Thinking City

A platform exploring urban life, the built environment and inclusive cities // Founder: @francescaperry

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Brilliant and beautifully written piece by @ligayamishan on Manhattan’s Chinatown, where life, culture, history and Western fetishisation intermingle https://t.co/2K7oiRjQf1 @tmagazine

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What can we do about gentrification and displacement? @LorettaCLees and @jbrownsaracino host a major conference tackling the question on 26–28 Oct at @BU_Tweets, for academics, activists & others https://t.co/2kdH4JeymB

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"History, antiquity, green spaces and people’s rights to land and memories are being sacrificed, as the soul of the city itself seems to decamp towards the new buildings on its outskirts" @NesrineMalik
https://t.co/OPDSXxlrNd

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Oh dear. https://t.co/6gd1jwlPrn

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"Community gardens seem to have potential to mitigate many problems of our era: loneliness, ageing populations, obesity, poor mental health, lack of exercise, concrete cities and overstrained health services."
https://t.co/IaQ5Vsr8Wr

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A recent study found that Bangkok residents need to travel at least 4.5km on average to reach the nearest green space. A new initiative aims to change that (via @fairplanet) https://t.co/AlId6HFDRb

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‘Despite its reputation as the most livable city in the world, Copenhagen is also a place full of contradictions and economic disparity’ (@Domusweb)
https://t.co/20I5fKgUC4

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“This place is in deep trouble. There’s no way developers will allow it to stay in the hands of low-income population groups.”
Miami’s Little Haiti neighbourhood faces displacement (via @nytimes) https://t.co/tZAYBBDyEH

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Vietnam’s first ‘smart urban area’ lies desolate
https://t.co/74FZ4Jjw4Q

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Paris' new bioclimatic urban plan aims to increase green areas and social housing at the same time (via @DomusWeb) https://t.co/fum0pq29El

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Barcelona's pedestrian-oriented 'Superblocks' project, having been shown to improve residents' mental health, is being expanded (@POLITICOEurope) https://t.co/14NQIzuakZ

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Socially sustainable places facilitate sharing of equitable resources and services, collaboration and collective action, and self-sufficiency – all ways of living that help achieve a greener society
https://t.co/wNK2XhMJKv

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New post > Environmental sustainability is not possible without social sustainability https://t.co/wNK2XhMJKv

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How COVID-19 changed cities — and how it didn’t (@POLITICOEurope) https://t.co/HU3SfdQARE

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‘Government officials, residents, and researchers are divided on whether the proposed preservation tool serves as a safeguard against gentrification or an instrument of it’ (⁦@HoustonChron⁩) https://t.co/dIthtDpUuW

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Closing this Friday: exhibition at @LSEnews exploring the road landscapes of Abu Dhabi https://t.co/ztzeUCbFbA

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‘Several cities across the world are now reinventing themselves to make life better for all residents — and in the process, carving a path for the rest of us to solve some of the most pressing urban design challenges’ @JennaSchnuer
https://t.co/hPJfKJUxdn

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According to research in the UK, urban residents are 64% more likely than rural residents to engage frequently in active travel – and the more active travel a person does, the better their mental health. https://t.co/PuxDms6Z06

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‘A new kind of inequality is taking hold in Indian cities’: the wealthy are paying to breathe clean air (⁦@WiredUK⁩) https://t.co/XcqPP2rQmH

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Can Cities Go Green Without Driving Gentrification? (@NPR) https://t.co/Xa11w7g3NF