5 matching jobs BSHF Research Officer (International Programme) Contributing Editor at The Global Urbanist Writer/Editor Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Director, Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
106-110 of 140 matching articles 5 20 100 All Still no hope for many of Harare's homeless IRIN • 5 June 2010 Life has never restabilised for many Zimbabwean families evicted under the notorious Operation Murambatsvina. Some were evicted a second time in 2008, terrorised by ZANU-PF militia during the election crisis. World Malaria Day: can architecture help in the fight against malaria? Diana Inegbenebor/ARCHIVE Institute • 25 April 2010 The 25th of April, 2010, is World Malaria Day. Diana Inegbenebor of the ARCHIVE Institute argues that alongside treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying, adequate housing should be considered a third site for intervention against malaria. "Merry-go-round" micro-finance keeps slum residents fed in Kibera IRIN • 13 April 2010 Working with CARE International, residents in Nairobi's Kibera slum have developed a lottery system to choose who benefits from their microfinance pool. Sana'a running out of water with no plan to save it IRIN • 23 March 2010 Yemen's world heritage capital city Sana'a is projected to run out of groundwater by 2017, but apart from off-hand proposals to relocate the city or pump desalinated water uphill from the coast, no real plans are in place to save the city in a worst-case scenario. The right to proximity: understanding the World Urban Forum's "Right to the City" Kerwin Datu • 22 March 2010 The World Urban Forum opens today in Rio de Janeiro, under the slogan "Right to the City: bridging the urban divide." Recent advances in urban economics allow us to see that this is a fundamental part of how cities function, not a radical concept. 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
