1-5 of 42 matching articles 5 20 100 All "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. Bullish on Africa's cities: the case of Khartoum, Sudan Kerwin Datu • 1 February 2011 The international community is increasingly optimistic about the wealth generated in Africa's cities. But with rising slum populations projected from the same trends, how shall the former overcome the latter? What's wrong with renting? Home ownership not the only solution for India's slum dwellers Asako Matsukawa / Beyond Profit • 9 July 2010 Governments often assume that home ownership is the main tool for housing their urban poor, but this neglects the usefulness of renting, which is important at all income levels. NGOs and governments in India must learn to work together Christine Mehta • 8 November 2011 Despite claims of lack of accountability and transparency on both sides, NGOs and governments need to learn to trust each other lest basic services for the urban poor continue to go undeveloped. Another round of elections, another round of unabashed populism in Mumbai Shilpa Rao and Anay Joglekar • 31 January 2012 There is no better time to witness the shortsightedness of governments than around elections. With municipal elections just around the corner in Mumbai, a whole raft of new promises are being made to certain slum dwellers... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9