Sana'a, the capital of Yemen and facing one of the most severe water crises of any city in the world, may have an answer in a startlingly simple project to help households reconfigure their onsite water storage systems to collect their own rainwater.
Anna Leidreiter describes how the city of Oakland is building the circular metabolic systems required to turn the concept of regenerative cities into a reality.
WaterAid's Timeyin Uwejamomere calls on lead agencies to reprioritise their water and sanitation expenditure on informal settlements to prevent slum conditions from spreading as urbanisation intensifies.
While Delhi turns its back on ragpickers by contracting out its solid waste management, Pune has successfully integrated its ragpickers into a formal workforce.
South Africa's recent local elections were a minor milestone on the road to democracy. Now it's time for the DA to show they can deliver on policy.
Record rainfall in Yemen has not translated into relief from water shortages in the capital.
Mumbai is looking to involve the private sector to manage the tons of solid waste it generates every day, but it must be done without marginalising the informal 'ragpickers' who do this work already.
Anna Leidreiter is Policy Officer - Climate and Energy at the World Future Council Foundation in Hamburg, which aims to place the interests of future…
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The Global Urbanist is an online magazine reviewing urban affairs and urban development issues in cities throughout the developed and developing world.
Its readers are drawn from the urban policy and international development sectors, and include urban planners, officers in local, national or international government agencies, civil society leaders, and researchers.
