6 matching regions Europe and Central Asia Southeast Asia and the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean Africa and the Middle East Latin America and the Caribbean Europe and Central Asia
5 matching jobs BSHF Research Officer (International Programme) Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Writer/Editor Contributing Editor at The Global Urbanist
126-130 of 331 matching articles 5 20 100 All An urban exemplar in the Middle East: Doha, Qatar Zoe Green • 1 May 2012 Doha is part of Qatar's push to become an urban exemplar for the region, diversifying away from an oil-based economy by investing in education, enterprise, sport, transport and the quality of the public realm. 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? A tiny step closer to an enforceable right to housing Kerwin Datu • 12 February 2013 With Uruguay ratifying the Optional Protocol of the ICESCR, ten countries will soon have a right to housing somewhat enforceable under international law. Reforming the world's city networks, part 2: how to make global urban governance powerful? Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr • 18 April 2012 Andrew Stevens and Jonas Schorr argue that instead of grandiose schemes like a global senate of mayors, we must concentrate on creating popular demand for city networking, and giving more power and visibility to existing efforts. Asian cities some of the worst and best places to be during a disaster IRIN • 25 October 2010 The 2010 World Disasters Report highlights the "urban risk divide" between wealthy cities like Tokyo and poorer cities like Kathmandu, Manila and Jakarta which would face serious losses in any emergency. 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 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
