11-15 of 147 matching articles 5 20 100 All How can we enforce the right to adequate housing and end the culture of impunity? Kerwin Datu • 18 September 2012 In a second review of issues raised at this month's World Urban Forum in Naples, we look at the progress being made to create enforcement mechanisms for the human right to adequate housing. Langa township, Cape Town: How do residents rebuild after a shack fire? Andrew Fleming • 3 April 2012 Another shack fire broke out in Cape Town last month, killing one woman and affecting 1,500 residents. Andrew Fleming reports on the City's response, residents' attitudes, and recent initiatives that may alleviate the problem. Whether it's urban gardens or stop-and-frisk, we must lose the desire to "control" communities Matt DelSesto • 16 April 2013 Sceptical of the narrative that cities have wholeheartedly embraced urban gardening, Matt DelSesto spies a connection between city crackdowns on urban gardens and police crackdowns in poor communities. Six months on, Haiti reconstruction has ground to a halt Kerwin Datu • 12 July 2010 Customs officials blocking supplies, international donors blocking funds, and land owners blocking redevelopment: a wrap-up of international reporting on the stalled reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Destroying the living city to preserve the past: evicting squatters from the ruins in Hampi Rachel Proctor May • 14 August 2012 When an informal community lives amongst the ruins of an ancient city, how far do we go in bulldozing their homes to protect the heritage of the past? 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
