Keyword: alternative
Port Harcourt, Alternatives for urban renewal
Port Harcourt Waterfront looking north over Aggrey Estate towards the State Secretariat
A new report from urban development specialists at the Max Lock Centre (University of Westminster) gives further reason for concern over Rivers State's plan for sweeping demolitions of slum housing.
The scale of the issue- up to 500,000 could be displaced by Port Harcourt demolitions - and its potential impact – remains obvious. If well developed, ideas from the report could support a renewal of southern Port Harcourt that would greatly exceed expectations and provide a much needed economic and social boost.
Rio de Janeiro, au croisement vers l'Assemblée Mondiale des Habitants
Following the success of the World Zero Evictions Days, preparations for the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI)
continue. The WAI will be held at the Dakar WSF in 2011. Several Promotor Committees have already been set up in various countries, with further committees currently taking shape on every continent: in particular, there are plans to set up committees during this year’s Social Forums.
These preparations make the Rio de Janeiro step (22-26 March 2010) a major event. It will include the Urban Social Forum (USF), organized by local urban social movements and international housing rights networks, and the World Urban Forum 5 (WUF5), organized by UN-Habitat.
Haiti: "Post Disaster Needs Assessment"
Camille Chalmers in post-earthquake work conditions: sharing a desk in a borrowed office (Roberto (Bear) Guerra, 2010)
The Haitian government has been largely silent since the January 12 earthquake. Publicly, that is. Who knows what officials are saying behind closed doors to international governments and other donors?
Camille Chalmers’ comments are a merger of a February 24 email to Beverly Bell and others, a February 11 interview by Beverly Bell, and a January 28 teleconference with the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Genève, Logement étudiant : une coopérative contre le racket locatif
Étudiant en galère cherche logement hors de prix… À Genève, cette situation n’est plus une fatalité. Des étudiants ont répondu à la crise du logement en créant leur propre coopérative, la Ciguë, qui gère aujourd’hui 450 chambres. De quoi empoisonner les spéculateurs immobiliers. Et proposer une alternative à la précarité.