Informal City @informalcity
@NextCityOrg's Informal City Dialogues engages stakeholders in discussion about the direction of rapidly urbanizing cities. Join the conversation: #informalcity nextcity.org/informalcity Six rapidly urbanizing cities Joined December 2012-
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Restoring waterways & providing safe alternatives to shacks are good goals. Here's how that plays out in Chennai: bit.ly/1djn6uv
Tiny Bags of Water Buoy an Economy, and Make a Big Mess bit.ly/19nZOlH #informalcity
Who will solve the youth unemployment problem in Nairobi? For now, the youth themselves. bit.ly/13Ha6Fc
That American Eagle shirt you sent to Kenya isn’t given away for free bit.ly/13snRHX
Children Fight for a Space to Play in an Overcrowded City. Any similarities btwn your city & this story from Accra? bit.ly/1cokybL
Zero sympathy in this @nytimes story for Beijing residents who can no longer afford their own city nyti.ms/15vYacG #InformalCity
Children Fight for a Space to Play in an Overcrowded City bit.ly/13mNHRh #accra
A Donated Shirt’s Journey from Western Charity to African Commodity bit.ly/13snRHX
Check @NMaart's feature in @SharonBenzoni's article for @informalcity on how art can benefit a city's citizens! nextcity.org/informalcity/e…
Residents of Nairobi’s largest informal settlement on how they feel about slum tourism in their own neighborhood bit.ly/13vwfoR
PHOTOS: A round up of photos from our bloggers in Accra, Bangkok, Chennai, Lima, Manila & Nairobi bit.ly/13hU6bR
Never ever underestimate what a dedicated group of ppl can achieve, together bit.ly/1aLOTTj #tacticalurbanism #seattle #informalcity
Is Slum Tourism Wrong? Kibera’s Residents Voice Their Opinions bit.ly/13vwfoR
.@SpatialCollect is using technology in Kenya to put an 'invisible' slum on the map via @NPR n.pr/12wqLv4 #informalcity
How 1980s Terrorism Helped Create a Class of Accidental Entrepreneurs in Lima bit.ly/11e7zVq #informalcity #peru
Festival Aims to Prove Art Can Directly Benefit a City’s Poorest Citizens via @SharonBenzoni in Accra bit.ly/18xUjgr #informalcity
New post: 'Thailand: Our Partner in Public Health Innovation' ow.ly/nf3na #globalhealth
How young is too young to work? bit.ly/18wMCXK #informalcity
Tweeting live tonight "From Accra to Bangkok: Informal Cities Around the World" in NYC. Follow @NextCityOrg! bit.ly/185hmPp
The Philippines Asks, Is Child Labor Abusive or a Cultural Tradition? bit.ly/13UiQqC
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@NMaart featured in @NextCityOrg @informalcity article by @SharonBenzoni on how art can directly benefit a city's... fb.me/2oQAmKJLx
Isn't this AWESOME @informalcity #InformalCityDialogues nextcity.org/informalcity/e…
new UN Report on population (un.org/en/development…) with great break-down by @informalcity nextcity.org/informalcity/e…
@informalcity yep i think so,slum inhabitat especially the young kids need exposure
Two must-sees by @informalcity today: Manila's "Slum Lab" (nextcity.org/informalcity/e…) and Accra's informal savings bank: nextcity.org/informalcity/e…
@informalcity and some Gamarra shop tenants and good makers are going to open a shop in the US.
RT @NextCityOrg: Could a ‘Slum Technology Hub’ Lead the Way To Nairobi’s Future? bit.ly/10dXDKJ #InformalCity
Does the world need more slums? ow.ly/kRTg8 #informalcity
(2/2) #UrbanResilience is coalescing of many factors of vulnerability in a way that allows a holistic response @ARupid @ICLEI @informalcity
@informalcity @CitiesAlliance TRUE! but low cost should not be aim and informal should not be criminalized. Need to have slums in #post2015
Informality is an opportunity RT @informalcity The World Needs More Slums bit.ly/12PzyaA #cities #slums #urbanization #urbanstudies
@informalcity here is the link to the #Ghana advocacy videos - they are not on YouTube. yet! citiesalliance.org/Ghana-advocacy
Debajo de una Superficie Pulcra, Emerge un Mercado Negro – The Informal City Dialogues | sco.lt/78oV85
No, we need more #justice. Good provocative read from @swaminomics: 'We need more slums' on @informalcity nextcity.org/informalcity/e…
@informalcity Hi, what specificallyare you involved in other than discussions? Any running activities??
@informalcity Great article! providing essential services is making headway in the informal city...
@reginafuller @SharonBenzoni It's also cool because I have this dream of starting my own NGO to do community engagement + mapping :)
A timely topic worth seriously discussing: "Why #Africa Should Be Wary of Its ‘New Cities’" - nextcity.org/informalcity/e… via @NextCityOrg
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