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From curfews, security-checks to being thrust into a tourism circus, the people of Batticaloa just welcome everything with that embracing smile.

  Abstract: La Paz city was founded in 1548 in the valley of Chuquiabo, a point of ethnical limit and confluence. Since then, the city has a particular condition: it was founded next to an indigenous town, so it grew upon mixed cultural confluences.  The contrasts have been a constant […]

The permanent secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information, Dr. Bitange Ndemo has planned Konza City, which will be built on a 2,000 hectare plot of land 60 kilometers from Nairobi. This project is part of “Kenya Vision 2030”-  a development blueprint which aims to “middle-income country providing a high quality […]

Cities have long been considered unsustainable for their excessive resource consumption—Howard Odum famously deemed them “parasites” for not contributing to ecosystem regeneration. However, a growing environmental consciousness, accompanied by an emphasis on local and DIY projects, seems to have inspired citizens to get their hands dirty as “green” projects are […]

The city of Medellin, Colombia has based its marketing on the city’s transformation, but perhaps this story of rags to riches is hurting its citizens.