex in the World City Network. Bart M.J. Szewczyk (GWU) and Robert Hutchings (Texas): The Global Future and its Policy Implications: Views from Leading Thinkers on Five Continents, and the Views from Johannesburg, Lagos, and Cairo; the Views from Sao Paolo, Mexico City, and Santiago; and the Views of New Delhi, Istanbul, and Almaty. From Intelligent Life, what is the capital of the world? Choose from among the contenders: Beijing, Delhi, London, New York, Singapore, and Washington D.C., and more. From New Geography, Wendell Cox on Manila and the evolving urban form. Paul Romer on the world's first charter city, in Honduras. Favela futurism, very chic: The future of global innovation is the Brazilian favela, the Mumbai slum and the Nairobi shanty-town. Across Europe, irking drivers is urban policy. A review of Streetlife: The Untold History of Europe's Twentieth Century by Leif Jerram. A review of Olympic Cities: Urban Planning, City Agendas and the World's Games, 1896 to the Present. Steal this veg: Urban agriculture can challenge the priorities of the capitalist city. From Scientific American, a special issue on cities. The mythological city: Whether it is prehistoric paintings on the walls of caves or the graffiti and advertising we see all over the walls of our modern cities, people need to mark out their space, distinguish it from the untamed wilderness. The first chapter from The Spirit of Cities: Why the Identity of a City Matters in a Global Age by Daniel A. Bell and Avner de-Shalit. From Cracked, here are the 5 most extravagant ways cities have been wiped out; and a look at 5 major cities that are going to be destroyed.
