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Urbepedia is a wiki about all things urban – the experiences and challenges of city life in the 21st century, the history of cities and ideas about cities, current views on urban design and city planning, urban sustainability, the megacities of the developing world, how technology affects the way we live in cities, citizenship…

In 1800, approximately 3% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. In 1900 it was 14%, and in 2000, 47%. This year the global urban population is in the majority. The importance of creating and managing sustainable and liveable cities cannot be underestimated.

This wiki opens the door to everyone who has knowledge, ideas and experiences about cities to share them in an open forum. The open and collaborative exchange of information of wikis is an ideal model for the 21st century city. Please feel free to contribute to this collaborative effort. If you are new to wikis and Wikia, you can read the Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page and license information by following the links.

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Quote of the Day Edit

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody."--Jane Jacobs, Writer and Activist

Current events Edit

21 August 2006 A new additional administrator to help Flaneuse is appointed. Feel free to ask questions to her.
5 February 2006 Urbepedia is founded.

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Featured ArticlesEdit

About CitiesEdit

This section has descriptive information about cities and the nature of the urban.

History - History of the city
Cities - Information about particular cities
Megacities - Cities of 10million + inhabitants
Urban Fabric - Descriptions of bits of cities
Urban Elements - Streets, Parks, Plazas

Making CitiesEdit

This section is about the planning, design and creation of cities and urban spaces. It can include general information about the process of making cities as well as more specific information about particular projects.

Urban Design - About designing in the urban realm, at every scale
Planning Cities - Planning processes in different countries
Reconstruction of Cities - Approaches to reconstruction of cities following natural disasters or un-natural wars
Sustainable Cities - Ideas and information about how to minimise the environmental impact of cities, and how to ensure social and economic sustainability also
Politics and the City - How different models and levels of governement can affect cities.
Transport - Roads and cars, different modes and different approaches to public transport, moving goods around
Services - Water, electricity, comminications, gas
Technology - How technology is changing the city
Mapping - Different ways of mapping the city

Experiencing CitiesEdit

What it means and how it feels to live in a city, what makes a good city, how great it is to walk around in a city

Experiencing the City -
Liveability - What makes a city liveable
High Density Living -
Gardening in the City -
Street Trees -
Community Gardens -
Urban Sprawl and Suburbia -
Leftover Spaces -
Gender and the City -
Citizenship -
Homelessness and the City -
Public Housing -
Public Art -
Walking the City -

Imagining CitiesEdit

The idea of the City has captured the imagination, from the Biblical Heavenly City to Calvino's Invisible Cities to Batman's Gotham City. This section explores some of the ideas, metaphors and representations of the city.

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