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26-30 of 150 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. Destroying the living city to preserve the past: evicting squatters from the ruins in Hampi Rachel Proctor May • 14 August 2012 When an informal community lives amongst the ruins of an ancient city, how far do we go in bulldozing their homes to protect the heritage of the past? Welcome to Lagos: a documentary that's well overdue Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed • 11 May 2010 A native of Lagos now conducting research on informal employment in Nigeria, Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed argues that Welcome to Lagos is a long overdue acknowledgement to those people who move to Lagos to make a living; it is not meant to be a tourist guide to the city. Demolition of Makoko, 'the Venice of Lagos', is violence against human rights as well as urban beauty Kerwin Datu • 31 July 2012 This month the Lagos State Government has begun demolishing Makoko, one of the world's most iconic informal settlements, with a violence resulting in at least one death and in contravention of international law. Informal traders allowed near World Cup sites at last minute IRIN • 23 June 2010 Having previously cleared informal traders away from World Cup stadiums and fan fests to accommodate FIFA's demands, the cities of Cape Town and Johannesburg have allowed many to return to venue vicinities under an accreditation system. 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