How a Growing Megalopolis Will Redefine Africa's Economic and Political...
"Here and there already, [Africa's] biggest cities are spawning enormous urban corridors that are spilling over borders and creating vigorous new economic zones that are outstripping the ability of...
View ArticleMapping Slums to Shape Them
"We think of GPS maps as guides. They are the sometimes annoying, always calm, recorded voice in our car that steers us through unfamiliar places," reports Gregory Warner. "But maps are also public...
View ArticleAs Tall Tower Trend Goes Global, Africa Aims High
"Across the world, the business of building skyscrapers is making a big comeback as the global economy slowly recovers and the pain of the financial crisis continues to fade," reports Peter...
View ArticleMini-City to Transform Victoria Island, But What About the Rest of Lagos?
"The state government in Lagos recently released a short, slick video touting Lagos as 'Africa’s Big Apple' which features shots of the glitzy artificial city, known as Eko Atlantic.Publication Date:...
View ArticleAward-Winning Project Imagines Insects Will Solve Urban Hunger
"In New York City this week, five post-graduate entrepreneurs from McGill University in Montreal were awarded the prestigious Hult Prize in a ceremony led by former US President Bill Clinton, who...
View ArticleTechnology Gives Form and Face to a Forgotten Place
In 2008, the world became mostly urban, when for the first time, more people lived in cities than rural areas. That year, we also crossed an important technological threshold – for the first time there...
View Article10 Lessons From 'Un-Smart' Cities
"Technology company Ericsson has published the 2013 edition of its 'Networked Society City Index' report, which ranks 31 cities around the world in terms of their ICT maturity," writes Rich...
View ArticleUndoing the Spatial Legacy of Apartheid
"Aggressively wielding theories of Modernism and racial superiority, South Africa’s urban planners didn’t just enforce Apartheid, they embedded it into every city – making it a daily, degrading...
View ArticleLearning from Lagos: How Cities Can Help Save Countries
"Even though it remains a slum-ridden and largely impoverished metropolis, with an exploding population estimated at 21 million (of Nigeria’s 170 million people), [Lagos] has seen steady improvement in...
View ArticleCan Satellite Cities Solve Africa's Urbanisation Problem?
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa are too happy to see private developers take on the burden of urban development. This has led to numerous plans for "satellite cities," from Nigeria’s Eko Atlantic to...
View ArticleHow to Fund City Growth? Value Capture
"Land value tax dates back to the early roots of modern cities, and it could end up financing our future.Publication Date: Mon, 03/03/2014
View ArticleEthiopian Youth Build Community Through Skateboarding
Skateboarding has not been recognized as a legitimate mode of transportation outside of a handful of cities such as Portland, Oregon.Publication Date: Fri, 05/30/2014
View ArticleChinese-Style Urbanism—Now Exporting to Africa
"The factory of the world has a new export: urbanism. More and more Chinese-made buildings, infrastructure, and urban districts are sprouting up across Africa, and this development is changing the face...
View ArticleWorldwide Urbanization Reflected by Growth of Mega-Cities
Adam Pasick shares the findings of a new report by the United Nations, called the Publication Date: Fri, 07/11/2014
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Gaming for Planners—More than SimCity
Janetta Deppa reviews the events of the Serious Gaming workshop, especially the interaction of a group of planners with a game by Tygron.Publication Date: Wed, 07/23/2014
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On the Political Effects of Transportation Infrastructure
"That good roads have a positive economic effect [pdf] seems like a no-brainer," writes Christian Caryl.Publication Date: Thu, 08/28/2014
View ArticleNew Grim Population Projection: 11 Billion People
"A ground-breaking analysis released (Sept.Publication Date: Sun, 09/28/2014
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The Undeniable Urbanism of the 'Plot'
The move towards urban sustainability is old news, writes Chuck Wolfe from Glasgow.Publication Date: Wed, 11/12/2014
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Seizing the Moment: Nations Slash Energy Subsidies as Oil Prices Fall
"Across the Middle East and much of the developing world, government subsidies make energy cheap and encourage consumption," writes Clifford Krauss, energy correspondent forPublication Date: Tue,...
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