By Boram Lee During the 20th century, many planners attempted to modify city policies as well as community development with new ideas and techniques. Numerous factors, including the rapid population and urban growth, have shaped contemporary planning to accommodate people … Continue reading →

By Doris Byeon Part I: Songdo I: Why is the ideal city failing? The development of Songdo became more than just a decentralization of housing; instead, the project reflected the government’s aim for a highly modern, green, and sustainable city. In … Continue reading →

By Doris Byeon Songdo International City The South Korean government envisioned South Korea as a Northeast Asia business hub of knowledge and service-oriented economy with high technology. The Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy, in 2002, published a document to … Continue reading →

By Younghoon Lee Pangyo, one of the districts of the satellite city of Seoul is a home of 8 million populations in South Korea. The district is planned and constructed by the Korean government and the department of construction and … Continue reading →

By Ralph-Cedric Comeau Affordable Housing has always been a crisis as cities and towns heavily support housing discrimination through exclusionary zoning. Exclusionary zoning is the mechanism through which affluent neighborhoods like that of New York City and suburbs like that … Continue reading →

By Imani Robin Jasper In the past century in the rich history of public housing, planners and political officials have struggled to implement effective planning schemes to improve the living condition of the residents of public housing (Hoffman, 2009). Reforms in … Continue reading →

By Patrick Braga Morocco has long been described as a laboratory for modernist urban planning. Under French colonialism, Moroccan cities became experiments for ideas and visions of how cities in France could come to evolve within a perspective of modernist … Continue reading →

By Ivy Wong Part I: Growing Slums in Nairobi and Slum-Clearing Policies Nairobi has had a history of slum-clearing and demolition policies and has recently adopted new initiatives towards slum-upgrading. Kenyan ministries have partnered with several organizations including the French Agency … Continue reading →

By Marina Santos Slums are part of the physical, economic, and social landscapes of many cities. Planners, architects, and governments have created plans and programs, through redevelopment, renewal, and clearance, to address the issues of slum settlements.  In Calcutta, during … Continue reading →

By Marina Santos Part I: Self-Help Housing in Calcutta In Calcutta, the term “slum” can refer to both bastis (or bustees) and squatter settlements. Bastis are characterized by huts made of brick, earth, and sticks– usually with tiled roofs. Basti slums … Continue reading →