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• published a topic: Have Real Estate Investment Trusts worked?

  27 June 2012

• published a topic: Smart City Search Engine?

  15 June 2012

• likes a comment: As of last week, my favorite city is Thimphu (Bhutan), and hopefully...

  22 May 2012

• "I suppose Ayetimiyi is perhaps advocating for a sustainable program to develop intermediate cities, and satellite towns and townships that can provide employment and access to other economic..."

  22 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• "Indeed Cornie. So what are your favourite cities?"

  22 May 2012 on Your favourite city

• "London: Great transport, beautiful architecture, historical value, cleanliness Bangkok: Retail therapy, great food, culture, excellent transport system"

  22 May 2012 on Your favourite city

• published a topic: Your favourite city

  22 May 2012

• likes a comment: To Hassaan: The way we are positioning our planning system in the...

  21 May 2012

• "This reminds me of an old proverb I've modified to fit our cities. “A city that knows not and knows not that it knows not: it is a fool - shun it. A city that knows not and knows it knows not: it i..."

  21 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• "If I was a city manager trying to figure out whether the glass is half empty or half full, I would say that it is half empty--if only someone would allow me to fill 'er up!"

  21 May 2012 on Optimists or Pessimists - Stock taking of sustainable cities dialog -...

• "To say that developing countries should find their own solutions, while learning from the experiences of developed countries is to state the obvious. However, I thought I would share my experience..."

  15 May 2012 on Applying concepts from developed to developing countries

• "Dear Angela, Men in my city have the same rights as women in my city--None!"

  14 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• "Dear Sebastian, The answer to me is clear. Any improvement has to start with overarching reforms that re-engineer the public sector so there is less rent-seeking and a more enabling and..."

  14 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• likes a comment: Hi Hassaan - see video...

  14 May 2012

• likes a topic: Unclear planning policies - the bane of many cities!

  10 May 2012

• "Great topic Shipra. I suppose one of the problems we have to contend with--atleast in Pakistani cities--is the various layers of planning institutions that function in a haphazard manner. I think..."

  10 May 2012 on Unclear planning policies - the bane of many cities!

• likes a comment: Love the framing of 'stupid cities' - thanks. I'd add that ...

  10 May 2012

• "Vigilante justice can bring many unhappy surprises. If we look at the recent Zimmerman case in USA, or the Sialkot lynch mobs in Pakistan, we begin to see there is something unsettling when citizens..."

  9 May 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

• "Thanks for egging me on to spill the beans on my own city Cornie.To my mind, stupid cities are made, not born--and that is indeed the case with the City of Lahore. So what makes Lahore a stupid..."

  9 May 2012 on what makes a stupid city?

• published a topic: what makes a stupid city?

  8 May 2012