Tag Archives: world urbanization prospects

Is Our Urban Realm is Turning into a Big Slum?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

We’re not just talking about poor people living in classic shantytowns on the peripheries of Global South cities, but living on rooftops, in filled-in airwells in the centre of buildings; in cages of wire netting erected to protect their few … Continue reading →

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We Will Have to Make Our Future Cities Both “Resilient” and “Sustainable”

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Now-a-days ,there are two buzzwords-Resillience and Sustainable.David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post here looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument shows that precisely the characteristics that make many urban systems … Continue reading →

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Urbanization Debate:Is sub-Saharan Africa becoming urbanized?

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Rashid Faridi

Dear Readers While Researching found this very interesting debate . reproducing it with relevant links and credits.See , Think and give inputs. Research on urban growth has traditionally focused on the Western metropolis, which was shaped by the massive industrialization, … Continue reading →

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