Michael Dudley

Michael Dudley is the Community Outreach Librarian at the University of Winnipeg.

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With graduate degrees in city planning and library science, Michael Dudley is the Community Outreach Librarian at the University of Winnipeg.

The 'Urbanization of Insurgency' a Priority for U.S. Military

Megacities of the developing world are seen as the emerging primary battleground for America's military.

The Housing 'Time Bomb'

Widespread speculation, 'interest only' mortgages with no down payments, and a 'ridiculously low' prime lending rate -- combined with a huge federal deficit -- all point to 'economic armageddon' for the U.S.

Housing Boom Leads to Incompetence, Fraud

Homeowners are finding their new homes shoddily constructed, and legal recourse and compensation next to impossible.

The Community Ownership Society

Municipal wi-fi and regionally-owned power utilities are two successful examples of community ownership, which is being promoted as an alternative to unaccountable corporatism.

Megapolitan Thinking for the 21st Century

Innovative trans-boundary planning is going to be necessary to make enoromous regional urban developments work.