106-110 of 250 matching articles 5 20 100 All Haiti: Transitional shelters must be planned for livelihoods from the beginning Kerwin Datu • 22 February 2010 NGOs in Port-au-Prince are preparing to roll out thousands of transitional shelters--timber structures that they hope will withstand the hurricane season better than the tents, plastic sheets and other makeshift coverings currently being used. 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. The buying and selling of African city futures Kerwin Datu • 12 June 2012 The Economist conference 'Future Cities: managing Africa's urban transformation' was held in Lagos last month. A rosy picture for foreign investors, but what kind of future is being offered the ordinary African? The secret to Singapore's gridlock-free roads Christopher Tan • 24 March 2010 More vehicles, more trips, more people -- but gridlock remains a rarity. What gives? The unbuilding of informal Buenos Aires, part 1: street markets and free markets Drew Reed • 28 January 2014 Drew Reed takes us on a walk through downtown Buenos Aires to see how the mayor Mauricio Macri's policy of formalising informal traders is being undermined by the free trade principles he normally espouses. 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 48 49 50
