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  1. #Mogadishu Then and Now: the rise and fall of a historic city ow.ly/beBgU by @RasnaWarah and Mohamud Diriye 12:35 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  2. Restoring the splendour of #Mogadishu in our collective memory ow.ly/beBdD by @RasnaWarah 12:31 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  3. 5 days till the @EC_cities conference #africacities ow.ly/b97v9 in Lagos, get in touch if you'd like to meet! 4:43 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  4. Temporary initiatives need a permanent place in urban creativity policies ow.ly/b3Y3F by @olimould 1:05 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  5. Looking forward to the @EC_Cities conference #africacities ow.ly/aXKDS in Lagos this month, will we see you there? 1:15 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  6. RAINS: a surprisingly simple answer to Yemen's water crisis ready to scale up? ow.ly/aUUeN @LivableCities winning project in Sana'a 3:49 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  7. Urban poverty alleviation in India: softening the rural-urban divide ow.ly/aLryQ by Charis Idicheria of @iihsin 12:42 AM May 8th via HootSuite
  8. How #Doha, #Qatar is diversifying away from an oil-based economy to be a Middle East exemplar ow.ly/aCEA4 1:51 AM May 1st via HootSuite
  9. Circular metabolism: turning #regenerativecities into reality in #Oakland ow.ly/atzuN 1:55 AM Apr 24th via HootSuite
  10. Reforming the world's city networks, part 2: how to make global urban governance powerful? ow.ly/alZ4X by Stevens and @JonasSchorr 12:55 AM Apr 18th via HootSuite
  11. Stevens and Schorr suggest it's time to cull a few city networks ow.ly/acGbR What's your experience with such organisations? 12:45 AM Apr 12th via HootSuite
  12. Reforming the world's city networks, part 1: a time to cull ow.ly/acFIJ 2:12 AM Apr 11th via HootSuite
  13. Langa township, #CapeTown : How do residents rebuild after a shack fire? ow.ly/a2Eeu by @andrewsfleming 1:15 AM Apr 3rd via HootSuite
  14. Who knew this small Caribbean island had something to teach all of us about cooperating with stakeholders? ow.ly/9TKXb 7:25 AM Mar 28th via HootSuite
  15. #Cycling on #Nevis: how can stakeholders clash despite having the same development agenda? ow.ly/9TKSM by @MrMikeDuff 5:25 AM Mar 27th via HootSuite
  16. #Cycling in the #Caribbean: how can stakeholders clash despite the same development agenda? ow.ly/9TKEc #Nevis by @MrMikeDuff 12:15 AM Mar 27th via HootSuite
  17. Spelling out the five 'P's of sustainable construction ow.ly/9LbUK from the Holcim Foundation @HolcimAwards 2:45 AM Mar 20th via HootSuite
  18. This week @MuktaNaik wrote about a Rajiv Awas Yojana pilot project ow.ly/9CBfw Who else has been involved in RAY? Get in touch! 10:15 PM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  19. An architect's interesting perspective on the design process for a slum redevelopment scheme in Delhi ow.ly/9CBbW 1:05 AM Mar 14th via HootSuite
  20. How do we reconcile the planner's perceptions with the slum dwellers' reality? ow.ly/9CAZE by @MuktaNaik in #Delhi 3:24 AM Mar 13th via HootSuite
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