176-180 of 253 matching articles 5 20 100 All An inside view of community organising in Quezon City's slums Marcus Tudehope • 15 March 2011 Marcus Tudehope recounts his first-hand impressions of the San Roque community in Quezon City, where 25,000 residents have been battling to remain in the city. 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 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? Uganda residents insist "we are citizens; we are not squatters" Benjamin Bradlow / Slum / Shack Dwellers International • 10 May 2010 Residents of Kikaramoja in Jinja, Uganda's second largest city, have completed an enumeration project in the hopes of staving off a relocation attempt. They claim they have owned the land since before Ugandan indepedence. 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. 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 51