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• "Dear Anjad, thank you fir this perspective. I find it an excellent statement on the attributes of high quality public spaces"

  28 June 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• likes a comment: Public spaces are places for people and its people who should design...

  28 June 2012

• "Hi Natalie, thanks for your input. I'm delighted to hear about your work on sustainable design principles for African cities - we surely need this! The image you posted could, in fact, have come..."

  6 June 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• published a topic: Discussion Summary Segment 3: Good Quality Public Spaces

  29 May 2012

• "Thanks Priscilla, the Sourcebook is really useful! Seeing that the E-dialogue is going to be extended, possibly other contributors can provide similar examples."

  29 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• "Thanks Tsami! This example is an excellent demonstration of some of UN Habitat's basic principles : interveention at scale; integration and connectivity. See Rafeel Tuts posting on 7 May at 13.32."

  24 May 2012 on The creative assimilation of public spaces to enhance the quality of...

• "Hi Tsami, can you give some examples from your experiences and possibly some pictures to show the types of space informal workers need, or can use? Also perhaps what a local municipality should, or..."

  24 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 2. Existing public spaces and...

• "This is interesting Mekonen, can you expand a bit and possibly give some examples?"

  24 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

• likes a topic: Public Space for all

  24 May 2012

• "Really creative!"

  22 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 2. Existing public spaces and...

• likes a comment: To put it in technical terms, public spaces include parks,...

  22 May 2012

• published a topic: Public spaces - Topic for day 3. How to design a good public space?

  22 May 2012

• "Thanks Shriya, several of your points link into today's topic, namely design of good public spaces. I'd like to pick up on your last point about safety in public spaces. In what ways can crime be..."

  22 May 2012 on Public spaces - Topic for day 2. Existing public spaces and...

• likes a comment: Bad planning forces not only curfew on women and girls, this creates...

  21 May 2012

• likes a comment: I think the mushrooming of many buildings within and around the...

  21 May 2012

• likes a topic: Bad planning forces curfew on women and girls

  21 May 2012

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  21 May 2012 on Creative use of residual infrastructure by informal traders - Warwick...

• "Sure Tasmi, this is an important dimension of the topic. See also use of streets and sidewalks in Hanoi"

  21 May 2012 on Creative use of residual infrastructure by informal traders - Warwick...

• published a topic: Creative use of urban streets in Hanoi without urban planning!

  21 May 2012

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  21 May 2012 on Creative use of urban streets in Hanoi without urban planning!

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  21 May 2012 on Creative use of urban streets in Hanoi without urban planning!

• published a topic: Public spaces - Topic for day 2. Existing public spaces and infrastructure can be used creatively

  21 May 2012

• likes a comment: Based on the topic, the use of reserve open space varies from...

  20 May 2012

• published a topic: Creative use of residual infrastructure by informal traders - Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa

  20 May 2012

• "Thank you Agbelu. Thinking of children, there was an innovative project in redevelopment of Cato Manor in Durban South Africa. It involved persuading the authorities to agree to reducing their..."

  19 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

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  19 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

• likes a comment: Yes! I think the importance of public space is just that it serve...

  19 May 2012

• "I guess the capacity for pubic spaces to be "mixed-use" is one of the key elements.Your description of public parks in Delhi reminds me of the walkways around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi. This is a good..."

  19 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

• "Thanks Shriya, do you have some examples of public spaces in your city that work really well? And if so whatis it that makes them special?"

  18 May 2012 on Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

• likes a comment: I think one problem is actually trying to plan or 'choreograph' the...

  18 May 2012

• published a topic: Quality of public spaces - Topic for day 1

  18 May 2012

• published a topic: Quality of Public Spaces

  18 May 2012

• "Community safety and public security are per-requisites for urban development. In the early stages of the Cato Manor reconstruction initiative in the mid-1990s, crime and violence began to impact..."

  11 May 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

• "While urban planning can contribute to preventing slum formation / expansion, it is not sufficient on its own. The Project Preparation Trust's (PPT) experience in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province and..."

  11 May 2012 on Urban planning and the challenge of slums

• "The fundamental issues in urban reconstruction relate to acquiring the land; securing rights to develop it; protecting the land and rights during planning and development; allocating rights to end..."

  8 May 2012 on Managing urban land to ensure equity and sustainability