You are here Home Urban Development Media Scan – 14 December 2017 USAID USAID Rejoins Cities Alliance Millennium Challenge Corporation Annual Program Statement: Urban Growth Analysis and Urban Management Partnership Opportunity Global Why Hundreds of Completely New Cities Are Being Built Around The World (12/12/17)Source: Forbes Developing countries will get sick before they get rich (12/5/17)Source: Quartz How kid-friendly urban design makes cities better for all (12/12/17)Source: Curbed Cities have the power to lead climate change (12/13/17)Source: Politico Africa African cities -time for urgent reform (12/11/17)Source: IRIN News ‘Addis has run out of space’: Ethiopia’s radial redesign (12/4/17)Source: The Guardian Nairobi: From swamp to one of Africa’s top cities (12/12/17)Source: Daily Nation African ‘smart cities’: A high-tech solution to overpopulated megacities? (12/12/17)Source: CNN Asia Cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Story of Urban Growth and Decline (11/29/17)Source: The World Bank In Jakarta, flood-hit slum residents aim for a higher, drier future (12/12/17)Source: Zilient.org China moves to regulate ‘specialty towns’ amid debt fears (12/5/17)Source: Place How the Philippines is using smart cards to transform access to mobility (12/11/17)Source: Cities Today Post-crisis urban planning: Lessons from Southeast Asia (12/7/17)Source: Eco-Business As trees fall to development in Islamabad, protesters fight back (12/11/17)Source: Reuters Middle East Jordan’s plan of shiny city in the desert met by skepticism (12/8/17)Source: AP, Washington Post After Fall of ISIS, Iraq’s Second-Largest City Picks Up the Pieces (12/10/17)Source: New York Times LAC Peru’s ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization (11/30/17)Source: AP, The Seattle Times Costa Rica drives for a new green goal: electric transport (11/30/17)Source: Place Posts and media items included in the scans are not endorsements and do not represent the views of USAID or the U.S. Government, unless stated otherwise. You can sign up to receive this, along with our newsletter here.