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Cities and development

News, comment and features on cities in the developing world

July 2024

  • Close up of a saltwater crocodile's eye in the Mangroves

    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Roots and refuge: the year’s best mangrove images – in pictures

    From an unexpected glimpse of a silky anteater to a tagged terrapin, here is a selection of this year’s winning, runner-up and commended images from the 2024 Mangrove photography awards, run by the Mangrove Action Project

May 2024

  • A florist prepares flower bouquets in Bengaluru on February 12, 2022, ahead of Valentine’s Day celebrations.

    Heat stress: how soaring temperatures are taking their toll on migrant workers in India’s garden city

    With heatwaves becoming more frequent in Bengaluru and other cities across the country, climate planning must look to people on the margins, experts say

October 2023

  • A young woman stands at an office window with other tower blocks seen in the background

    ‘Only the rich can bear this heat’: how Dhaka is battling extreme weather

    As high temperatures hit the poor hardest, climate change may undo years of development gains, says Asia’s first heat officer

August 2023

  • A woman and her child in front of the rubble of their demolished home. A plastic sheet has been placed over the remaining walls to create a shelter

    ‘Sweets for the people’: Zimbabwe’s voters lured by land barons’ promises

    As elections loom, powerful figures linked to Zanu-PF, the ruling party since independence, are exploiting desperation for housing to ensure loyalty – and punish opposition supporters

December 2022

  • Throughout December the space has hosted fashion, music, visual art, film, theatre and workshops.

    A ‘whites only’ luxury store in Harare transformed into arts centre for all

    In 2014, when Greatermans closed in Zimbawe’s capital, it echoed the economic decline of the country. Now a vibrant and inclusive cultural rebirth is under way at the downtown site

November 2022

  • Ikwezi community health centre in Strand, Cape Town, where Mothers2Mothers works with parents and children.

    A common condition
    Dying too young: focus on communicable diseases takes toll in South Africa’s slums

  • DSC 0403 Ethembini informal settlement, Cape Town, South Africa

    ‘This is apartheid’: Cape Town slum residents condemn forced removals

September 2022

  • A man stands beywee lines of cars hawking goods

    Jam today: Nigerians turn a profit from the choked traffic of Lagos

    The city’s 24 million people can sit in gridlocked streets for more than 30 hours a week. For some, that represents a good way to make a living

May 2022

  • Silhouettes drawn on the ground to protest at killings

    World’s most violent cities: Medellín crime surge helps Latin America top list

    Region has two-thirds of world’s most dangerous cities, with Bogotá, Rio, Mexico City and San Salvador also named in study

February 2022

  • An illustration of lily pad on water with houses and trees instead of stamens

    The big idea
    The big idea: how can we adapt to life with rising seas?

    Traditional defences may fail, and migration won’t be possible for everyone. But we may yet find more creative ways to live

November 2021

  • Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown

    Stop talking, start acting, says Africa’s first extreme heat official

  • A newly paved road in Mukuru, Nairobi.

    Community-led upgrade to a Nairobi slum could be a model for Africa

March 2021

  • Aerial view of Old Dhaka

    The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh

    In the half century since independence, the capital has expanded – both remarkably and chaotically – from peaceful town to economic hub

July 2019

  • The impressive gated approach to Bahria Town Karachi.

    Cities from scratch
    'Inspired by Central Park': the new city for a million outside Karachi

    Bahria Town promises Pakistan’s middle classes respite from traffic, terror attacks and blackouts – local villagers are fighting to be heard by developers

June 2019

  • The huge expanse of high-rises in Yuzhong District tower over its residents.

    Urban eye
    Humans v the city: the staggering scale of Chongqing – in pictures

    Chongqing’s population is estimated at just below 10 million but that rises to more than 31 million if the built-up surroundings are included. Belgian photographer Kris Provoost finds that in a city so large, individuals can get lost

May 2019

  • People walk through the bazaar in Murad Khani, Kabul’s old town; an area that has seen much destruction over the last decades, but that has become a center of reconstruction and restoring in the city.

    'There is less fear': restoration of Kabul repairs the ravages of war

    Afghanistan rebuilds the old town and creates register of dwellings to promote peace and help residents feel safer

March 2019

  • Rwanda’s national ballet performs, lit by a green light

    Africa's film awards still glitter, but few of its big screens are left

    ‘Video clubs’ and watching on mobile is taking over from the joyful experience of going to the cinema

January 2019

  • A family walk through the grounds of the Dream City development on the outskirts of Baghdad.

    The next 15 megacities
    Baghdad at 10 million: fragile dreams of normality as megacity status beckons

    The next 15 megacities #1: Iraq’s capital remains a profoundly damaged place, but the city feels more stable these days – at times even vibrant

December 2018

  • London, 1959.

    From the Guardian archive
    Calling for a master plan in urban living – archive, 1959

    19 December 1959: The report of the Royal Fine Art Commission strongly criticises the way in which our towns and cities are developing

October 2018

  • View of Bogota

    Small Changes
    Capital offence: tackling harassment on public transport in Bogotá – podcast

    In Colombia’s capital, many women are reliant on buses. Ángela Anzola and the city’s mayor want transport designed by men to be safer for women
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