Urbanisation
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Chongqing, the world’s largest city – in pictures
The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it. The megacity of 34 m…
- Asia Pacific, Cities, City transport, Environment, Road transport, South Korea, Urbanisation, World news
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
Cheonggyecheon stream in the South Korean capital has become an attraction – and helps with flood management, …
- Documentary films, Environment, Indigenous peoples, Language, Laos, Music, Science, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
Birdsong: the dying whistled language of the Hmong people in northern Laos
Exploring the whistling traditions of the Hmong people of northern Laos, whose language straddles the boundary…
- Coronavirus, Global development, India, Islam, Narendra Modi, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
Trouble in paradise: Indian islands face ‘brazen’ new laws and Covid crisis
‘Authoritarian’ rules upset sleepy Lakshadweep’s Muslim majority while Covid cases soar from zero to 10% of po…
- Africa, Aid, Americas, Cities, Ecuador, Foreign policy, Global development, Kenya, Natural disasters, Nepal, Politics, Society, South and Central Asia, UK news, Urbanisation, World news
‘Shortsighted’: UK cuts aid to project preparing cities for natural disaster
From Quito to Kathmandu, millions will be endangered by cuts affecting planning for floods, earthquakes and fi…
- Bangladesh, Cities, Climate change, Environment, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
‘Bangladesh has come a long way’: people of Dhaka on half a century of independence
A rickshaw rider, a domestic worker, a student and a photographer on how their lives have changedThe making of…
- Bangladesh, Cities, Cities and development, Global development, Inequality and development, Migration, Migration and development, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh
In the half century since independence, the capital has grown from peaceful town to economic hub. But does it …
- Asia Pacific, Auckland, Homelessness, Housing, Māori, New Zealand, Population, Rail transport, Road transport, Urbanisation, World news
‘Bulging at the seams’: Auckland, a super city struggling with its own success
The government dreamed of a metropolis that is a beacon to all but the pace of change has left some behind and…