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• "It could be argued that every planning approach has its draw back. Densification is a good approach. As city grows and spread its tentacles of acquiring every available land space there is need to..."

  22 May 2012 on Which urban planning approach is preferable for developing countries?...

• "Ms Quazi, would less car dependency- low carbon city not a sustainable city? Better public transport system and increase in over all accessibility not a productive city? enhance economic development,..."

  22 May 2012 on Basic concept of "Future city" initiative

• likes a comment: Thank you for your views. Indeed, we cannot be naive enough to...

  13 May 2012

• "Thank you moderator, you have sealed this discuss. Definitely the point!"

  13 May 2012 on Urban planning and the challenge of slums

• "Hassan in my case is CORRUPTION and POLITICS. Everything is simply politics, To give a cup of water to a poor widow is politically seduced-next-motivated by corruption, so how can sustainable water..."

  12 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• "Slum represent neglect and insufficient enthusiasm and commitment on the part of policy makers. Planners have never lacked the zeal to plan. We could argue that the technical aspect or process of..."

  12 May 2012 on Urban planning and the challenge of slums

• "You should understand that the political class enjoy poverty to the worst level, so addressing the issue of poverty and the underclass will not be part of social policy that could be addressed in..."

  12 May 2012 on Urban planning and the challenge of slums

• "Should we introduce natural forest zones in our cities? With the growing human population, it will not be out of place to organize open spaces by professional planners- to landscape the parks. I..."

  12 May 2012 on Greening the City - or re-imaging a city without its green spaces?

• "As man struggles to improve his environment by planning productive, sustainable, intelligent city, social policy piercing into the underclass, and, poverty has never been addressed in a typical..."

  12 May 2012 on Urban planning and the challenge of slums

• "The word sustainability has become a catch phrase for political leaders to bamboozle all, but less is achieved in terms of city planning. Sustainable development should be a chain of successful ..."

  10 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• "The word sustainability has become a catch phrase for political leaders to bamboozle all, but less is achieved in terms of city planning. Sustainable development should be a chain of successful ..."

  10 May 2012 on What Makes a City Sustainable or is it just Sexy to use Sustainable !

• "Beautiful. Allesa, lets work. I presently live in a town that was a local government head quarters, with all the futures of a rural setting. A ribbon a settlement, with increasing sprawl and..."

  10 May 2012 on Urban planning tools and local identity

• "Thank you Allesa for appreciating my input. there is the possibility i suppose. But in your region you should be looking more at the occupational readjustment. I will love to look into your works as..."

  10 May 2012 on Urban planning tools and local identity

• "Rural development has always been neglected in developing countries. Agricultural products -yielding income is taking to develop the urban sector regarding the rural sector- last. If only rural..."

  9 May 2012 on Can rural-urban migration really be stopped?

• "To achieve effective goal in urban planning the believe system and the traditional values of the people in the indigenous enclaves, including traditional governance must be put into consideration. In..."

  9 May 2012 on Urban planning tools and local identity

• "This cost sharing mechanism could it be viewed as public private partnership? Be a little bit explicit in this line or is it a method of taxation? I am highly interested in this value added."

  9 May 2012 on Mechanisms to capture

• "To be precise, urban sprawl and slum growth is being accepted as norm hence it is ravishing almost every chunk of the city in my region. Leaving behind its trend of congestion, urban poverty,..."

  8 May 2012 on The challenges of urbanization, and urban planning responses