Postcard from Paris/ Rive Gauche: Urban renewal and controversies about the Right to the City in the South
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Postcard from Paris/ Rive Gauche: Urban renewal and controversies about the Right to the City in the South

The quarter Rive Gauche (literally: left bank) between the Seine River and the Avenue de France has undergone urban renewal since 1995. One of the objective was to create better connections between the city and the river by extending the main roads to the banks, as well as by building waterfront promenades and rehabilitate old…

Contribution to COP 23: Different stakes in environmental activism against coal. Perspectives from Germany and Bangladesh
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Contribution to COP 23: Different stakes in environmental activism against coal. Perspectives from Germany and Bangladesh

[aesop_parallax img=”https://blog.zef.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/comp_P1030585.jpg” parallaxbg=”fixed” captionposition=”bottom-left” lightbox=”off” floater=”on” floaterposition=”left” floaterdirection=”none” overlay_revealfx=”off”] About 20,000 people demonstrated in Bonn for the so-called Kohleausstieg (stepping away from using coal for energy generation) on 4th November 2017. Participants came from Germany and many other countries in order to request COP 23 delegates and politicians to end fossil fuel energy generation and…

Yazd and water. Foto by Irit Eguavoen
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Postcard from Yazd in Iran: Knowledge hub on qanats, water reservoirs, wind catchers and cloud seeding

The Iranian oasis town Yazd is known as the capital of wind catchers. Its surrounding province has around 500,000 inhabitants. The ancient city was built in around 3000 BC and has many historic clay buildings built in narrow streets and an amazing, century-old water system. In 2017, it was declared a UNESCO heritage site. UNESCO…

When Tropentag comes to Bonn
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When Tropentag comes to Bonn

[aesop_quote type=”pull” background=”#282828″ text=”#FFFFFF” align=”left” size=”1″ quote=”The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.” parallax=”off” direction=”left” revealfx=”off”] The Tropentag is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference. It addresses issues of resource management, environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, nutrition and related sciences in the context of rural development, sustainable resource use and…

Zamalek residential buildings at the Eastern shore. Photo by Irit Eguavoen
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Waterfronts and green spaces in central Cairo – what´s the way forward?

The city of Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of now eight million inhabitants in its inner core, which has witnessed an Europeanising of its urban fabric some 160 years ago under Pasha Ismael who was inspired by French squares and boulevards after visiting the World Exposition in Paris in 1867. Afterwards, Ismael initiated the construction…