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El escritorio del alcalde
Fomentar la resiliencia ante el cambio climático en Sierra LeonaRevista Land LinesEnero 2023Por Anthony FlintLa alcaldesa Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr asumió su cargo en Freetown, Sierra Leona, en mayo de 2018, después de desempeñarse como jefa del Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Freetown. La profesional de las...
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Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa: A Conversation with the Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesDiciembre 2022By Anthony Flint, December 12, 2022The mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, discusses appointing Africa’s first chief heat officer, fighting climate change with land use planning, and overhauling the property tax system to ensure fiscal sustinability.
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Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone
Revista Land LinesNoviembre 2022By Anthony Flint, November 10, 2022Freetown, Sierra Leone, is one of seven cities around the world that have appointed chief heat officers as part of a global effort to invest in a climate-resilient future. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr...
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Sustainable Development
Slums, Informal Settlements, and the Role of Land PolicyRevista Land LinesNoviembre 2018By Will Jason, November 19, 2018Slums and informal settlements hold a quarter of the global urban population, and they are absorbing the majority of urban growth in developing regions.
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The Challenge of Slum Formation in the Developing World
Revista Land LinesAbril 2007A flourishing informal market already provides housing alternatives for both poor and middle-class families in many cities where access to land is constrained in the urban core and is held privately...
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Problemas de límites
El Atlas de Expansión Urbana 2016 apunta a una de-densificación globalRevista Land LinesOctubre 2016By John WihbeyLas ciudades del mundo están consumiendo suelo a una tasa que excede el crecimiento de la població según este análisis de 200 centros urbanos globales. El estudio describe...
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Boundary Issues
The 2016 Atlas of Urban Expansion Indicates Global De-DensificationRevista Land LinesOctubre 2016By John WihbeyCities around the world are consuming land at a rate that exceeds population growth, according to this analysis of 200 global urban centers. Drawn from satellite images, population figures, and other...
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City Tech
Open Reblock Land Readjustment AppRevista Land LinesOctubre 2016By Rob WalkerLand readjustment is a vital but difficult and time-consuming process: formulating a sort of retroactive version of planning in neighborhoods that developed informally, with unsanctioned dwellings...