By JULIA DAY, STEPS Centre member The rapid expansion of peri-urban areas presents opportunities and challenges for urban and rural activities, institutions and sustainability. No longer soley seen in spatial…
TODAY’S LANDFILL, TOMORROW’S HOUSING ESTATE
DSA DAY 2:STEPS PANEL SESSION 2. PERI-URBAN DYNAMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES
For the second in our series of STEPS Centre panel sessions we have Cecilia Tacoli of the International Institute of Environment and Development, Prof. Ian Douglas, Emeritus Professor at the…
GROWING CITIES “FACE CATASTROPHE”
The speed and scale of global urbanisation is so great most countries will not be prepared for the impact it will have, the UN has warned. Urban dwellers are due…