Potential and Current State of Urban Cycling Laws in Egypt
By Ahmed Tarek Alahwal & Omar Aboutaleb* 0.0 Introduction Cities around the world are embracing cycling as a clean and efficient mode of mobility as well as one that supports co-existence, democratized streets, and citizenship. In Egypt, cycling is much needed in the contested space of the overly dense, polluted and traffic-choked cities to compensate […]
Cities and Companies: A Critical View of the Sectoral Inclusion of South African Municipal Councils in KING IV
By Isolde deVilliers* Introduction This is a work in progress flowing from a paper presented at the Seventh Annual International and Comparative Urban Law Conference held virtually in July 2021. The central concern in this piece is how law and governance produce urban space and urban spatial relations that remain. Unequal distribution of power marks […]
Brazilian Cities and Facial Recognition: A Threat to Privacy
By Fernanda Catão de Carvalho & Igor Baden Powell* INTRODUCTION Cities are characterized by being spaces with different perspectives that allow for the circulation of people and goods, mediated by contractual, cultural and economic relations. For its functioning, resources are needed–water, energy, food, work, among others–and infrastructure–mobility, housing, health, education and security–referring to the need […]
Catalyzing Sustained Urban Development of Bengaluru through Social Entrepreneurship
By Nikhil Ravindra* 1. Introduction 1.1 General Overview This research aims to promote essential social entrepreneurship policies to catalyze and regulate sustained growth of Bengaluru (a mega-city with nearly 12.4 million population and capital for the state of Karnataka). The city was named as the world’s most dynamic city by the World Economic Forum in […]
Between Fear and Recognition of New Traditions
By Iman Hegazy* Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, millions of Syrians have been displaced either as refugees or migrants. Until March 2021, Egypt officially received 132,000 Syrian asylum seekers—a peak record according to the “Monthly Statistical Report” of the “United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Egypt.” It is a pragmatic […]
Legal Remedies against Pharmaceuticals In Urban Environment in Punjab
By Tarun Arora* 1. Introduction Quandary owes its existence to the entry and presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment (PiE). Pharmaceuticals, while indispensable for preserving life and health against diseases, also pose a major threat to the right to life, health, and a clean, hygienic environment. Pharmaceuticals enter into the environment through excreta, improper disposal […]
Promoting the Migration Governance Policies to Stimulate Inclusive Socio-economic Integration for Foreigners’ Migrants in Egypt
By Samar Alarif* Background In the last two centuries, cities around the world are facing rapid demographic changes. Migration and the so-called refugee crisis contribute to these demographic changes. The rapid demographic change and the increase in the urban population concentrate around affordable housing, education, health, energy and water, transport and waste management, access to […]
AI Governance Now
By Emile Loza de Siles* The availability and uses of artificial intelligence, including machine learning, deep learning, and other data and algorithmic systems, and robotic systems enabled by artificial intelligence (collectively, “artificial intelligence” or “AI”)[1] are exploding. Beyond doubt, some AI innovations are profoundly important and useful.[2] Some unlock new frontiers far beyond the effective […]
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Register for the Fall 2021 Cooper-Walsh Colloquium
This year’s theme for Fordham ULJ’s annual Cooper-Walsh Colloquium is You Are Not Welcome Here: Surveilling Houses, Homes, and Borders, which will be held on Friday, October 15 at 10:00 AM – 2:45 PM EDT. The colloquium will focus on issues of surveillance and the Fourth Amendment as they intersect with immigration and housing. In […]