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Cities in development

  • Buses and matatus along Latema Street, Downtown Nairobi, Kenya.

    Can big data offer hope for Africa’s exasperated commuters?

    Millions in the continent’s congested cities endure long, difficult commutes, but technology may provide ways to ease the burden
  • hanoi traffic

    How can 'carpocalypse' be avoided in Hanoi?

    Vehicle ownership is status symbol in Vietnam, but congested streets are making the city unliveable. What will turn the tide? Asks Corey Pembleton
  • jockin arputham nobel peace prize

    The slum dwellers' Nobel Peace Prize nominee

    He missed out to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, but Jockin Arputham’s nomination is a landmark for the grassroots
  • kibera slum nairobi

    Smart slums: utopian or dystopian vision of the future?

    On World Habitat Day, a researcher explores how smart-city sensor technology can empower or disempower slum dwellers, writes Dan McQuillan
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    World Habitat Day 2014: urban design in Cape Town – in pictures

    In the absence of permanent housing, two design projects are delivering safe and innovative alternatives
  • Fish vendor in Accra, Ghana

    'It's as if we don't exist': hawkers from Accra to Lima speak out

    Despite their economic contribution, street vendors are routinely targeted by city officials. New research records their views, writes Sally Roever
  • Indian Rag Pickers

    Untouchable to indispensable: the Dalit women revolutionising waste in India

    Pune has give an army of mostly Dalit ('untouchable') women the sole rights to collect and recycle the city's mountains of trash, writes Carlin Carr in Mumbai

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    Townships in South Africa: can design help solve the housing crisis?

    Could an innovative scheme in Cape Town help meet the need for 2.1m new homes?

  • Medellin

    Healthy cities in Latin America: investing in mobility for all

    As urban populations soar, so does the demand for fair and sustainable access to housing and transport – and where there is a need, there's also an opportunity to innovate. Camila Nobrega reports

  • Mathare

    Gangs of Nairobi

    From a life of crime to youth groups with local jobs – how young men are initiating urban development in the city's Mathare slum. By Katy Fentress

  • Chennai: congestion

    Could Chennai become India's model green city?

    An ambitious urban planning project is transforming a congested transport system into a clean, green one, says Carlin Carr

  • City urban plan

    Letters: include urban planning in development goals

    The way cities are built impacts on everything from housing to climate change, so why are we not paying enough attention to it?

  • Air pollution in Shanghai, China : Tourist with protective masks visit the Bund in dense haze

    China seeks to curb worst air pollution in 50 years

  • Sanitation

    Investing in sustainable water systems: who is leading the way?

  • Smart city New Delhi

    Smart cities: adapting the concept for the global south

    Elements of the smart city are being adapted across the south from Kigali to Delhi. Will they provide a sustainable way of coping with urbanisation?

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