Topic: Jane Jacobs
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Latin America Monitor
Top questions for Rio heading into 2013The host of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics faces many questions as it prepares for mega-events that are changing the way things are working in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
From Brooklyn to Philly to Houston: Is the American city of today becoming more like Paris?
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Latin America Monitor
Makeover for Rio's favelas: What is at stake?One of every five residents in Rio de Janeiro lives in a favela, and faces public security and health threats. But the city's plan to improve slums has been met with distrust, writes a guest blogger.
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Designing for disaster
How the need for security leads to enhanced public spaces.
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Opinion: Why the Web may unleash the largest construction boom in history
The rise of ships, trains, and cars transformed cities and the way we live. Now it’s the Web’s turn.
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Noted policymaker Diane Ravitch says she was wrong to jump on the No Child Left Behind bandwagon.
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