Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
Filed in: Bangladesh Cities Climate Change Land Poverty
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Rich London, poor London – a tale of two cities
What would Charles Dickens, born 200 years ago this week, make of Britain’s inequality in the 21st century? wonders David Hewitt.
- David Hewitt
- February 7, 2012
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Gardening in the margins
Derelict inner-city sites are being transformed by green-fingered volunteers, writes Anna Weston.
Filed in: Cities
- Anna Weston
- December 1, 2011
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A tsunami of demolitions
Africa’s squatters are up against ruthless state power. Andrew Meldrum reports on Harare and beyond.
- Andrew Meldrum
- January 1, 2006
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Snapshots from shantytown
A photo essay of squatter life.
Filed in: Cities Housing Photography Poverty Thailand
- Richard Swift
- January 1, 2006
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The lease on life
Richard Swift meets the determined squatters of Bangkok who don’t know the meaning of the word eviction.
Filed in: Aids Catholicism Cities Housing
- Richard Swift
- January 1, 2006
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Architects of our futures
Robert Neuwirth tells what he learned from his two years of living with squatters on three continents.
- Robert Neuwirth
- January 1, 2006
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Words on the street from a globetrotters' phrasebook
- January 1, 2006
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Squatter citizens
Profiles from the frontlines: the politics of survival in some of the world’s grittiest slums.
Filed in: Activism Cities Egypt Housing India Nigeria Philippines Poverty Sri Lanka Venezuela
- January 1, 2006
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At the top of the hill
A poet’s view of from Rio’s favelas by Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa.
- Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa
- January 1, 2006
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