Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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The city roars back
Waning for decades, England’s big cities are growing fast again
Economist, 21 July 2012
Move to open sky for Skylon spaceplane
The UK government says it is working to put in place the regulations that would license the operation of spaceplanes.
Jonathan Amos, BBC News, 11 July 2012
High society
From London’s Shard to the Shanghai Tower, skyscrapers are shooting up – with apartments on their highest floors
Edwin Heathcote,
Financial Times, 9 June 2012
In Portugal, A Smart City From the Ground Up
he idea here is that when you start with a blank canvas, so to speak — rather than an organically growing city, with its various demands — you can build the innovation in from the ground floor, avoiding the urban planning mistakes of yesteryear.
Susan DeFreitas,
Earth Techling, 6 June 2012
London, France's sixth biggest city
More French people live in London than in Bordeaux, Nantes or Strasbourg and some now regard it as France's sixth biggest city in terms of population. What is attracting a new generation of young French professionals to the city?
Lucy Ash, BBC News, 30 May 2012
London's Social Cleansing
Unscrupulous landlords are forcing poorer tenants out of their London homes, freeing them up to rent out to visitors to the Olympics this summer, according to the housing charity Shelter.
James Heartfield,
newgeography, 14 May 2012
Is 3D printing the key to Utopia?
The 'magic' of digital manufacturing could transform our homes and the industries that serve them. But at what cost?
John Naughton,
Guardian, 13 May 2012
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