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by Gurjit Singh FRICS There will be incremental recovery from the ongoing ebbing and flooding of the pandemic and the lifecycle of this recovery period provides the opportunity for the implementation of destination development and management strategy through actionable placemaking and place management. Click the link to access some thoughts on this.More

By Malvin Kaur BA MSc Introduction Cities are complex products of their local communities and spaces, continually shaped by economic, social and cultural developments. However, traditional planning regimes still remain firmly rooted within planning systems, where ‘locally distinctive and responsive planning’ efforts are replaced in favour of ‘delivering an agenda imposed from outside the community.’…More

By Malvin Kaur BA MSc Introduction As globalization and localisation continues to deepen the complexities experienced in the urban form, changing dynamics in spatial planning is undoubtedly at the forefront of urban planning research and debate amongst practitioners, academics and policy makers. Public space remains a vital characteristic in the urban environment, playing a central…More

By Ashreen & Sabreen What is Big Data? This is another  buzz word in the digitalization nomenclature, but what does Big data really mean? Big data forms the basis of a movement through which the processing and organization of data is progressing to its optimal level. It essentially allows us to collect, analyze and manipulate…More

By Gurjit Singh Businesses with long-lived assets which include real estate, have some serious challenges ahead. In the current environment, the effect of the slowdown will soon need to be reflected in the value of these assets and how they will sit on company balance sheets. The impairment in value of these assets have the…More

By Gurjit Singh Numerous businesses have seen an acceleration with the advent of the current crisis. The cloud kitchen business is one of them. Called by many other names; “ghost kitchens”, “virtual kitchens”, “shared kitchens”, “dark kitchens”; they all aim to fill a gap in the provision of a basic human need, food and beverage,…More

By Francesc Serras and Gurjit Singh As organizations around the world scramble to help slow the spread of the virus, some companies find themselves faced with increased responsibility in many other areas of business. Data centers, in particular, have a crucial role to fill. In the public markets, industry leader Equinix (EQIX) is up 16%…More