Money in a slum: the logic of small gains
Dagna Rams is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Social and Political Science at the University of Lausanne, researching urban management and the politics and economies at the heart of the...
On water improvements: Access, attitudes and economics
When it comes to sustainable improvements in community water and sanitation access, the "hardware" (physical facility) is just the beginning -- it's the "software" (changing attitudes, behaviors, mindsets) that makes the difference....
Use, Misuse and Reuse: Buildings Function in Doula, Cameroon
In her article "Intertwined Architectures," in ArchiAfrika's March newsletter, author Danièle Diwouta-Kotto discusses the use, misuse and reuse of buildings in contemporary Douala, Cameroon, and the significant changes and deterioration...
Construction for BRT Project Set to Begin
In order to address massive congestion throughout the Greater Accra Region, the Ghana's government, in collaboration with the World Bank, Global Environment Facility and French Development Agency have launched a...
Accra: Informal Approaches to Mixed-Use Development
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Mixed-use structures house multiple differentactivities in one building and typically make agreat use of space within cities.[/caption] Plainly speaking, mixed-use development is the practice of having...
Efficient Transportation as an Essential Mode Toward Development: The Case of Ghana
This post was originally written as an article for Unchain Africa Press a monthly newsletter on African development topics. The original article can be accessed here. In Accra, as in...
Things I should have done in school…
Setting up design challenges for myself, to keep my skills up! Currently fiddling around with Google Sketchup trying to replicate this, a house in Warri, Nigeria: Here's what I came...