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[Review] First Stop in the New World
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.
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[Review] Triumph of the City
One of those books that I read mostly in order to recommend it to others. I’m already part of the urbanist converted, and Glaeser is preaching to the choir. For those of you who are comfortably content in the suburbs, or wary of the chaotic hustle and bustle of...![[#imcociudades2012] How to Architect Smart, Sustainable Cities in Mexico](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/34104997_8a2a39b3f4.jpg?resize=333%2C500&ssl=1)
[#imcociudades2012] How to Architect Smart, Sustainable Cities in Mexico
Disclosure: I still feel strongly that it’s important for those of us who work in philanthropy to be as open and transparent as possible about our work. I have published summaries of most of the grants I have been involved in so far (the Latin American OGP civil...
The Chapters of Cities
This is an especially American perspective of looking at the development of cities, but I think that the same basic evolution is generally true for cities around the world, even if they haven’t yet reached some of the later chapters. Chapter 1: Make-shift Slums...