How radical are the consequences of the change in our routine so far and in the future, because of quarantine? Are modern apartments prepared for this change?
Read MoreHow do we make Lagos food secure? And how do we build resilient food distribution systems in times of uncertainty?
Read MoreCan COVID-19 catalyze the de-urbanization of elites in the developing world? And how will tensions between urbanites and rural dwellers evolve if the trend towards de-urbanization is confirmed?
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 crisis has forced desk-bound workers to adopt the “home-office” model, many are wondering if this new reality is the answer to workers’ increasing demands in way of flexibility, rush hour commutes and rising office prices. And if that turns out to be the case, this is a change in our lifestyles that could have immense implications for the enormous amount of space we dedicate in cities to work. So it’s worth thinking about a bit further.
Read MoreDoes your work involve tackling the COVID-19 crisis through urban measures? Do you have something to say about the effect of the pandemic on cities worldwide? Do you have ideas or stories you’d like to share with a widely-read media platform and/or academic circles, including at the University of Oxford?
Read MoreWhat is the state of health systems in urban Sierra Leone? What specific conditions put urban informal settlements at risk to disease outbreaks? What specific considerations would need to be taken to limit the incidence of disease outbreaks? And how should the response to health epidemics be tailored to informal settlements?
Read MoreLa Diada marks the beginning of spring. It is a national festival that forms one of the most important cultural events in the calendar. It dominates newspapers and television headlines every year. But on this 23rd of April, in these deserted times, St. Jordi is not here.
Read MoreIf this is how capitalistic societies work — with people constantly being productive, striving to occupy their time, almost ashamed when they have nothing to do — quarantine measures have suddenly and abruptly broken everyone’s routines
Read MoreDuring a health crisis, not everyone has the right to stay home. This concerns not only the most essential workers (i.e. doctors, sanitary operators and supermarket assistants), but, also, all those workers who are the real producers of the city, the ones that assure its growth and functioning.
Read MoreWhat amounts to a ‘good’ coronavirus policy and timeline? Who is Andrew Cuomo, and how has his response evolved? And, ultimately, how well does his response and the underlying values match what New Yorkers need?
Read MoreThe pandemic has hit Chile at a particularly pivotal moment for the country, as it found itself immersed in a quasi-refoundational process initiated after the 18th of October (18-O) protests, when levels of social cohesion are dramatically low.
Read MoreUrban lifestyles in Spain may have compounded the viral impact on the country. And they don’t seem likely to change once this is all over. So what solutions are out there?
Read MoreThis is what the deserted city reveals to us, uninhabited in its streets and squares, where no open space belongs to us anymore: to satisfy always and only the private means to confine everyone to their own positions and origins; to give oxygen to the public, to the open space, the means in which we learn to meet others.
Read MoreThe ‘Clean India Mission’ turned five this last October, and notable successes have been made. But what does ‘progress’ mean in the COVID-19 pandemic? In this article, two case studies — Kolkata and Delhi — will demonstrate how the module works, and what it could mean to fight the viral outbreak.
Read MoreSmall groups in Oxford, largely on social media, have fostered a model and space for building social capital while indoors — one that could (and should) be replicated in urban neighborhoods everywhere, as infection and death tolls rise.
Read MoreIt’s rare to find people in India who know their food supply chain well — from farms and wholesale markets, to retailers and kitchens. And even then, we tend to ignore the key figures in this supply chain: truck drivers.
Read MoreWhile the government intends to take stricter measures in Delhi to decrease not only the contribution of Delhi to climate change (mitigation), but also, the impacts of climate change in Delhi (adaptation), it is vital that Delhi must create a reality where both top-bottom and bottom-up approaches are allowed to achieve a livable city for future generations.
Read MoreClimate change – undoubtedly brought on faster by globalization – is forcing architecture to rethink situationally its relationship with its near environment, which necessarily requires leaving the precepts of modernism and returning to a new vernacular architecture, namely one that is ecologically attentive to the heterogenous effects of climate change.
Read MoreOne of the most yawning gaps, however, in India’s climate action plan, which can be observed across the world as well, is the lack of a local climate action framework; the grand plans at the national level rarely trickle down to concrete steps at the regional level, where there can be real tangible change. Nonetheless, this absence of a ‘rule book’ at the smaller scale has led to an interesting turn of events in India: increasing local action as a result of the city’s interests and the rise of eco-citizens.
Read MoreAs COP 25 opens its doors in Madrid this week, I would like to highlight that climate summits are no longer only about the 13th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG): “climate action.” Rather, they most now encompass all of the United Nation’s global goals in order to be successful.
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