1-5 of 70 matching articles 5 20 100 All What role do city networks play in international development? Kerwin Datu • 19 August 2010 In the world's wealthy regions, economic activity is articulated through networks uniting cities around the world. So shouldn't we also be looking to intercity networks as the key to international development? Rumour has it that Dubai has collapsed... Michele Acuto • 18 October 2011 ...but with the Al Maktoum International Airport, the logistics centre in Jebel Ali, and a flourishing of small-scale economic life, evidence would suggest otherwise, as Michele Acuto observes. Understanding the interpersonal dimension of gender and poverty Kerwin Datu • 10 September 2010 The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty edited by Sylvia Chant explores how some of the noblest intentions in development can be undermined by the interpersonal dimension of poverty. Uganda piloting GIS technology to transform land management Jack Makau / Shack/Slum Dwellers International • 22 February 2011 An experiment to use GIS systems to capture real occupancy and ownership patterns in Uganda's cities, a major step towards formalising the interests of up to 200,000 households. Worst fears abated for World Cup relocations Benjamin Bradlow / Shack/Slum Dwellers International • 1 July 2010 Eviction of poor residents has been less than expected in the run-up to the World Cup in South Africa, but the urban poor have nonetheless seen little economic benefit from the event. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
