Sustainability and urban food supply in Africa

Agenda 21 has made a major contribution to a range of aspects of development initiatives, of which one chapter, Chapter Seven, focuses on sustainable human settlements. There are a growing number of publications on issues relating to food supply to urban areas in the less developed world. These publications have several focuses, particularly fruit and vegetables, urban agriculture and food marketing. The main aspects of the chapter of Agenda 21 relating to sustainable human settlements are discussed and also the role that the emerging research on urban food systems suggests can be played in establishing sustainable development in cities in less developed countries. Particular attention is paid to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

The third world city

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Des villes comme Alice...

Towns like Alice : race and class in aboriginal Australia. — Australian Aborigines have suffered from exploitation by white Australians since the British first arrived almost two hundred years ago. Throughout this period there have been several changes in the nature of the articulation process. In each stage, ethnic discrimination has played an important role in justifying economic exploitation, but since 1950 the process has begun to involve class conflict to a much greater degree. This paper examine the evolution of such relationships in the setting of Alice Springs, one of the major urban centres of Aboriginal Australia.Les Aborigènes australiens ont subi l'exploitation des Blancs depuis l'arrivée des Anglais, il y a presque deux siècles. Depuis cette date, on perçoit des évolutions dans l'articulation des deux principaux modes de production; si, à chaque étape de cette évolution, le critère ethnique joue un rôle moteur pour justifier l'exploitation économique des Aborigènes, il sous-tend, depuis 1950, un véritable conflit de classe de plus grande ampleur. Cet article analyse précisément l'évolution des relations entre Blancs et Aborigènes, à Alice Springs, un des centres urbains les plus importants de l'Australie aborigène.Drakakis-Smith David, Antheaume Benoît. Des villes comme Alice.... In: Espace géographique, tome 12, n°1, 1983. pp. 5-17

La gestion des capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960

Managing Southeast Asia's capital cities since the 1960s. - Attention is focused on the changing functions of the state in the capital cities of Southeast Asia since the 1960s. Changes in the nature of central state-local state relations are considered before detailing the ways in which the different states have managed their capital cities through the provision of services, enforcement of structural adjustment, and the use of coping mechanisms to offset any dislocative consequences arising from their activities. These functions are illustrated by reference to housing, street vending and transport to emphasise the marked diversity in the form and practices of individual economies and their capitals.L'accent est ici mis sur l'évolution des fonctions de l'Etat dans les capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960. Des modifications dans la nature des relations entre Etat central et Etat local sont décrites, puis les auteurs analysent comment les différents Etats ont géré leurs capitales à travers la fourniture de services, la réorganisation des structures économiques et l'emploi de mécanismes visant à compenser les effets pervers de leurs interventions. Ces fonctions sont illustrées à propos du logement, de la vente ambulante et des transports, afin de mettre en évidence la diversité des formes et des pratiques dans les capitales de chaque pays.J. Rimmer Peter, Drakakis-Smith David, Béguin Hubert. La gestion des capitales de l'Asie du Sud-Est depuis les années 1960. In: Espace géographique, tome 11, n°4, 1982. pp. 259-268

Public housing in the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore

Paper on urban housing and housing policies presenting a comparative analysis and evaluation of housing programmes in Hong Kong and Singapore. Includes a bibliography