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151-155 of 164 matching articles 5 20 100 All 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? Inspiring urbanists: John F. C. Turner and the right to control one's own housing process Miranda Iossifidis and Geoffrey Payne • 24 January 2012 There are many celebrated ideas and personalities in urban development, but how many survive the test of time? Two writers reflect on the legacy of John Turner, a quiet hero of global urbanism. Urban prosperity doesn't automatically mean gender equality Sylvia Chant and Kerwin Datu • 27 September 2011 While there is a strong relationship between increasing urbanisation and increasing prosperity, it cannot be assumed that inequalities such as gender are reduced at the same time. "Bat people" and "floating houses": hope in the lowliest of Manila's slums Marcus Tudehope • 29 March 2011 A call for planners and advocates to recognise the compatibility of their goals and those of Manila's most forgotten slums communities. 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? 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