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  • As a student who has just graduated this council will not choose to settle down and pursue a career in big cities

    Kompetisi Debat Mahasiswa Indonesia 2021 · 1 · 2021-04-16

  • This house as a developing country will aggressively prioritize developing new Megacities

    Infoslide

    Megacities in developing countries are financial powerhouses like Dhaka Mumbai Bangkok Jakarta etc. with a large population having more than 10 million people. Developing nations have also started building new megacities. For example Bangladesh is building a new city called Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Industrial City. Typically these cities are also deemed to be SEZs.

    The 73rd Mukarji Memorial Debate 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-04-09

  • That developing nations should introduce policies to heavily discourage the development of monarch cities

    Infoslide

    "Monarch cities' are cities in which a vast proportion of a nation's capital and economic activity is centralised. Examples include Dublin, Athens, Vienna, Budapest, and Cairo.

    Online Easters · Open Semis · 2021-04-02

  • This house supports nations actively marketing their sin cities (e.g. Ibiza Macau Los Angeles) as tourist destinations instead of trying to curtail the presence of these vices.

    Protea World Schools Debating Championships · 1 · 2021-03-27

  • This house would require all sports teams to be majority owned by members of the local community

    Malaysian National Schools Debating Championship 2021 · 3 · 2021-03-24

  • This house would allow companies to buy the rights to govern economically failing cities

    SCARS KL 2021 · Open Semis · 2021-03-06

  • This house believes that states should strongly encourage the creation of business cities

    Infoslide

    A company city is a city that has the same characteristics as other cities with the only exception that most of the territories (houses, shops, markets, etc.) are owned by a company. this company is the employer of most of the citizens of the city and generally gives benefits to its employees (cheaper housing cost or free food stamps etc).

    Torneo Abierto de Debate Occasio 2021 · Open Final · 2021-03-03

  • In responding to rapidly-developing megacities this house prefers the chaotic warm approach in urban planning as opposed to Le Corbusier’s approach

    Infoslide

    A megacity is defined as a very large urban area usually a metro area consisting of a main city supported by several satellite cities. A megacity is characterized by having a big population that continues to quickly grow due to urbanization from other regions with relatively noticeable pockets of poverty due to wealth gap. Le Corbusier's concept of urban planning envisions polished infrastructures (wide roads clear sidewalks spacious public facilities etc.) within cities with well-defined sectors (e.g. clear separation of residential and commercial areas etc.) this concept desires a city that looks good in an aerial view. Examples for this concept is the recent form of Thamrin/Sudirman in Jakarta downtown Singapore etc. The informally-called 'chaotic warm' approach is the opposite: a city that looks “messy” from up above but feels 'warm' to its inhabitants: for example the experience of urban villages city alleyways scattered with street food hawkers and hole-in-the-wall establishments. Examples to this would be Brooklyn in NYC Hong Kong’s art district Kota Tua etc. For the purpose of this debate both approaches would also aim for cleanliness relative order and security albeit in different ways of delivering/implementing them.

    Argumentum Australs 2021 · 2 · 2021-03-03

  • This house would decriminalise grafitti

    Infoslide

    Decriminalisation is the removal of criminal penalties for certain acts. While the act is still classified as illegal, and there may be civil penalties such as fines, criminal sentencings or jailtime will no longer be applied.

    Imperial Juniors · Silver Final · 2021-02-27

  • This house would impose rental caps in urban hubs. (e.g. San Fransisco New York Manhattan Mumbai)

    Infoslide

    A rental cap is an upper limit on the total amount of rent money that can be charged to tenants.

    IIT Delhi Parliamentary Debate 2021 · 4 · 2021-02-25

  • This house supports the rise of private cities

    Infoslide

    A 'private city' is a city that is owned, developed, and operated exclusively by private individuals and/or organizations (usually companies). Within the city, the operators provide all public services and have some power to establish their own sets of rules that differ from the laws of the country it is in.

    UCDS CP Pro Am · Open Semis · 2021-02-20

  • This house would remain in the Zoo

    Infoslide

    You are an otter living in the London Zoo. One day, you see a hole in the fence that would allow you to escape and live, without being imminently caught, in Greater London.

    KCL Schools · Gold Final · 2021-02-20