Africa’s Urban Slum Children Among Most Disadvantaged
Each day after school, nine-year-old Nelly Wangui hurries home with a bundle of firewood balanced on her head. The paper bag in which she carries her schoolbooks sits precariously on top of the stack...
View ArticleSpanish Cities Far From Sustainable
Though Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital of the Basque Country, was elected the European Green Capital of 2012 – an award presented by the European Union to promote and reward efforts to mitigate climate change...
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World Bank, IMF Link Urbanisation with Development
Informal settlers on prime land in Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, are living under tarpaulins amid the debris of their homes after two attempted evictions to make way for a luxury waterfront...
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Tackling Crime Takes on Import As Urban Populations Rise
At the UN Forum of Mayors on Crime Prevention and Security in Urban Settings, from left to right: Dong Min Ki, Jonathan Lucas, Cecilia Andersson, Martin Xaba, Bilal S. Hamad, and Marin Casimir Ilboudo....
View ArticleClimate Change Promises Tough Times for Asia and Africa – Report
Extreme heat, flooding and water and food shortages will rock South Asia and Africa by 2030 and render large sections of cities inhabitable, if the world continues to burn huge amounts of coal, oil and...
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Arab Americans Aim at Preserving New York’s Little Syria
A Syrian pastry chef in Little Syria. Photo courtesy of Save Washington Street.A brick red, six-story tenement house, St. George Melkite Church and a community house in desperate need of repair are...
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OPINION: Why Asia-Europe Relations Matter in the 21st Century
By Shada IslamBRUSSELS, Jul 14 2014 (IPS)Hopes are high that the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting – or ASEM summit – to be held in Milan on October 16-17 will confirm the credibility and relevance of...
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Creating a Slum Within a Slum
In 2009, nearly 5,000 Kibera residents were relocated to the KENSUP Soweto East settlement, pictured here. However many say the housing project has become a slum. Credit: George Kebaso/IPSBy Adam...
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Urban Population to Reach 3.9 Billion by Year End
Sanitation infrastructure in India’s sprawling slums belies the official story that the country is well on its way to providing universal access to safe, clean drinking water. Credit: Malini...
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Cities Will Be Decisive in Fight for Sustainable Development
The sharp contrast between the poorer communities’ shanties and the skyline of the Makati City financial district underscores the huge income gap between the haves and have-nots. The Philippines’...
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Heat Wave Picking Off Pakistan’s Urban Poor
Children from informal settlements in Pakistan’s most populous city, Karachi, are often sent out with large containers to fetch water from taps outside private homes, set up by wealthier residents as...
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Nigeria to Balance GHG Emission Cuts with Development Peculiarities
Flooding in Nigerian villages is just one of the effects of climate change that the country will have to address in drawing up its “intended nationally determined contributions” (INDCs) for the U.N....
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Sustainable Settlements to Combat Urban Slums in Africa
Shanty town near Cape Town, South Africa. Credit: Chell Hill(CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy Busani BafanaLUANDA, Sep 3 2015 (IPS)Slums are a curse and blessing in fast urbanising Africa. They...
View ArticleRefugees Bring Economic Benefits to Cities
Refugees are now more likely to live in cities than in refugee camps, bringing with them planning challenges but also opportunities for economic growth. “Even if cities struggle to accommodate large...
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Mexico City’s Expansion Creates Tension between Residents and Authorities
Construction work on the Chapultepec Intermodal Transfer Station, with the castle in the famous Chapultepec forest in the background. The recurrent complaint of Mexico City residents affected by public...
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Q&A: Land Degradation Could Force 135 Million to Migrate in Next 30 Years
A man stands in the middle of parched paddy land in the northern Kilinochchi District, Sri Lanka. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPSBy Manipadma JenaNEW DELHI/BONN, Oct 18 2016 (IPS)One of the critical...
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Kashmir’s Farmland Plowed Under in Wave of Urbanization
New construction goes on unabated in central Kashmir’s Shalteng area where people have given up farming and are selling their lands for development. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Umar Manzoor ShahSRINAGAR,...
View ArticleCan Cities Save the World?
By 2050 two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, and that infrastructure could be the key to managing the climate crisis, if we act now. By 2050 about two-thirds of the human...
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Prioritising Life or the Economy Will Determine the Post-Pandemic Focus in...
A recreation of how New York's Times Square could be transformed as part of the ideas of reversible urbanism which experts are calling for in the wake of the pandemic. CREDIT: PaisajeTransversal.org By...
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Zimbabwe’s Urban Sprawl Dilemma
Zimbabwean cities like Bulawayo are facing urban sprawl as regional African governments commit to decent and affordable houses. Credit: Ignatius BandaBy Ignatius BandaBulawayo, ZIMBABWE , Aug 11 2021...
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