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Green and safe, or dirty and dangerous? East Asia's cities grapple with growth

Population – Feb 7, 2017

Women harvest crops from a communal green area among high-rise apartments in Incheon, South Korea, Sept. 18, 2014.

From refugees to earthquakes, Istanbul ready for a reshape, say city planners

Urban planning – Apr 28, 2018

A ferry, with a new mosque under construction at Camlica hill in the background, sets sail in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, July 31, 2017.

Pakistan moves to curb urban air pollution after high court ruling

Pollution – Apr 30, 2018

Vehicles move through Faizabad inter-city bus terminal in Rawalpindi, one of the cities ranked most polluted in Pakistan, April 16, 2018.

Urban nomads: Mongolian herders battle new future as they leave the land for the city

Climate change – May 3, 2018

Jugdur Samdan, a herder poses for a portrait in his winter camp in Arkhangai Province, Mongolia, February 3, 2018.

As climate risks grow, Pakistani Kashmir boosts emergency plans

Climate change – May 16, 2018

Qazi Zulfiqar Ahmed, a teacher and social worker, looks at the stump of tree cut illegally in a forest in Pakistani Kashmir's Jhelum valley, July 9, 2017.

World's urban growth will surge most in India, China and Nigeria - UN

Urban (re)development – May 16, 2018

A woman walks at the Bund in front of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai March 5, 2015.

From camels to catfish, Algeria boosts fish farming in the Sahara desert

Farming – May 20, 2018

Camels on a 15-hectare farm co-owned by Milouda Mohammed and his brothers in Touggourt, a town in the Sahara, in southern Algeria, April 12, 2018.

Shorter, hotter, earlier: Shrinking spring slashes Pakistani harvests

Climate change – May 21, 2018

Fruit farmer Adil Khan shows apricots that have ripened nearly a month ahead of schedule in the town of Mardan, in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, April 26, 2018.

Pakistan climate resilience to get a boost from World Bank funding

Climate change adaptation – May 29, 2018

via The Nation

Pakistan’s 'shocking' spring heat drives up water use, health risks

Water – May 31, 2018

Residents sleep on a building pavement, to escape heat and frequent power outage in their residence area Karachi, Pakistan May 22, 2018.

Desert city Phoenix mulls ways to quench thirst of sprawling suburbs

Water – Jun 7, 2018

A road abruptly ends next to a sign for a cattle ranch near Douglas, Arizona, United States, October 10, 2016.

Greening plant nurseries with cattle dung dilutes Islamabad flood risk

Floods – Jun 15, 2018

Cattle farmer Ali Ahmed stands next to a buffalo at his farm in Islamabad’s Ghouri neighbhourhood on February 12, 2018.

10 facts about the world's population

Population – Jul 10, 2018

A volunteer posts pledges on the commitment wall during the observance of the World Population Day with the theme "investing on adolescent girls" at the Rizal memorial stadium in metro Manila, Philippines July 11, 2016.

'Everything we’ve heard about global urbanization turns out to be wrong' - researchers

Urban (re)development – Jul 12, 2018

Devotees form a human pyramid to celebrate the festival of Janmashtami, marking the birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, India August 25, 2016.

Microfinance could help African cities solve housing crisis - experts

Housing – Jul 12, 2018

A resident reacts as he attempts to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Kijiji slums in the Southlands estate of Nairobi, Kenya, January 28, 2018.

Can WhatsApp and motorbikes protect Africa's food security?

Food – Jul 13, 2018

A Burundian man transports a passenger and two pigs to markets in the capital Bujumbura July 19, 2015.

With drones and satellites, India gets to know its slums

Informal housing – Jul 24, 2018

Residents gather around a mobile museum displayed on an improvised handcart in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India, February 18, 2016.

Africa must harness vacant land to manage urban sprawl

Urban planning – Aug 2, 2018

via City Lab

Pakistan to plant 10 billion trees to combat climate change

Climate change mitigation – Aug 7, 2018

via Climate Home News

Green, green hills: Pakistan's incoming government pledges to plant billions of trees

Climate change mitigation – Aug 8, 2018

Women walk along flowering and blossoming trees along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan March 15, 2018.