A true cross-section of good practice in housing can be found in the 2013 World Habitat Award finalists, announced today (17 May 2013).
The ten finalists for the Awards, funded and co-ordinated each year by the Building and Social Housing Foundation, have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe and include projects focusing on homeless people, access to clean energy and...
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Mariana Gallo
- Fri 17 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced a three-year, $100-million effort to help 100 cities around the world develop plans to become more resilient to catastrophes.
The funds will be used to hire “chief resilience officers” in each of the cities who will coordinate efforts to help withstand shocks due to climate change, economic collapses, terrorist attacks, and pandemics.
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Fri 17 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Ben Gose
The Rockefeller Foundation yesterday announced its "100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge", part of the foundation's US$100-million (about Bt3 billion) effort to build urban resilience in cities around
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Fri 17 May, 2013
Political interference has led to the messy situation and poor physical planning in urban centres in the country, Savino Katsigaire, the director of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has said.
“It is lack of integrity for politicians to ignore the existing laws and interfere in the planning of towns instead of giving experts the freedom to play their role in planning the towns,...
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Thu 16 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Fred Turyakira
NAIVASHA, KENYA - Kenya Electricity Generating Company ( KenGen) said that its new geothermal plant under construction in the Rift Valley is expected to generate more power than previous estimates.
Kenya frequently suffers power outages and is racing to wean itself off unreliable rain-fed hydroelectric dams. The country's electricity demand stands at about 1,700 megawatts (MW) against supply...
Posted by:
Kennedy Muzee
- Thu 16 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Reuters
As more cities develop into metropolises, the Home Ministry initiated a new bill on urban management to tackle urban development problems.
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Thu 16 May, 2013
Shri Kamal Nath, Minister for Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs, and Ms Melanie Schultz van Haegen, Minister for Infrastructure and
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Thu 16 May, 2013
The Coimbatore Corporation will soon prepare and issue a questionnaire for seeking inputs from members of the public, non government organisations, trade and industry bodies, councillors and others for drafting the City Development Plan (CDP).
Even focus groups like architects’ association would be part of the exercise.
According to sources in the Corporation, the civic body had sometime...
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Wed 15 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Karthik Madhavan
Many supposed beneficiaries of the slum narrate their travails.
The tap water near Usman Bala’s home has run dry. The generator-powered bore hole installed at Kasunmu Street, Agege, in 2008, brought a much sought after succour to the residents; but packed up months later.
“When it first started, it reduced the task because we use to trek a lot before we can get water,” said Mr....
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Wed 15 May, 2013
In 2005, Ministry of Urban Development launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Mission was launched with an aim to encourage urban level reforms and fast track planned infrastructure development of identified “mission cities”. These cities were selected on the basis of population or them being State capitals, or having certain additional features.
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Wed 15 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Dr Sudhir Krishna
In Dhaka, the poor mostly live near river banks, where they face the constant risk of floods and landslides. Because of the high cost of land, the urban poor can only afford to live near drainage congestions or on the edges of deep narrow valleys, areas which are prone to flooding because of the heavy rainfall, exacerbated by rapid climate change in the last few decades.
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Mon 13 May, 2013
- Author(s):
AUW Writing Team
Urban India can boggle the mind of even the most seasoned planners. The country's economic growth has put metropolitan areas at the center of aspirations, causing widespread migration from rural villages and towns. With little urban planning on which to base the massive population growth, Mumbai has mushroomed chaotically. Transport, housing, water, sanitation, healthcare, and education fall...
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Mon 13 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Carlin Carr
Dr Evans Kidero, winner of the newly created Gubernatorial seat of Nairobi County, has promised to tackle head-on the majority of the city's planning, infrastructure, and security problems.
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Mon 13 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Katy Fentress
May 06, 2013 (The New Times/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Half of humanity - 3.5 billion people - live in urban areas today. Our metropolises are the engines of growth for a global economy emerging from the shadow of financial crisis. In Bangalore, my home, investment is pouring into a city at the forefront of the Indian economy's transformation - home to companies like Infosys and...
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Fri 10 May, 2013
- Author(s):
Narendar Pani
Cities are the face of countries; and when we think of cities, we think of the architecture, the roads, the parks, the shops and offices, the restaurants, the houses and the way people live. Each city is unique and often encompasses the history, culture, civilization commerce and aspirations of the people. Think of London, New York, Paris, Mumbai, Dubai – or, in Africa, Lagos, Nairobi, Cape...
Posted by:
Nerisa Kamar
- Fri 10 May, 2013
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