Young Voices

Digital Surveys to Access Marginalised Views in Favela Communities

By |2024-01-04T16:28:02+01:00August 4th 2022|

The study of favelas has been characterised by traditional methods, usually consisting of paper-and-pen interviews and field research. Recent studies suggest that digital platforms are a convenient way to access marginalised populations. Maria Luisa Tarozzo Kawasaki shares her experiences with digital surveys in São Paulo's favela Vila Missionaria and explains how they caused her to develop Neibz, a software tool for urban data surveying.

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AFFORDABLE CITIES

Urban Green Space in Accra’s Informal Settlements: Slum Residents’ Perceptions

By |2024-01-04T16:28:29+01:00July 28th 2022|

Urban Green Spaces (UGS) contribute to the functioning of a city´s urban (eco)system. With the rapid urban expansion and the emergence of new slums, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Michael Osei Asibey call to include the residents in protecting UGS.

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AFFORDABLE CITIES

Making Cities Inclusive for Marginalised and Climate Vulnerable Populations

By |2024-01-04T15:48:54+01:00July 12th 2022|

The world today needs solutions, to eradicate poverty in a holistic and sustainable manner. They lie in better technology, affordable finance, and induced market linkages. All these are factors that can be incentivised through city governments, argue Huda Jaffer and Nirmita Chandrashekar, emphasising that the poor should be part of the solution and not the problem.

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AFFORDABLE CITIES

Mathare Social Justice Centre Struggles for Clean Water and Sanitation

By |2024-01-04T15:49:25+01:00July 7th 2022|

Access to affordable and clean water cannot be taken for granted in Nairobi's neighbourhood of Mathare. Gacheke Gachihi outlines the structural changes needed to guarantee affordable water for all.

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WORLD URBAN FORUM

Womenomics for the Cities We Need

By |2024-01-04T15:50:47+01:00June 23rd 2022|

"The City We Need Now!" (TCWNN) is a campaign by UN Habitat that is inclusive and promotes gender equality. Prof. Analia Pastran, Co-Chair of the Professionals Group and Member of the Steering Committee of the UN Habitat’ World Urban Campaign, on the importance of female professional alliances.

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URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

JAGA MISSION – Transforming Lives, Leaderships, and Liveability

By |2024-01-04T15:42:31+01:00April 21st 2022|

The Indian state of Odisha has initiated a slum upgrading programme that acknowledges residents as city makers. Preeti Prada Panigrahi presents its advantages and successes.

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WOMEN IN CITIES

Transforming Our Cities by Addressing Gender Deficit in Land Titles in Brazil

By |2024-01-04T15:44:37+01:00April 1st 2022|

Can we transform our cities by addressing the gender insecurity and inadequacy women face? In the northeast state of Pernambuco in Brazil, Espaço Feminista reflects on lessons learned from fighting for women’s land rights by achieving land regularisation in informal settlements.

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Rethinking Resilience In Bangladesh’s Urban Slum Communities: An Experimental Thought

By |2024-01-04T15:44:56+01:00March 30th 2022|

When thinking about the resilience of urban poor, it is worthwhile to think of resilience as a dynamic process of transition on individual and household level, argue Zakir Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman.

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Mexico City: Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Human Mobility

By |2024-01-04T15:45:12+01:00March 28th 2022|

A progressive legal framework and a human rights-based approach to human mobility – exclusive insights from the Mexican capital. By Nancy Pérez García of the Mexico City Human Rights Commission.

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Enhancing the Resilience of the Urban Poor in Bangladesh

By |2024-01-04T15:45:41+01:00March 22nd 2022|

Cities in Bangladesh are turning into “heated islands”. Due to the lack of long-term urban development measures, there is a big demand for immediate, affordable, and yet effective approaches to improve the living and environmental health conditions in poor settlements. A project proposal by Maniruzzaman Miah of ANANDO.

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