Satellites Reveal How Gold Mining Left a Legacy of Injustice Near Johannesburg
A three-decade satellite analysis of South Africa's Witwatersrand mining belt shows that land changes are statistically systematic, clustered in historically ...
Tag: informal settlements
Portable Toilets Fall Short of the Human Right to Sanitation in Cape Town’s Informal Settlements
A Photovoice study in Cape Town's BM Section finds that portable flush toilets and shared sanitation both fail to deliver ...
When Floods Break the Latrine: Cholera and the Case for Climate-Resilient Sanitation
A new PLOS Climate essay argues that flood-driven sanitation failures in urban informal settlements are a core driver of cholera ...
Nepal Pilot Aims to Fuse Fragmented City Data Into One Urban Health Portal
Researchers in Kathmandu are building an integrated urban health data portal that combines household censuses, participatory mapping, and facility assessments ...
How Nigerian Media Erased Women’s Pandemic Heroics in Lagos Slums
A new analysis of Nigerian news coverage finds that women in Lagos slums were overwhelmingly portrayed as helpless victims during ...
African Cities Show a Synergy Gap Between Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Study Finds
A systematic review of 1,889 climate actions across twelve African cities reveals that adaptation dominates, mitigation lags, and integrated interventions ...
Slums Are Heating Up Fast: Satellites Reveal Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam’s Invisible Heat Crisis
A decade of satellite analysis shows informal settlements in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam warming rapidly, with building density ...
African Cities Face Rising Floods and Droughts as Adaptation Lags Behind
A new study in npj Urban Sustainability warns that floods and droughts are intensifying across African cities and calls for ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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