{"id":3516,"date":"2013-09-30T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2016-03-10T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T14:01:27","slug":"urban-informality-30th-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/urban-informality-30th-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Slum Urbanism, 30 September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slumurbanism.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/30\/who-will-plan-african-cities\/\">Slum Urbanism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUrban planners in Africa are confronted by a daunting task.\u00a0An urban crisis is being fuelled by growing numbers of inhabitants without access to shelter, basic services or formal employment opportunities. Vigorous, often unrestrained, development of any available and well-located urban land is widespread. Environmental hazards are escalating, compounded by waste, air pollution and the effects of climate change. 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