Sustainable energy is crucial for smaller African cities which are generally overlooked. These cities receive much less research and funding focus.
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The history of a city that went up in flames.
A new form of research is needed to bring us the cities of the future.
Global cities must guarantee women safe access to public space. But in cities like New Delhi, this access is conditional and bound by moral discourse.
Speaking with: Hazel Easthope on high density living and design
Higher density housing provides unique challenges that make the mix of design, build and social considerations all the more important in creating sustainable and enjoyable living environments.
African cities are growing fast - and there are many reasons to be excited about this rapid urban development.
Jakarta has returned to its normal crowded self, a month after the Eid holiday exodus that nearly emptied the city. Except that now the Indonesian capital has around 68,000 more residents. Every year thousands…
Ask ten people what they think about Africa’s rising cities and you get ten different opinions. The only thing they will agree on is that traffic is awful. In truth, 52 cities with more than a million…
Ten themes shape the dilemmas, challenges and opportunities for the 21st-century city. Each relates to how we live and shape our places. The tradition of urban living, of urbanity, focuses both on the…
It’s getting hot in the city, and our overheated cities are only going to get hotter still as more people pile in and development and energy use intensifies. But planting away the problem could be a surprisingly…
China is now facing similar health issues to higher income countries including the UK and US, according to new global health figures. Poor diet and cancer are a growing concern in China compared to issues…
More research has shown that urban development changes animal patterns. A new study has found that urban centres speed up…
Food security has typically been framed as an issue of global concern, concentrated within developing countries. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation defines food security in terms of the availability…
Last year marked a milestone in China’s several-thousand-year history: for the first time, more people lived in cities and towns than in the countryside. The country’s 690 million urban dwellers now account…
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University
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Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council
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Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Economics, University of Oxford & Director, Climate and Sustainability Programme, ODI
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Clinical Senior Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Research Associate, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, UCL
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Research Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Climate School, Columbia University
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Assistant professor, University of San Francisco
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Head of Urbanisation and Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center, African Population and Health Research Center
