The theme of this year’s New Cities Summit in São Paulo was “the human city.” But what is a human city? And, for that matter, what is a city? We must be able to conceptualize the non-city in order to define the city and “cityness,” observed Saskia Sassen in the …
Héctor de Mauleón describes the irony and historical importance of the local government’s decision to close the street 16 de Septiembre to cars. His text was originally published in El Universal.
Ethan has crafted a beautiful, engaging book for all who seek to transcend the cultural, political, and linguistic barriers that history has …
I first began to think seriously about economic development and political institutions as a student at UCSD in 2001. I had spent …
This past weekend I did something that I hadn’t done since I was in college: I read the constitution. Not just the …
Chip and Dan Heath’s Switch is propaganda manual for the social activist. If your job, like mine, is to present people with …
Ha sido difícil identificar cómo se maneja la agenda del gobierno digital. La Secretaría de Función Pública tiene su Unidad de Gobierno …
Links Two must-read posts for entrepreneurs launching for-profit “civic startups.” First, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures partner, Charlie O’Donnell describes his participation as the …
Why this explosion of English-language books about Mexico City by Americans after decades of disregard? Ironically, it has much to do with the city’s cultural and economic rise over the past five to ten years. I say ‘ironically’ because none of the three above-mentioned authors chart the city’s progress.
If you’re willing to wade through the predictable, tired applause lines of the past few years of TED talks, then Citizenville offers readers an interesting glimpse of some of the obstacles that stand in the way of bringing innovation to government.