Cities

#GoGreen2017: Some bad environmental practices to leave behind in 2016

Cities, Environment, Waste /

What are your resolutions for 2017? For me, the previous year was one I dropped many practices that affect the natural functionality of the ecosystem and joined a campaign to raise the pitch on how only sustainable practices can guarantee our collective future and how so many practices we called ‘normal’ before are harming the environment. This year, I have pledged to do much more than I did in 2016.

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Development Control in Abuja Starts Enforcement of Green Building Regulations

1 Comment / Building & construction, Cities /

Building developers who submit building development plans in Abuja are now advised  by Development Control to incorporate green building concepts in their building plans. Developers are given  a long list of green solutions to include, when they submit their initial building plan for approval. The Department of Development control of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council

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The Need for Efficient Drainage System in Nigerian Cities

1 Comment / Cities, Environment /

As highlighted in my previous blogpost, drainage systems in most of Nigerian cities are bedeviled by multiple problems making them predominantly nonfunctional. This is seriously alarming in the light of the projected increase in the frequency of flood events across Africa. We may not have control over natural disasters, but we can mitigate their effects

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Urban Agriculture: an innovative way of growing food in the city

4 Comments / Agriculture, Cities /

Farming is often thought  of as something for the rural areas and for the rural people. Perhaps due to the reason of availability of vast farmlands, something uncommon to cities. The latter are always struggling to find spaces to develop. However, a careful observation will show that many cities, if not all, have unused parcels

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