Book notes
This evidence into action brief summarizes the state of research on the topic of urban children and malnutrition, and proposes ideas for action.
This edited volume grew out of the African Urban Research Initiative (AURI) at the University of Cape Town.
Child poverty and the violation of children’s rights are increasingly urban phenomena. An estimated billion people live in overcrowded, inadequate housing without basic services or secure tenure.
This issue paper proposes a novel framework to support a transformative recovery in cities of the global South. COVID-19 has created a critical juncture in the development of cities in the global South.
Sleep does not appear much in discussions on development or basic needs; there is no SDG on sleep.
Apart from slum tourism, urban tourism in sub-Saharan Africa is under-discussed.
According to its introduction, Kids at Work “is the first book to look at the participation of child street vendors in the Un
This design-focused book proposes a utopian “City of Refugees” that would actually encompass four cities of refuge on four continents.
Dhaka’s Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change, and Shared Prosperity
Dhaka’s growth over the past 70-odd years has been astonishing. At the time of India’s Partition in 1947, this city in East Pakistan numbered no more than 300,000. On independence in 1971, it had grown to 1.5 million. By the new millennium, the megacity had 16.3 million inhabitants.
Asian Alleyways is a celebration of smaller and more shadowy urban spaces. These are ambiguously situated between private and public space, often associated with illicit acts, and frequently omitted from official maps.