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Urban Planning

No end to rubbish strike
BuaNews | 12 Apr 2011
Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is disappointed with the outcome of the consultation meeting with unions on Monday aimed at ending the strike by refuse workers. The city's spokesperson Gabu Tugwana said management had hoped the strike would have been resolved so that SA Municipal...

Africa: Fast Pace of African Urbanization Affecting Water Supplies and Sanitation
AllAfrica.com | 24 Mar 2011
Rapid urbanization over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services, says a new UN report. According to the Rapid Response Assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat, urban centers in Africa are growing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world.

Access to Freshwater | Sanitation | Urban Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Pollution

WATER: Optimism at World Water Day conference
IRIN News | 23 Mar 2011
Half the world's population now lives in cities, and this figure is expected to balloon to more than 70 percent by 2050, but in Africa, where the rate of urbanization is highest, the provision of clean drinking water has been shrinking steadily since 1990. "The ability of [African] governments to...

Africa: After DFID Review: Nairobi-Based UN-HABITAT's Fortunes to Decline
AllAfrica.com | 22 Mar 2011
The fortunes of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) could change drastically in the wake of a damning report by the UK's Department of International Development (DFID) that suggests that the organisation is riddled with irregularities.

Innovations in water management needed to sustain cities
feedproxy.google.com | 22 Mar 2011
"Within the next 20 years, 60 percent of the world's population will live in cities, with most urban expansion taking place in the developing world. Ensuring access to nutritious, affordable food for the poorer of these city-dwellers is emerging as a real challenge," said Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources.

Access to Freshwater | Urban Areas | Urban Planning | Water Pollution | Waterborne Diseases

Green Hills, Blue Cities: An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
feedproxy.google.com | 21 Mar 2011
UN Report Launched on World Water Day 2011 Outlines Actions Towards Reversing Unsustainable Path. Cape Town/Nairobi, 21 March 2011--Rapid urbanization over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services...

Changing rains, poor urban planning expose Zambian capital to repeat of 2010 floods
feedproxy.google.com | 17 Feb 2011
Almost a year since flood waters wrought havoc on the Zambian capital, Lusaka is bracing for more of the same as poor urban planning exacerbates the effects of changing weather patterns.

S Sudan's daunting challenges
english.aljazeera.net | 07 Feb 2011
Southern Sudan is likely to become an independent nation once the official results of its referendum are announced. But many challenges lie ahead for what would be the world's newest nation.

Sudan | Industry | Public Policy | Transport | Urban Planning

KENYA: Mapping Kibera to improve living conditions
IRIN News | 07 Jan 2011
It is one of the most densely populated districts of Kenyas capital and one of the most researched urban areas in Africa. Hundreds, if not thousands, of NGOs work there, serving a community estimated to number anywhere between 100,000 and a million. Yet, until recently, the sprawling slum of Kibera barely featured on any detailed maps.

Africa warned of 'slum' cities danger as its population passes 1bn
Guardian Unlimited | 24 Nov 2010
Lagos to overtake Cairo as largest urban area by 2015. Africa has joined India and China as the third region of the world to reach a population of 1 billion people, and it is expected to double its numbers by 2050, the UN says. By then, there will be three times as many people living in Africa's cities, and the continent that had fewer than 500,000 urban dwellers in 1950 may have 1.3 billion.

Nigeria: How to Tackle Climate Change, By Advocacy Group
AllAfrica.com | 17 May 2010
Olusoji Daomi of the Citizens Against Climate Change in Nigeria (CACCIN) suggests that the twin strategy of urban planning practices and the act of tree planting are effective adaptation and mitigation measures to the global climate change menace

Nigeria | Climate Change Impacts | Urban Planning

Nigeria: Lagos - Towards Flood-Free Rainy Season
AllAfrica.com | 20 Apr 2010
For Lagos residents, the rainy season portends danger and discomfort given that many parts of the state are often flooded. In these instances such areas as Ikorodu, Ojota, Agege, Ikeja, Oworoshoki, Oshodi, are know to have witnessed perennial flooding.

Nigeria | Floods | Urban Planning

Uganda: Water Minister Wants Laws to Tackle Pollution
AllAfrica.com | 26 Mar 2010
Water State Minister Jennifer Namuyangu has called for the enactment of laws to tackle water pollution and deforestation.

Uganda | Biodiversity | Deforestation | Urban Planning

Uganda: Urban Planning Key to Wetland Conservation
AllAfrica.com | 22 Mar 2010
It is business as usual in Kampala's wetlands. On one side of the city, floods are threatening to swallow those settled in low lying areas that used to be wetlands. But why is the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the Government's watchdog on environment, not moving in to arrest the situation?

Uganda | Health and Environment | Urban Planning | Wetlands

Copenhagen, the city where green matters
The Monitor | 15 Sep 2009
Visiting Copenhagen and witnessing the way the Danish are so conscious about preserving the environment, I was saddened and struck by how differently Ugandans take this issue,

Uganda | Urban Planning

Developers versus food security | Food Security | News Item
IRIN News | 05 May 2009
Prime agricultural land is being earmarked for a housing development by private business, prompting Swaziland's first widespread debate on environmental issues.

South Africa | Agriculture | Urban Planning

Zambia: Lessons Can Be Drawn From Singapore in the Bid to Keep the Country Clean And Healthy
AllAfrica.com | 19 Jul 2007
FINALLY, there is national recognition about the need to keep the environment clean. All too well!

Zambia | Urban Areas | Urban Environment | Urban Planning | Urban Pollution

Yaoundé : La municipalité noie le poisson impropre à la consommation
Mutation | 28 Jun 2007
La communauté urbaine interdit la pêche dans les eaux polluées du lac municipal.

Frw 810m for urban water and sanitation - The New Times
The New Times | 26 Jun 2007
The United Nations through its UN habitat program has earmarked a total of US$1.5m (about frw810 million) to urban areas with water shortages and poor sanitation.

Toilette salvatrice au marché du Mfoundi
Cameroon Tribune | 25 Jun 2007
La journée dhier était consacrée au grand nettoyage dans ce marché, dans le cadre de lassainissement de la capitale.

Cameroon | Sanitation | Urban Areas | Urban Environment | Urban Planning

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