Attacks on Africa’s informal settlements are attacks on women’s economic liberation. Here’s why.
The millions of working-class people who rely on what’s often described as ‘informal settlements’ for their housing, employment and service…
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Where are the largest cities in Europe?
It’s the big one, the leviathan, the great leader and global bastion – standing streaks ahead of its tiddly continental…
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Is small and sustainable housing really possible? In conversation with Anitra Nelson
With a cost-of-living crisis impacting the UK, we ask Small is Necessary author Anitra Nelson what shared space needs to…
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So what’s with all these new planned cities?
Overcrowding, emissions and poverty are just some of the issues that purpose-built cities claim to solve, but do these large-scale…
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Africa’s smaller cities are usually overlooked: They shouldn’t be.
Often when one thinks or writes about urbanisation in Africa, megacities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or…
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Will legacy planning pay off for Dubai’s District 2020?
The opportunity to develop a sustainable, human-centric city from scratch is not one that’s afforded to many parts of the…
ByWhy don’t urbanisation and economic growth correspond in Africa?
Most of the time, urbanisation and economic growth go hand in hand. This might seem counterintuitive; when most people think…
ByThe stubborn ‘nail houses’ protesting China’s rapid urbanisation
A single house balancing precariously in the middle of a construction site may seem like a doomed and fragile structure.…
