Issues is a multilingual journal of short essays on topics of historical and contemporary relevance, housed at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.
The four essays in Volume 2 particularly focus on urban issues: the value of water, urban renewal, caste and notions of time, and post-earthquake reconstruction and heritage
- The value of water in Iceland by Helena Onnudottir (in Icelandic and English)
- Will ‘smart’ cities be sustainable cities? by Marten Boekelo (in Dutch and English)
- (Re)constructing heritage in Bhaktapur, Nepal by Vanicka Arora (in Nepali and English)
- “In our time”: Generation as critical demography by Bhoomika Joshi (in Hindi and English)
use:pick by Dr Malini Sur, Co-editor, Issues
use:picks presents recommendations from use community members, institutional partners and the use team in the field of sustainable citymaking.