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Photo by Carol Highsmith via Wikicommons From our regular columns on the changing role of governance in world-leading cities, to reviews of books exploring these themes, View & Reviews is our space set aside for provocative urban thought and action.

A hopeful scenario for the future of water – and everything else

urbanitus - January 30, 2020

Realistic Hope – Facing Global Challenges Edited by Angela Wilkinson and Betty Sue Flowers Amsterdam University Press,...

Why leadership absent in state and national capitals is abundant in our cities

urbanitus - December 5, 2019

Cities are having their moment. Well beyond the urban studies departments of old, universities from the...

Looking back at Jane Jacobs’ prophetic chronicle of geo-urbanism, Dark Age Ahead

urbanitus - December 5, 2019

More than five decades ago, author Jane Jacobs produced what was to become a foundational...

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