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  • This house supports the use of “eye in the sky” policing in urban areas with high crime rates.

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    “Eye in the Sky” surveillance involves constantly flying inaudible drones over large areas (say, 30 square miles). The drones take pictures of the entire area constantly. Images are stored electronically such that police can essentially turn back the clock at the location of a crime and look at where people came from or went to, potentially providing valuable clues toward solving these crimes. The image resolution does not allow for identifying individuals or reading license plates. motion: Thi

    HWS Round Robin · 1 · 2013-04-01

  • This house would abolish all limits on the heights of buildings

    Zeit Debatte Marburg · Open Semis · 2013-03-22

  • This house believes that developing countries should establish Charter Cities

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    A charter city involves a developing country giving a long term lease on a small area of land to a developed country. The developed country will build and govern a new city for a pre-determined period of time. Motion

    Nottingham Open · 4 · 2013-03-02

  • This house would set maximum rents for residential property in the city of Paris.

    Sciences Po Open · 4 · 2013-02-08

  • This house would rather spend the money on subsidised housing and living costs for migrants in the centre of Paris than investment in the Banlieues

    Infoslide

    socio-economically deprived largely migrant communities on the outskirts of Paris. Motion: this house would rather spend the money on subsidised housing and living costs for migrants in the centre of Paris than investment in the Banlieues

    Centrale Open · 5 · 2012-12-14

  • This house believes that developing nations should place limits on internal rural-urban migration

    24th World Schools Debating Championships 2012 South Africa · 4 · 2012-07-28

  • This house supports the rise of private cities in the developing world

    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.

    LSE Open · 5 · 2012-02-17