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Gardens of Kibera: The Kibera Public Space Project by Kounkuey Design Initiative 1/13 Add to Bookmarks The Kibera Public Space Projects in Nairobi by Kounkuey Design Initiative deliver open spaces and sanitation with the community to combat deprivation and overcrowding ‘Kibera’ means ‘forest’ in the Nubian language, named by the retired Sudanese soldiers who first settled there in 1912. The soldiers served the colonial British government and were given the land as a pension for their military service. Today, the only resemblance of a forest that remains is the small Nubian grave site that sits at the heart of one of the largest self-built settlements in Africa. Kibera’s residents, like many similar settlements globally, are the informal labour force for the rapidly urbanising Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, but with a population of 1.2 million, it feels like a city in its own right. ....
Africa: 5 Finalists for 2020-21 Prize for Cities Show How to Tackle Climate Change and Inequality Together allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The DistritoTec project in Monterrey, Mexico, is drawing people back to a denser, safer, more livable inner city. Photo by Tecnológico de Monterrey City life can be deeply unfair. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic exposed just how differently the rich and poor are able to cope with lockdowns, from ability to work from home to access to green space. The pandemic’s devastating impacts on vulnerable groups have only widened existing fault lines tied to income, race and postal codes. Cities face much longer-term trends underlying vulnerability for hundreds of millions of people. Even as poverty has declined globally, the share of poor people living in urban areas is on the rise worldwide. Meanwhile, cities are more likely to experience flooding and extreme heat than in years past, and the poorest residents are hardest hit by these events. Increasingly, cities need solutions that address both climate change and inequality together. ....