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From discriminatory land-use policies to evictions and demolitions, urban planning has long been weaponised against the Palestinian people
Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
Ghana has a long institutional history that’s shaped the practices which create dangerous buildings.
A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.
Protecting forests means protecting a rich biodiversity of plants, animals and the livelihoods of many people.
Parts of Nairobi are already dealing with temperature increases and reduction in humidity. These conditions are associated with increases in mortality, especially in children and the elderly.
Changing climatic conditions and ecological hazards are an important migration driver in sub-Saharan Africa.
Urban governance must include community groups, non-state and informal actors in the battle against COVID-19 in Africa.
The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
High-density city living has been touted as a way to solve the problem of creating more sustainable, more liveable cities. But instead cities are only more liveable for a few.
Policies should protect arable land from urban encroachment and make peri-urban households less vulnerable.
Trouble in Africa’s cities is due to the fact that electoral competition drives leaders to be biased towards rural areas.
The Nigerian government must adopt a process that is open in implementing its social assistance programmes.
Africa’s industries are not growing at the same pace as its cities, leaving the informal economy as the main source of income for many. COVID-19 lockdowns have cut this umbilical cord.
Governments must take note of specific geographic contexts and local attributes that drive water insecurity.
Recent extreme events in Australia, with torrential rain and floods following devastating bushfires, have focused the World Urban Forum’s attention on the urgency of climate action.
The risk of developing psychosis is 77% higher in urban than rural dwellers. But there are positives.
AMISOM’s experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset
An unregulated construction sector is stifling its potential to influence Ghana’s economy consistently.
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Research Associate, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Economics, University of Oxford & Director, Climate and Sustainability Programme, ODI Global
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Head of Urbanisation and Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center, African Population and Health Research Center
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Research Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Climate School, Columbia University
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Associate professor, Uppsala University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Development Planning, UCL
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Assistant professor, University of San Francisco