31-35 of 231 matching articles 5 20 100 All 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. The four keys to urban expansion identified at the World Urban Forum Kerwin Datu • 11 September 2012 Global urban policy and quantitative research are converging on a single conclusion: that spatial planning of new urban expansion areas is one of the most important tasks to make urbanisation sustainable. "We can buy ourselves 300 years" say planners on fighting rising sea levels in delta cities Anthony Flint/Citiscope • 16 June 2010 As coastal and delta cities face the impacts of rising sea levels due to climate change, planners are readying with a combination of sea wall solutions, ecological engineering and urban design, which one says will buy us three centuries of security. Rural girls displaced to Pakistan's cities discover new opportunities IRIN • 4 June 2010 Rural teenage girls displaced by fighting in northern Pakistan have discovered the possibilities of full education and employment in the city of Peshawar. Through trial and error, 'smart cities' are slowly getting smarter Zoe Green • 14 December 2011 The 'smart city' concept has existed for several years, but only now, with some trial and error, are we seeing the real fruits of these efforts coming to light. 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
