Africa’s industries are not growing at the same pace as its cities, leaving the informal economy as the main source of income for many. COVID-19 lockdowns have cut this umbilical cord.
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Governments must take note of specific geographic contexts and local attributes that drive water insecurity.
Recent extreme events in Australia, with torrential rain and floods following devastating bushfires, have focused the World Urban Forum’s attention on the urgency of climate action.
The risk of developing psychosis is 77% higher in urban than rural dwellers. But there are positives.
AMISOM’s experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset
An unregulated construction sector is stifling its potential to influence Ghana’s economy consistently.
City officials have not considered how approaches like mixed-use developments closer to the city centre might alleviate the housing shortage as well as protect Akure’s green spaces.
Megaproject construction has been a major response to globalization in the urban realm.
In our urban world, turning the makeshift and the informal into the livable and sustainable is our greatest challenge.
Services have not featured strongly in the economic strategies of developing countries. However, South Africa’s recently published economic reform proposals point to a greater role for services.
The Bomvana say the global development agenda has created division because it sees people as individuals rather than primarily as members of a collective.
Keeping track of migration and urbanisation is challenging, but it’s vital for population health that migration and urbanisation is well understood and planned for.
The food system urgently needs to be redesigned if we are to avoid crisis.
Indonesia has plans to move its capital outside of Java, but the government has yet to make the case for this move.
To reduce the risks posed by natural hazards, governments need to address residents’ everyday fears, too.
Africa is home to the world’s fastest growing cities. However, poor governance has robbed the continent of the benefits of people and firms clustering together.
Rebuilding informal settlements after a disaster must be done through learning from those who live in the settlements.
Urban adaptation to climate change is more effective where local citizens participate.
Pacific island nations are often framed as remote atolls facing rising seas and cyclones. But their cities are growing fast, so are efforts to help the most climate-vulnerable people hitting the mark?
South Africa and Kenya have some valuable lessons for other African countries on how to finance urban infrastructure development.
Principais colaboradores
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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
