1-5 of 28 matching articles 5 20 100 All No excuses slum upgrading in São Paulo Fernando Serpone Bueno and Veridiana Sedeh/Citiscope • 24 March 2010 In a fast-urbanising planet, São Paulo develops a model toolkit to improve housing for the poor and dispossessed. How Bangalore's non-profit sector is picking up the slack on technical capacity building Kerwin Datu • 14 December 2011 Governments in many places can exhibit a loss in the basic competencies required for effective urban planning. In the UK and India, some of the slack is picked up by the private and non-profit sectors, with surprising and innovative results. Hints of reform for China's hukou system Kerwin Datu • 10 December 2009 The Chinese government hints at relaxing the hukou system, but only for smaller cities and towns, while Beijing fiddles with the management of its floating population. 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? Welcome to the Global Urbanist!! Kerwin Datu • 16 December 2009 Today we launch the Global Urbanist, an online newspaper on urban affairs from cities across the developed and developing world. Click through the headline to read a letter from the editorial team. 1 2 3 4 5 6
