Where people live can determine their station in life.
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Lowering spatial inequalities can reduce economic and social inequities.
A crowded marketplace amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Accra, Ghana.
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A new approach to urban planning is needed to restore hope in African cities. There are three keys that can help unlock this.
Braamfontein in central Johannesburg has benefited from the city’s urban renewal programme in recent times.
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The city’s government wanted the wealthy and overwhelmingly white areas of the city to subsidise the development of the poor and overwhelmingly black areas.
Ghana is struggling to curb a surge in car accidents.
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The inability to curb road accidents in Ghana is tied to colonial and neocolonial legacies.
Makoko neighbourhood in Lagos, initially founded as a fishing village.
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If we learn from COVID-19, there are three key areas to tackle to make cities safer from outbreaks of future infectious diseases.