Cities news

From inmate to homeless: Poor housing returns convicts to jail
Indian city imposes 'triple lockdown' as coronavirus cases surge
Don't forget us in coronavirus battle, say India slum businesses
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Slumscapes
Scarcity of shade hurts Indian street vendors' income, health
Travel blues for Australian border towns stuck in amid pandemic
Public housing residents decry Australia 'lockup'
An end to Australia's apartment binge looms over jobs, growth
Concert held at Baalbek ancient ruins this year as message of hope
Marseille turns green with election of first woman mayor
Armenia property tax reform raises gentrification fears
Clock ticks on greener homes as UK seeks jobs and emissions cuts
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Coronavirus spike: The cities facing a second lockdown
Who owns the street? Seattle protest zone sparks debate
40,000 people forcefully evicted in East Africa during coronavirus
S. Africa rules to protect residents from police raids
Homeless Big Issue vendors to resume magazine's sales
interview
Green champion Lisbon backs city-centre living after tourism dive
U.S. pandemic prison releases prompt housing concerns
Hit the brakes on reform, say Kampala's transport workers
In China's 'Little Africa,' a struggle to get back to business
Africa's unsung army of women wage war on COVID-19
Amsterdam bans AirBnB rentals in old centre from July 1
Ukraine to crack down on illegal logging
How does racism affect homeless Black LGBT+ youth?
Health services struggle as COVID-19 races up the Amazon River
analysis
As bosses embrace tech to monitor workers, can privacy endure?
Masks and bleach: Europe cities gear up for post-lockdown tourism
Delhi's illegal colonies await makeover after coronavirus
Spanish footballer houses black migrant fruitpickers
Tencent's 'smart city' seen as model for post-coronavirus China
Life for migrant women in Johannesburg's 'dark buildings'
Indonesian teacher rethinks remote learning for offline pupils
'Do I need to be here?': Some New Yorkers decide to leave
Serenading plants: Barcelona opera reopens with unusual concert
Zero-carbon takeaway? Delivery start-up targets greener future
Toppling of statues in West prompts reflection in Russia, Ukraine
As U.S. lockdowns lift, evictions loom for poorest city dwellers
Jamaica's largest dump faces uncertain future
Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking climate menace methane
Ugandans join global push to rename colonial-era landmarks
India to reimagine streets for walkers, cyclists after COVID-19
Post-lockdown recovery up in flames for Tunisia market vendors
Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Zimbabwe's Bulawayo
Bangkok on track for more green space with park on old train line
'Dying of hunger': Zimbabwe street vendors hit by clampdown
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Opinion

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Tackling COVID-19 in informal settlements in Cape Town

Coronavirus highlights the urgency of upgrading informal settlements to reduce the risk of infectious disease
Luis Triveno and Olivia Nielsen World Bank

Rethinking housing policies for the post COVID-19 world

Planners should use the coronavirus pandemic to invest in fairer, more inclusive and resilient housing
Ewald Rametsteiner FAO

After COVID-19: Building back better for sustainable forests

We need to recognize that forests are part of the solution
Hassan Aboelnga

Irregular water supply and COVID-19 are a bad combination

Ensuring more people at risk have a steady supply of water could help with the pandemic - and other threats

In Depth

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Has India's 'airpocalypse' put the poor more at risk from coronavirus?
In slums and windowless apartments, Asia's poor bear brunt of coronavirus
Cooler, greener, cheaper: Egyptian architects seek antidotes to rising heat
analysis
Money trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests

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