"Here is a link to a very relevant article on the benefits associated with sports tourism: http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/economic_updates/south-africa-debating-sports-tourism-benefits "

31 mei 2012 on Sports mega-events and inequality - why do we host them?

"Mohamed, thank you for your brilliant efforts in this discussion. I have been following it with great interest. Another discussion around the issue of slum upgrading also sprang up in the topic..."

28 mei 2012 on Global Housing Strategy to the year 2025

"Thank you Vanessa and Esther for this interesting discussion. Vanessa raises several important points: we need to distinguish between aesthetic understandings of equity (all places in the city should..."

27 mei 2012 on Placing equity on the planning education agenda

"Rights to land and cultural self-determination for indigenous peoples are recognised by most governments and international organizations. Yet in reality these collective rights are seldom upheld -..."

27 mei 2012 on Wirikuta: a sacred place sold to mining companies.

"Here is an example of some work being done by an organization called Afesis-corplan. The website says, 'Afesis-corplan has identified land access as a strategic focus area with the capacity to..."

24 mei 2012 on What I think about land...

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23 mei 2012 on Placing equity on the planning education agenda

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23 mei 2012 on Placing equity on the planning education agenda

"Thanks! I totally agree that mapping projects are key to understanding how cities work, and a lot has been done with mapping in recent years. One of my favourites:..."

22 mei 2012 on Creative forms of participation for better cities

"Hi Shriya, you may enjoy some of the work that is being done by public artists such as Candy Change. See this link: http://candychang.com/i-wish-this-was/ Many people see public art projects and..."

22 mei 2012 on Creative forms of participation for better cities

"Great comment, do you know of any particular examples - it would be very interesting to find out!"

20 mei 2012 on Empowering women through land and housing

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20 mei 2012 on Empowering women through land and housing

"Thanks Shriya, that certainly captures the spirit of the right to the city as a concept - a right to be and participate in the production of public space, a collective right to the experience of..."

20 mei 2012 on The right to the city

"Esther, obviously there are issues relating to public safety, but the basic point of this concept of the right to the city is that all people have equal rights to enjoy the benefits of public space..."

18 mei 2012 on The right to the city

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18 mei 2012 on Urban poverty has a woman’s face

"This topic was posted by Ed Werna earlier, I have decided to move it to this discussion thread: On the issue of participation of informal workers, for the sake of knowledge-sharing let me inform..."

16 mei 2012 on Calling for better understanding of participation of informal workers

"I think that it is really important to discuss the issue of informal work from an equity perspective, as it raises the issue of how we study and develop policy for vulnerable groups of the working..."

16 mei 2012 on Calling for better understanding of participation of informal workers

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16 mei 2012 on No women, no prosperity in cities

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15 mei 2012 on This week: focusing on women and equity

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15 mei 2012 on This week: focusing on women and equity

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15 mei 2012 on This week: focusing on women and equity

"Interesting post Channe. Perhaps this link will also be of some interest to our users: http://www.terralingua.org/bcdconservation/?p=1209 "Natural Justice (Lawyers for Communities and the..."

14 mei 2012 on Endogeneous development for an equitable city

"Thanks Sunday. Indeed, this has been a major criticism directed towards the VPUU project - that perhaps its well-meaning initiatives are not addressing the underlying casuses of poverty, inequality..."

14 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

"Some key areas of intervention and policy development have been emerging within this dialogue, including transportation, land management (i.e. tenure arrangements) and rights based approaches to..."

13 mei 2012 on Physical planning and poverty alleviation

"From the city I currently live in, Cape Town, the best known example of attempting to create a safer city through urban design is the The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project in..."

11 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

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"And here is a link to an article on "An Emerging Logic of Urban Water Management, Cochabamba, Bolivia", by Simon Marvin and Nina Laurie (Urban Studies, 1999, 36:2):..."

10 mei 2012 on Water access = rich vs poor matter?

"It struck me that participatory urban water management could be one route to vital resource equity in our cities. I found this project being operated by UN-Habitat, which has the specific objective..."

10 mei 2012 on Water access = rich vs poor matter?

"Hi Oded, here is a link to the website of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), which is a global network of community-based organizations of the urban poor, active in 33 countries:..."

10 mei 2012 on Realizing the right to adequate housing is a pre-requisite for...

"Brilliant topic Channe. In South Africa all people are guaranteed the right to adequate shelter in the Constitution. Recently, there have been numerous political and legal battles over what..."

10 mei 2012 on Realizing the right to adequate housing is a pre-requisite for...

"And here are some more fantastic photographs, this time of the inner city of Johannesburg, taken by my friend and colleague at the African Centre for Cities, Ismail Farouk:..."

10 mei 2012 on Excellent photos of urban inequities, contrasts and divides

"Certainly different groups have different sorts of security needs. Many local community groups fulfill important security functions. However, there is an issue when local groups use unhindered..."

10 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

"I think that Alvaro makes an important point - that planning should seek to produce the social capital that decreases social vulnerability, especially of the youth. We can be proactive in making our..."

10 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

"Hi Mariana, this is a very interesting point, which is very relevant to the subject of equity. How do we manage the ways in which vital resources such as water and food are distributed in society, so..."

10 mei 2012 on Water access = rich vs poor matter?

"The international advocacy organization WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing) has produced a series of publications known as the Workers' Lives Series. Here is a link to an..."

10 mei 2012 on Social and economic inclusion of marginal and vulnerable groups

"That is true Giselle. The right to the city is a concept that calls for real participation the the production of 'the urban'. Specifically, it is concerned with the outcomes, rather than the process..."

9 mei 2012 on Social participation for equity and prosperity of cities

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9 mei 2012 on World Urban Youth Assembly 2 September 2012

"Here is a link to an article by Willice Okoth Onyango entitled, 'A generation seeks to mold the future' published by Stakeholders Forum’s Outreach magazine Rio+20: Youth edition: h..."

9 mei 2012 on World Urban Youth Assembly 2 September 2012

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9 mei 2012 on Excellent photos of urban inequities, contrasts and divides

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9 mei 2012 on Excellent photos of urban inequities, contrasts and divides

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9 mei 2012 on Excellent photos of urban inequities, contrasts and divides

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9 mei 2012 on Excellent photos of urban inequities, contrasts and divides

"Brilliant, welcome to the dialogue! Here is a link to the IDRC project you mention, for everyone who is interested: http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-81920-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html This website also has a..."

9 mei 2012 on Social and economic inclusion of marginal and vulnerable groups

"Good point Clarence. This reminds me of research that I have seen on 'multi-choice policing' in Africa. Here is a link to a paper by Bruce Baker on Uganda:..."

9 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention

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8 mei 2012 on The right to the city

"Thank you for creating this topic. It raises another relevant point - that concerned with how societies manage illegalities and criminalities. It is clear that certain groups in society are more..."

8 mei 2012 on Safer cities, security and crime prevention