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    The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years

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    Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
    Enter the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

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    Image by Daniel Ladenhauf – Flick/CC BY-NC
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    Makoma Lekalakala, director for Earthlife Africa, and Liz McDaid, climate change coordinator for Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (SAFCEI)
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    22 Mar 2018

    The plantings of New York’s High Line Park were inspired by plants that had naturally colonised the disused railway viaduct. By David Berkowitz, New York, , CC BY 2.0,
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    Hotel Verde Zanzibar opens doors to guests, promotes responsible tourism
    Hotel Verde Zanzibar opens doors to guests, promotes responsible tourism

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    Anger as rail construction begins in Nairobi National Park

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    By NASA,
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    The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years

     1 Mar 2018

    Paris “under water” and other European cities facing drastic climate change should trigger planners to think urban spaces differently. ,
    When climate comes unhinged, we need to rethink how to build our cities

     19 Feb 2018

    Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent ‘clearing’ of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi
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    #Newsmaker: Marli de Wet on her award-winning design project
    #Newsmaker: Marli de Wet on her award-winning design project

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    #BizTrends2018: Green buildings, fit for a sustainable purpose

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    Mali's cultural capital shows how citizen-centred development can trump gentrification
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    Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

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