Urban planning and development in Africa has been fraught with many challenges. A study of Accra and Nairobi provides some lessons on what needs to improve.
Projects are underway to address sustainable energy transitions in cities like Uganda’s Kasese.
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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.
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…
All dressed up, somewhere to go. A FAFA fashion show in Nairobi.
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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…
Our cities are growing; we must rise to the challenge.
Erwin Soo
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…
Growing a solution to the growing problem of urban warming.
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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…
Enter the dragon: China joins higher-income countries with similar health concerns.
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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…
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…
China’s 690 million urban dwellers now account for 51.3 percent of China’s total population of 1.35 billion.
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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…