Published only on the Internet Archives – Page 3 of 53

The metropolis of Lagos: the damned of the earth

Peter Butenschøn - September 10, 2022

Housing: More than 70 percent of the city's population, approximately 15 million, live in Lagos' "informal settlements". Only 40 percent have legal residence and the right to use land. Here are many of the 2 million people in the world who are thrown out of their homes by force every year.

The informal settlement: MUKURU

Laura Marano - September 10, 2022

Nairobi: What role can social movements have in the struggle for better living conditions for residents of informal settlements?

Mungiki – religious sect or street gang?

Eric Berg - September 10, 2022

Kenya: Mungiki promotes African traditions and rejects colonial influences. Circumcision is mandatory for female members.

To combat housing speculation

Unlike Riel Muller - September 10, 2022

Nørrebro: Forty years of land and housing battles in Copenhagen have yielded results. One of the few politicians in the world has dared to settle a settlement with #Blackstone – one of the biggest multinational housing investors out there.

Urbanization with "people plots"

Marcin Sliwa - September 10, 2022

Argentina: In the last century, the dream of becoming a home owner in Buenos Aires could be realized through a legal and formal type of urbanization called loteos populares, or "people's plots".

The burden of the poor

Eric Berg - September 10, 2022

Kibera: Why is the misery of the slums increasing in countries that have had significant economic and social growth over time? Today, 75 percent of the world's population lives without a secure right to their home or the land they cultivate.

Published only on the internet

Newsletters