Archive for September 24th, 2007
Kenya’s ‘City in the Sun’ chokes with traffic
Once known as East Africa’s green “City in the Sun”, Nairobi is so choked with traffic that Kenya’s architects suggest moving to a new capital and angry business leaders say the booming economy is under threat.
A combination of bad drivers, ramshackle vehicles, overloaded trucks, potholed roads and corrupt traffic police make one of Africa’s biggest [...]
City Growth Can Be ‘A Force for Good’
As more and more people move to cities, leaders must prepare to deal with the negative, and positive, new urban environment.
Urbanization is inevitable, but it can also be positive. Photo Credit: Shirine Bakhat/Mercy Corps
The growth of cities will be the single largest influence on human society in the 21st century, [...]
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