'Policy-makers in Asia and the Pacific need to take a more integrated approach in managing urban growth in order to ensure that the rapid expanding cities in the region are both economically and environmentally sustainable, a United Nations official told the largest gathering on air quality management in the region.'
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'Take one of the most unplanned urban centres in the world, wedge it between four flood-prone rivers in the most densely packed nation in Asia, then squeeze it between the Himalaya mountain range and a body of water that not only generates violent cyclones and the occasional tsunami, but also creeps further inland every year, washing away farmland, tainting drinking water, submerging fertile deltas, and displacing villagers as it approaches – and there you have it: Dhaka, the capital of Bangla more...
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The LAC urban rail program began in the early 1990s in response to a request from the Brazilian government to help decentralize the urban train system operating in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Salvador and Fortaleza as the federal government transferred their operations to the states and municipalities.
'The government and the Bank team, led by Rebelo, saw an opportunity to radically revamp urban rail transport in Brazil. They knew that better metropolitan transportatio more...
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This is the first issue in an evolving series of state of the African cities reports, intended to provide both a tool and a platform for debate on urban issues within Africa. It aims to provide focus and encouragement to African governments at the central and local level as well as to other key actors in the broad area of sustainable human settlements development. We hope to promote new thinking about sustainable urbanization by drawing attention to critical housing, urban development and govern more...
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'68% of India’s urban population lives not in the metros but in 4,738 Class II towns with population of less than 100,000, many of which get water for a few minutes once a week or every alternate day. No one even talks about the appalling absence of infrastructure in these towns.'
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'As a consequence of population increase, city development and a growing number of motor vehicles on its roads, Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, has experienced serious air pollution problems over the past several decades. Measures recently adopted by the Thai government, however, have helped the growing city manage its air quality, putting Bangkok on the path to cleaner air and better quality of life for its residents.'
Source: UN-HABITAT
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'A recent report released by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions notes that while previous studies found that women who migrate to cities do so to join family members – mostly husbands – in the city, this trend appears to be changing: an increasing number of women are migrating to cities on their own, often to escape domestic violence or discrimination in rural areas, or because they have been disinherited. In some sub-Saharan African countries, stigmatization due to HIV/AIDS has also more...
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