71-75 of 134 matching articles 5 20 100 All Africa is not urbanising rapidly. Now what do we do? Kerwin Datu • 21 February 2012 Africa is not urbanising as rapidly as we think. What are the implications for the business world, or for the possibilities for local economic development? How the Coalition plans to change London's political structure Joe Peach • 30 June 2010 In this second of a two-part article, Joe Peach explains how the new coalition government running the UK will give greater powers to the Mayor of London… Grey water baths and itchy skin: life without sanitation in Jakarta's slums IRIN • 17 April 2010 In slums entirely without sanitation and drinking supplies, NGOs such as Mercy Corps are focusing on low-cost health programmes such as hygiene training to prevent the spread of disease, while waiting for the government to catch up with their long-term infrastructure planning. Learning from Typhoon Haiyan: risk and resilience in emerging secondary cities Lily Song • 29 April 2014 Lily Song learns how Tacloban and other secondary cities can improve their ability to cope with emergency challenges which would be daunting even for the world's largest mega-cities. Reflecting on Dharavi: supporting slums as centres for economic growth Julius Gatune, Dinh The Phong and Carlin Carr • 18 October 2011 While economic development policies might contradict and undermine the needs of the urban poor, slums like Dharavi may incubate industries that can export to the world and should be embraced. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
