COMMENTS Archives – Page 4 of 181

Aslak Storaker - 1. October 2023

Uplifting peace conference in Vienna

FRED: 300 activists, politicians and experts from 32 countries gathered this summer in Vienna to discuss the need and methods to restore peace in Ukraine. The Italian peace movement was a model here: in addition to huge demonstrations against militarization in Ukraine, they have carried out five major peace caravans to the country with a total of over 80 vehicles filled with medical equipment, generators, water purification equipment and other essential items.

Håkon Lutdal - 1. October 2023

New decades of cold war

UKRAINE: Putin totally miscalculated. And what will be the verdict of history on President Zelenskyj?

Eric Berg - September 11, 2023

Cities in crisis

RECONSTRUCTION: This appendix gives the war's destruction of cities and towns in Ukraine and the need for reconstruction the most attention.

Helen of France - September 8, 2023

Urban agriculture in Palestinian refugee camps

FOOD: In refugee camps all over Lebanon and Syria, the Palestinian aid organization Jafra Foundation has been responsible for urban cultivation – with organic and short-lived herbs and vegetables. But the societal benefit extends further than that. They build planters, provide soil, compost, small plants, seeds and access to water.

Eilert Berre Ellefsen - September 5, 2023

Assistance in the elite cities

DEVELOPMENT: The fact that the big cities have been ruled by elites since their rise during the colonial era is not an argument for overlooking the world's poor. Nevertheless, must we first come to terms with lingering prejudices about urban growth – and ask whether cities can be a solution to the development challenges?

Maria Nystrom Reuterward - September 5, 2023

The cities' marketplaces

FOOD: The marketplace is the hub around which our food products revolve. The market square is the heart of the city. Archeology teaches us that the market with its trade marked the beginning of the city itself.

Marcela Moraga Zarate - September 5, 2023

Urban sharing economy

ROM: What do shared spaces and mobility mean for sustainable cities and regions? This is shown here by study examples from Santiago and Oslo.

Eric Berg - September 5, 2023

Africa's new cities – smart, eco, tech and hub

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING: Urban growth in Africa is faster than in any other continent. At the same time, one can find corridors of cities with the world's largest footprint of poverty, created by refugees and migrants on their way away from war and conflict, drought and floods.

Ana Falu - September 5, 2023

A feminist urbanism?

ARGENTINA: Increasing acts of urban violence, both those that are experienced and those that are feared, are central problems in the life of cities. But especially men's violence against women, their possessions, their lands, their bodies and lives.

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