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Tag Archives: informal settlement
Pick of the Day: A Rare Inside into the Kowloon Walled City
By Renard Teipelke “Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City. … Continue reading
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Tagged China, crime, density, Hong Kong, informal settlement, Kowloon Walled City, photograph, resettlement, scale, urban design, urban economy, urban renewal
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The Zabbaleen – Functional Informal Waste Management in Cairo – Part II
By Jakob Hebsaker and Renard Teipelke* In our first article, we introduced the waste management system in Cairo. Now, we want to shed light on recent developments and further implications for the future. The waste management system in Cairo knows … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, community development, Coptic, Egypt, informal settlement, Manshiyat Nasser, Mo'allimin, recycling, revolution, sustainability, urban planning, urban space, Wahis, waste management, Zabbaleen
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The Zabbaleen – Functional Informal Waste Management in Cairo – Part I
By Jakob Hebsaker and Renard Teipelke* Waste management might belong to those urban issues that are best managed when we do not recognize them. Once we are complaining about dirty streets or overflowing trash cans, we are reminded of hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged Cairo, community development, Coptic, Egypt, informal settlement, Mo'allimin, recycling, revolution, sustainibility, urban planning, urban space, Wahis, waste management, Zabbaleen
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Urbaninform: Giving a Voice to Best-Practices from Informal Cities
by Valentin Schipfer Having introduced a blog on Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in my last post, I’ll present another new web-tool which serves as a communication channel for places, namely UrbanInform.net. It gives a voice to social investments in urban … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, city planning, informal settlement, Kenya, kibera, kibera public space project, kounkuey design initiative, nairobi, online-tool, Place Branding, self-organizing community, slum upgrading, social entrepreneurship, social place branding, sustainabiliy, urbaninform, urbaninform.net, web 2.0, web-tool
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