Senior Research Associate James Kostaras proposes how local government in America can be fixed...
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Category Archives: Blog
Budapest to Bucharest: Board Trip October 2011
Board members Mary Jane Lawson and Rene Pantalone share their adventures on this year board trip to Romania and Hungary, retracing I2UD's work in the region over the past two decades. ...
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Design Like You Give a Damn – Inspiring Housing Project in Monterrey, Mexico
Students at the Monterrey Mexico TEC build a house for a school staff member that the local union voted as the most in need of a new home. Using found materials, they worked with the community to build the beautiful home for only $1,400. ...
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Salaam Alaykum from Dakar, Senegal!
Former I2UD intern writes from his study abroad in Dakar, Senegal. Follow Warren Hagist as he races donkey-carts and explores the bustling chaos of this West African city as part of his journey towards a career in development. ...
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The Coming Crisis in American Cities
After a summer of research and interviews on Massachusetts cities, James Kostaras talks about the future of cities in New England and what it means for I2UD....
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Letter from the Field: Lesedi, South Africa
Carolina Morgan reports from South Africa on her visits to 4 townships to see how I2UD can help these communities use physical upgrades to improve their economic and social wellbeing. ...
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Can Climate Change Adaptation Relegitimize Urban Planning?
I2UD attended an international conference on the issue of how cities can prepare for and adapt to climate change. The discussions demonstrated that, in the end, climate adaptation issues face the same challenges as urban planning....
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The Future of Older New England Cities
The economic recession and drastic federal budgets cuts are confronting municipal governments in the U.S. with a looming fiscal crisis that will severely strain their capacity to formulate the strategies necessary to ensure their long-term economic competitiveness, deliver essential services and address problems of urban poverty. Smaller cities in the...
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Recent Events in North Africa and the Near East
The dramatic developments that started in Tunisia, spread to Egypt and are now affecting other countries in the region came as no great surprise to us. Although neither the timing and varying levels of violence nor the spread of popular discontent from one country to the next could be predicted,...
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Cross-Border Collaboration In Ireland
John Driscoll, Director of ICLRD, Vice President of IIUD Since 2005, when the Institute, the National University of Ireland (Maynooth), the University of Ulster and the Centre for Cross-Border Studies jointly created the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), our work in Ireland has focused on promoting reconciliation...
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