61-65 of 106 matching articles 5 20 100 All Demolition of Makoko, 'the Venice of Lagos', is violence against human rights as well as urban beauty Kerwin Datu • 31 July 2012 This month the Lagos State Government has begun demolishing Makoko, one of the world's most iconic informal settlements, with a violence resulting in at least one death and in contravention of international law. Putting Johannesburg's slum tenements back in order IRIN • 14 June 2011 Abandoned by owners in the post-Apartheid years, 1,500 buildings in Johannesburg have turned into overcrowded tenements. Delhi choosing high-rise over consultative planning despite national consensus on slums Greg Randolph • 21 May 2013 The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) continues to shift thriving urban communities into lifeless high-rise residential towers, ignorant of the economic base the existing neighbouroods provide. Tracing a line through a fractured Palestine, from Arroub to Bethlehem Thayer Hastings • 13 August 2013 What should have been a simple walk to trace the route of an ancient aqueduct becomes fraught with geopolitical complexities as six hikers transgress the various spatial regulations that fragment the territory. Seeking a global urban agenda: The Global Urbanist Debates Kerwin Datu • 22 November 2011 Who sets the global urban agenda? What are the world's urban priorities? What should they be? Three international experts and a roomful of readers battled out these questions and more. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
