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Research from Ghana, Mozambique and the United States sheds light on what a safe, healthy and nurturing environment looks like for children to grow and develop.
Local watering holes are closing up and down the country, shaking up their offerings and making the most of their heritage may just help save them
The British countryside is supposed to be peaceful and idyllic. Don’t be fooled.
Two thirds of China’s 900m rural residents are moving to cities. Now, architects are finding ways to preserve their built heritage, before it disappears.
The mere presence of NGOs, no matter their size or aims, inadvertently reduced the legitimacy of local village headmen.
The Otobo remains an ancient symbol of democracy; it almost certainly helped to shape Nigeria’s modern democracy in some ways.
Sharp-eyed Victorian writers exploded the myth of tranquil village life.
Wealthy commuters, retirees and second home owners are pricing locals out of the villages they grew up in.
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Professor of Planning, Newcastle University, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer, University of Glasgow; University of Nigeria
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Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Studies, University of Winchester
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Assistant Professor,Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University
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Lecturer, La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Civil Engineering, Penn State