Andrew Boraine » Paris http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A New Economic Agenda for Cities and Metropolitan Areas http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/a-new-economic-agenda-for-cities-and-metropolitan-areas/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/a-new-economic-agenda-for-cities-and-metropolitan-areas/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:02:52 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3938 I spoke last week at a Global Metro Conference in Barcelona, co-hosted by ESADE geo-Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics in Barcelona and the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program in Washington, DC.

The keynote addresses were delivered by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT and by Bruce Katz,…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/a-new-economic-agenda-for-cities-and-metropolitan-areas/feed/ 0 Measuring city performance – where does Johannesburg stand? http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/measuring-city-performance-where-does-johannesburg-stand/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/measuring-city-performance-where-does-johannesburg-stand/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 14:29:06 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3726 Johannesburg does well to retain its place in the latest PWC Cities of Opportunity Report, which analyses and ranks how 26 global centers of finance, business and culture perform across 10 key indicators (Intellectual capital and innovation; Technology readiness; Transportation and infrastructure; Health, safety and security; Sustainability; Economic clout; Ease…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/measuring-city-performance-where-does-johannesburg-stand/feed/ 0 Welcome to Cape Town – 22 000 km on a bicycle through Africa http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/12/welcome-to-cape-town-%e2%80%93-22-000-km-on-a-bicycle-through-africa/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/12/welcome-to-cape-town-%e2%80%93-22-000-km-on-a-bicycle-through-africa/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:00:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3268 On Friday, I conducted a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City with Craig Matthew, an old friend and cameraman extraordinaire, and some of his colleagues. Craig is director of a film archive project called Doxa Productions, an independent documentary film and interactive design company in Cape Town.…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/12/welcome-to-cape-town-%e2%80%93-22-000-km-on-a-bicycle-through-africa/feed/ 1 Cities for visitors or for locals? A journey through the ‘top 200′ cities of the world http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cities-for-visitors-or-for-locals-a-journey-through-the-top-200-cities-of-the-world/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cities-for-visitors-or-for-locals-a-journey-through-the-top-200-cities-of-the-world/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:41:41 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=2878 Many of my posts this year have tended to focus on the impact of the 2010 Football World Cup in Cape Town. Well, it was considerable. But now that the big event has come and gone, I thought that it would be nice to broaden my horizons once again and…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cities-for-visitors-or-for-locals-a-journey-through-the-top-200-cities-of-the-world/feed/ 6 Goodbye, Van Zyl Slabbert http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/05/goodbye-van-zyl-slabbert/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/05/goodbye-van-zyl-slabbert/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 00:05:00 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=1406 Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert, who died today aged 70, was a great guy. I first met him in 1974 in Cape Town when he was MP for Rondebosch for the then Progressive Party. My father, Alex Boraine, was the newly-elected MP for Pinelands. Twelve years later, they walked out of the…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/05/goodbye-van-zyl-slabbert/feed/ 0 Enlivening public spaces http://www.andrewboraine.com/2009/11/art-in-public-spaces-a-pictoral-essay/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2009/11/art-in-public-spaces-a-pictoral-essay/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:13:45 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=272 There is nothing better than a city with great public art, sculptures, murals and posters in well-used public spaces. Here are some of my favourite examples…
 
To be continued…
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