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Tag Archives: Romania
Measuring urban quality of life – some challenges in practice
We have come a great way in attempting to define what quality of life and wellbeing are, as ultimate goals urban policies. In this post, I argue that for many cities, particularly in middle-income and low-income countries, there are significant … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, research quality and assessment, Methodology and ethics, Planning, city, and society, Territory, landscape, land
Tagged Europe, Global Urban Indicators, Human Development Index, low-income countries, middle-income countries, Open Society Foundations, quality of life, Romania, territorial statistics, UN-Habitat, urban, urban statistics, wellbeing
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The roof over our policies. Why housing finance mechanisms are not enough
Slightly more than a month ago, on 15 September 2014, over 100 people were evacuated from 50 Vulturilor Street, not too far away from central Bucharest. Taken out with all their belongings onto the streets, men, women and children squatted for … Continue reading
