May 11th, 2012
This Week’s News:
- Vernacular architecture: Article 25 and Palm-Leaf building The Generalist
- Housing law must protect vulnerable Article on the housing issues in Romania due to continuing economic challenges in the country
- Musevini angry over NGO report on land grabbing The International organizations Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance are threatened with deregistration by the Ugandan gourvernment. The president Musevini has asked the two organisations to retract a recent report on government enforced evictions in the country
- Reducing Disaster Risks and Improving Responses in Europe and Central Asia New program developed by Habitat for Humanity to improve the housing needs of the population affected by natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies in Europe and Central Asia
- Can buildings be elegant and efficient? The Guardian
- Iraqi Mud architect wins prestigious sustainability award Iraqi architect Salma Samar Damluji has won the ‘Global Award for Sustainable Architecture’ for her mud-brick renovation work in Yemen
May 3rd, 2012
This Week’s News and Reports:
- World Malaria Day: why the need for overseas aid? An article marking the World Malaria Day last week. The disease remain one of the major causes of death in the world affecting around 216 million people in the world, especially in Africa
- UN-Habitat inaugurates new homes for Pakistan flood victims UN-Habitat inaugurates thousands of new houses for the victims of floods in Pakistan. Around 18 million people were left homeless after the 2010 and 2011 floods.
- Solve water problems or forget growth, India told Reuters
- New learning tool to engage children in disaster preparedness New Report addressed to the children of the developing world on how to prepare and reduce risks when disasters affect their communities.
- Learning From the Urban Transitional Shelter Response in Haiti A Handbook presenting the Catholic Relief Service’s experience in planning and implementing urban transitional shelter response in Haiti. The document aims to help bring better responses to urban disasters in the future
- Sustainable architecture embraces rammed earth and rock formations The Guardian
- EU-China Partnership on sustainable urbanisation Today takes place the event of the EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation. The meeting is intended to encourage China and Europe to build better cities in the future
April 25th, 2012
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Developing world lags on food and nutrition targets: Study According to a joint study by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, developing nations, including India, la on meeting targets to provide food and nutrition to their citizens, and child and maternal mortality rates are “unacceptably high”
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Optimising Africa’s megacities A forum in Kenya has brought together Africa’s housing ministers to discuss sustainable urban development, climate change and improving access to basic services in the continent.
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Kony 2012 Cover the Night fails to move from the internet to the streets Sequel of Kony 2012 Campaign
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Foreign Aid III: BRICS as Donors Foreign assistance from emerging countries is growing fast! This Article looks at how countries like Brazil and China are spending more on international development assistance
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How a blog became a sustainable housing non-profit New blog launched by the chartity ARCHIVE to enhance the relationship between citizens and communities willing to build healthy environments
