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‘Pope for Planet’: Time to take out the trash (2015), Brazil
‘Rooftop farming in Egypt’ (2013), YoutTube
GINI Index Statistics
, NationMaster
100 Resilient Cities
2007,
Poverty. Interview with Ruth Lister
2010, Parks for the People Competiton
ACC (African Centre for Cities), South Africa
ACCA (Asian Coalition for Community Action) Big Projects
ACCA (Asian Coalition for Community Action) City Process
ACCA (Asian Coalition for Community Action) Small Projects
ACHR (Asian Coalition of Housing Rights), Thailand
AID – Architecture in Development
Alber, G. (2011), ‘Gender Cities and Climate Change’,
Cities and Climate Change Global Report on Human Settlements
Alfred Omenya (Ecobuild Africa) on the Urban Tipping Point project
APNALAYA, India
Aquilino, M. (2011),
Beyond Shelter: Architecture and Human Dignity
Arboleda, G. (2011),
Participatory Planning- The Community Action Planning Method
Archbishop Tutu on Climate Change (2014)
Architecture for Humanity (2012),
Design Like you Give a Damn: Building Change from the Ground Up
Architecture for Humanity, USA
Architecture sans Frontiers, UK
ArchitectureAU (2015) ‘Kate Orff: Translating Research into Action’
Awan, N., Schneider,T., and Till, J. (2011),
Spatial Agency: other ways of doing architecture
Bajpal, N. and Sachs, J. (2011), ‘India’s decade of development: Looking back at the last 10 years and looking forward to the next 20’,
SA Working Paper
, No. 3
Baker, J. (2012),
Climate Change, Disaster Risk and the Urban Poor- Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World
BBC (2008), “Urban Food Growing in Havana Cuba”,
Around the World in 80 Gardens
Bell, B (2008),
Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
Bell. B. (2003),
Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service through Architecture
Benjamin Barber (2013) ‘Why Mayors should Rule the World’, TEDGlobal
Benjamin Barber (2013) If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities
Berman, Marshall (2013),
Emerging from the Ruins
Better Planning Network NSW
Bicycles Against Poverty
Boo, K. (2012),
Behind the beautiful forevers
Boonyabancha, S., Carcellar, N., Kerr, T. (2012), ‘How poor communities are paving their own way to freedom’,
Environment and Urbanization
, Vol 24(2): 441-462
Brigham, C. (2009),
Enabling Good Deeds in Design: How can Architects provide Community Service as part of their practice?
Brillembourg, A. Reireiss, K., Klumpner, H. (2005),
Informal City: Caracas Case
Buckley, Bob (2011), Rockefeller Foundation on India, Indian Institute for Human Settlements(IIHS)
Carbon Capture, Sequestration and Re-use: The Basics
Carter, Majora (2006),
Greening the Ghetto
, TED Conferences
Cary, J. (ed.) (2010),
The Power of Pro Bono
Celik, A., Zyman. R. and Mahdi, M. (eds) (2009),
Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age
Center for Urban Pedagogy, USA
Challands, Rory (2013),
Life in Spain’s ‘slum of shame’
, Aljazeera
CHF International, Bangalore
Citiscope
Citistates
Civic Center
Co-Design Studio
Coelho, K, Kama, Cook, Jacpndth, L., Vijaybaskar, M. (2011),
Infrastructures of Consent: Interrogating Citizen Participation Mandates in Indian Urban Governance
Common Dreams
Community Architects Network (CAN)
Community Design Center
Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization
Cooke, B. and Kuthari, U. (eds) (2002),
Participation: The New Tyranny
CORO (Committee of Resource Organizations) India
Cowspiracy (2014)
CSUD (Center for Sustainable Urban Development)
CURE (Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence) India
Danzico, Matt (2008),
Vertical Garden NY
, Discovery Channel
David Adjaye: Architecture as an instrument of peace, 2015
Davis, M. (2006),
Planet of Slums: Urban Involution and the Informal Working Class
Delli Carpini, M., Lomax Cook, F., Jacobs, L. (2004),
Public Deliberation, Discursive Participation and Citizen Engagement: A Review of the Empirical Literature
Design Corps
Design Parramatta: Participation in Sydney
Development Planning Unit, UCL, London
DFRR (Design for Risk and Reconstruction)
Diebedo Francis Kere, Architecture is about people, 2015
Dodd, M., Harrison, P., Charlesworth, E. (2012),
Live Projects: Designing with People
Dodman, D., Brown, D., Francis, K., Hardoy, J. , Johnson, C. and Sattherthwaite, D. (2013),
Understanding the nature and scale of urban risk in low- and middle-income countries and its implications for humanitarian preparedness, planning and response
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, New York
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, NY
Emergency Architects, Australia
Emergency Architects, France
English, Brian (2012),
Creating Smarter Cities with the Urban Poor (Bangalore)
, TEDx Adams Morgan
Environmental Health Clinic, NYU
Ernesto Sirolli, Want to help someone. Shut up and listen!
Everyday Sanitation Project, Durham University
Fals Borda, O. (2008),
Participatory Action Research
, The Guardian
Fals Borda, O. (ed.) (1986),
The Challenge of Social Change
Fisher, Max (2011), ‘Map: U.S. Ranks Near Bottom on Income Inequality’,
The Atlantic
Frediani, A. A., French, M. A. and Nunez Ferrera, I. (2011),
Change by design: building communities through participatory design
Friere, P. (1970),
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Friere, P. (1974),
Education for Critical Consciousness
Gaventa, J., Barrett, G. (2010),
So What Difference Does it Make? Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement
Gehl Architects
Gehl, Jan (2008),
Making healthy cities (bicycles)
, Danish Architecture Centre
GINI Index,
The World Bank
Global Studio Bhopal Reports (2012)
Global Studio Films
Global Studio Resources
Goetz. A., Gaventa, J., et al (2001),
Bringing citizen voice and client focus into service delivery
Golubchikov. O. and Badyina, A. (2012),
Sustainable Housing for Sustainable Cities: Policy Framework for Developing Countries
, UN Habitat
Habitat 111 (2015)
Habitat for Humanity
Haiti Redux School Building, Architecture for Humanirt
Hamdi, N. (1996),
Educating for Real
Hamdi, N. (2004),
Small Change: About the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities
Hamdi, N. (2010),
The Placemakers Guide to Building Community
Hamdi, N., and Goethart, R. (1997),
Action Planning for Cities
Hansen, J (2012), ‘A new Age of Risk’,
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
, December 19, 2012
Harber, A. (2011),
Diepsloot
Harvey, D. (2008), ‘The Right to the City’,
New Left Review
, 53
Harvey, D. (2012),
Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
Hasan, Arif (2010),
Building Better Cities
, TEDxLahore
HDR Report (2011),
Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
Healthabitat
Hickey, S., and Mohan, G. (eds) (2004),
Participation : From Tyranny to Transformation
Hollmen, Reuter, Sandman, architects Finland
Hooper, M. (2012),
Advanced Workshop in Participatory Planning and Design
, Harvard Design School
Hsan, A., Ahmed, N., Raza, M., Sadiq, A., Din Ahmed, S., and Sarwar, M. (2013),
Land ownership, control and contestation in Karachi and implications for low-income housing
Huchzemyer, M. (2004),
Unlawful occupation: informal settlements and urban policy in South Africa and Brazil
Human Development and Capability Association
Huzchemeyer, M. (2011),
Cities with ‘Slums’: From informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa
IIED (international Institute for Environment and Development)
IIHS (Indian Institute for Human Settlements)
Indra, S. (2009),
Animal’s People: A Novel
Innovations for an Urban World, CSUD
International Institute for Environment and Development (2002),
Environment and Urbanization
ITDP (Institute for Transportation and Development Policy)
Jeremijenko, Natalie (2009),
The art of the eco-mindshift
, TED Partner Series
Johnson, C. (2011),
Indian Cities: Managing Urban Growth
Kanye West Speaks at Harvard University
Kere, Diebedo Francis, Burkino Faso (2010),
From the Earth Up: Architecture as a Social Catalyst
, MoMA
Klein, Naomi (2012),
Sandy’s Devastation Opens Space for Action on Climate Change and Progressive Reform
, Democracy Now
Larsen, J. (2013),
Bike sharing goes global
Laudato si, Care for our common home (2015)
Lefebvre, H. (1968),
The Right to the City
Lepeska, D. (2012), ‘When We’re All Urban Planners: Making a Virtual Village to Create a Better City’
Lepik, A. (2010),
Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement
London Orchard Project
Mahadevia, D. (2002),
Sustainable Urban Development in India: An Inclusive Perspective
Mahadevia, D. (2008),
Inside the Transforming Urban Asia – Processes, Policies and Public Actions
Mandela, N. (1995),
Long Walk to Freedom
Marcuse P. et al (2009),
Searching for the Just City: Debates in Urban Planning and Theory
Marcuse, Peter (2008),
Radical Urbanism
, City University of New York
Mark Swilling (2011),
The Power of Quiet Encroachment
, TEDxStellenbosch
Medellin Urban Improvements, Holcim award, 2008
Mehta S. (2004),
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
Metropolis, World Association of the Major Metropolises
Miessen, M. (2010), The Nightmare of Participation
MoMA Small Scale, Big Change projects and videos
Moran, M. (2004),
The Practice of Participatory Planning at Mapoon Aboriginal Settlement: Towards Community Control, Ownership and Autonomy
Mpala, Africa: Solar Camel Clinic Innovation
Muga, Wycliffe (2012),
Mixing water with football
Naomi Klein (2014) This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate
Naomi Klein (2015) Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Sydney
Neuwirth R. (2004),
Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
Neuwirth R. (2012),
Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
New South Wales Government (2013),
A New Planning System for NSW
, Chapter 4, ‘Community Participation’
New South Wales Government (2013),
A New Planning System for NSW
, White Paper
Noam Chomsky (2015)The US not Iran, Poses Greatest Threat to World Peace, Democracy Now
NUSP (National Upgrading Support Programme), South Africa
Occupy GSAPP and McEwen Studio meet the Occupy People’s Assembly, 2014
Occupy Wall Street, are we witnessing growth of new movement? (2011)
Omenya, A. (2004), ‘Network analysis as an alternative tool for understanding and intervening in informal housing: case studies from Nairobi, Kenya’
Omenya, A. and Lubaale , G. (2012), ‘Understanding the Tipping Point of Urban Conflict: Nairobi: Perspectives on Political Violence from Popular Settlements’
Ortiz, I. and Cummins, M. (2011), ‘Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion’,
Unicef Report
Palleroni, S. (2004),
Studio at large: architecture in service of global communities
Pamoja Trust
Patel, S. (2012), ‘Networking among the urban poor’,
Alliance Magazine
Patel, S. and Aputham, J. (2007), ‘Am offer of partnership or a promise of conflict in Dharavi, Mumbai’,
Environment and Urbanization
Paul Pholeros speaks about Global Studio (2012)
People for Places and Spaces, Australia
Phillips, T. (2010), ‘Rio de Janeiro favela’s to get facelift as billions invested in re-design’,
The Guardian
Pholeros, P. (1993),
Housing for Health
Pholeros, P. (2013),
How Design Can Help Fight Poverty
, TEDxSydney
Pierce, N. and Johnson, C. (2009),
Century of the City: No Time to Lose
Pieterse, E. (2008),
City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban development
Pieterse, Edgar (2008),
ACC- African Urban Innovation
, The Alliance for Global Sustainability
Pieterse, Edgar (2011),
ACC- African Urbanism
, London School of Economics
Pitch Africa
Planact, South Africa
PNG Design and Build
Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Public Architecture, USA
Revi, Aromar (2011),
India’s Urban Transition turning Challenge into Opportunity
, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
Right to the City
Rosenzweig, C. et al (2011),
Climate Change and Cities
Roy, A. (2010),
Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development
Roy, Ananya (2010),
Poverty Capital – Microfinance and the Making of Development
, The University of British Columbia
Rubbo, A. (2001), ‘Values and Architectural education’,
Architectural Theory Review
, vol 6, no. 2
Rubbo, A. (2004), ‘Educating for Globalisation: A Neglected responsibility?’,
Architecture, Culture and the Challenges of Globalisation
, ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture)
Rubbo, A. (2007), ‘www.theglobalstudio.com: towards a new education paradigm?’,
The Transformed University: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Practice
, Brew, A. and Sachs J. (eds)
Rubbo, A. (2008), ‘Global Studio: an action research international design laboratory’ in Garau P. (ed),
Barefoot to Prada
Rubbo, A. (2010), ‘Towards Equality, Social Inclusion and Human Development in Design Education: The Case of Global Studio 2005–2008’,
Architectural Theory Review
, Vol. 15, Issue 1
Rubbo, Anna (2009),
A Better World by Design
Rural Studio, USA
Sachs, J. (2005),
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Sachs, J. (2011),
Occupy Wall Street and the US Economy
, Earth Institute, Columbia University
Sachs, J. (2012),
If you’re not scared, you’re not well informed
Sachs, J. (2012), From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals,
Lancet Journal
.
Sago Network, Australia
Sanoff, H. (1999),
Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning
Sattherthaite, D., and Mitlin, D. (2013),
A future that low-income urban dwellers want, and can help secure
Schiffman, R., Bell, R. Brown, L. Elizabeth,L. (eds) (2012),
Beyond Zucotti Park: Freedom of Assembly and the Occupation on Public Space
Sclar, E., Garau, P., Carolini, G. (2005),
A Home in the City
Sclar, E., Vloavvka-Close, N., Brown, P. (eds) (2012),
The Urban Transformation: Health, Shelter and Climate Change
SEED Network
Sen, A., (1999),
Development as Freedom
SERI (Socio-Economic Rights Institute), South Africa
Shah, Anup (2011), ‘Consumption and Consumerism’,
Global Issues
Sharp, J. (2006), ’Corporate social responsibility and development: An anthropological perspective’,
Development Southern Africa
, Vol 3, Issue 2: 213-222
Shelter Associates India
Shelter Associates India (2012),
Inclusive Planning for the Urban Poor
Shiva, Vandana (2012), Sydney Peace Prize winner Dr Shiva joins Lateline, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Slum Dwellers International
Slum Dwellers International videos
Smedley, J. (2013), ‘Sustainable urban design: lessons to be taken from slums’,
The Guardian
, June 5
Smith C. (2007),
Design for the other 90%
Smith C. (2011),
Design with the other 90%
Sori, N.G. (2012), ‘Identifying and Classifying Slum Development Stages from Spatial Data’
SPARC (Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres) India
Spatial Agency
Steffen, A. (2011),
World Changing: A Users Guide for the 21st Century
Stein, L. (2012), ‘International Best Practice in Planning Law’ for NSW Department of Planning
Stickells, L. (2011), ‘The Right to the City’,
Architectural Theory Review
, Vol 16, Issue 3, 2011
Sticky Situations, South Africa
Stiglitz, J. (2012),
The Price of Inequality
Streetfilms (2008),
Bus Rapid Transit: Bogota
Streetfilms (2009),
Curitiba’s BRT: Inspired Bus Rapid Transit Around the World
Sustainable Development Solution Network
Sustainia 100 Sustainable Innovations
Sydney City Farm
Tacoli, C. , Bukhari , B., and Fisher, S. (2013),
Urban poverty, food security and climate change
The Collaborative for Inclusive Urbanism
The Laufen Manifesto for a More Human Design Culture (2013)
The Pope on Poverty, Immigration and Climate Change (2015), Democracy Now
Tiwari, Geetam (2010),
Meeting transport needs of urban sector
, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
Turner, J. (1974),
Housing by People: towards autonomy in building environments
UN Habitat (2010),
State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011
UN Habitat (2011),
Cities and Climate Change
UN Habitat’s Urban Lecture Series
Urban Africa
Urban Design Studio, Columbia University (2012),
Urban Development in Accra Ghana
Urban Think Tank
Urban Think Tank (2012),
Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities
Urban Think Tank ETH, Switzerland
Urban Think Tank films
Urban Tipping Point Project: Alfred Omenya (2011)
Urban Tipping Point Project: Alfredo Rodriguez (2011)
Urban Tipping Point Project: Oliver Jutersonke (2011)
Urban Tipping Point Project: Shivani Satija (2011)
Urbanization Knowledge Platform
URBZ, India
Urgenda Wins Case for Better Dutch Climate Policies (2015)
Urgenda, Holland (2015)
Water Pump- an idea goes wrong
Wilkinson, Richard (2011),
How economic inequality harms societies
, TEDGlobal
World Bank (2011),
Climate Change, Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
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