displacement
Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC
Jarrett Murphy |
An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.
The Global Squeeze
The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over
Daniel Bates |
Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.
The Global Squeeze
To Save a Stadium for the Middle Class, Manila Advocates Used Preservation as a Tool
Purple Chrystyl Romero |
The saga of the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in the Philippines illustrates the possibility—and potential pitfalls—of using heritage preservation as a tool to resist gentrification.
africa
Nairobi Slum Dwellers Feel Let Down by the ‘Promised Land’
Wacera Ngunjiri |
A scheme to replace shanties with newly constructed housing for the poor was undermined by bad economics and a lack of trust.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Hear ‘Global Squeeze’ Reporter Linus Unah Discuss His Story on Displacement in Lagos
Jarrett Murphy |
He wrote about the people fighting to preserve their stake in Lagos’s future on the edge of a lagoon.
The Global Squeeze
Hijacked Buildings and ‘Shock and Awe’ Tactics in Johannesburg’s Low-Income Black Neighborhoods
Daylin Paul |
After apartheid, many Blacks left South Africa’s townships in a search for a better life in the big city. Now they see government, landlords and private-security firms banding together to drive them out.
africa
On the Edge of the Lagos Lagoon, Settlement Residents Defend Their Stake in a City
Linus Unah |
Redevelopment plans in Nigeria’s largest city have targeted informal waterfront settlements where tens of thousands of people have lived for decades. The first story in a series about displacement and its opponents around the world.
