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Tijuana: A Simple Plan

In 2009, Raul Cardenas Osuna enlisted a motley crew of artists, researchers, designers and scientists to tackle a violence and crime epidemic that plagued Camino Verde, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Tijuana

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Tijuana: A Simple Plan

In 2009, Raul Cardenas Osuna enlisted a motley crew of artists, researchers, designers and scientists to tackle a violence and crime epidemic that plagued Camino Verde, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Tijuana

Lagos: The promised land

Olamide Udoma-Ejorh says Lagos' Eko Atlantic development offers a misplaced narrative that refuses to embrace the realities of life in that city. Edgar Pieterse sees it as one of many projects that provide politicians with irresistible, often unrealistic promises of desperately needed revenues and taxes for their cities

Beirut: Condemned to hope

Fashion designer George Azzi and Urbanist Mona Harb love Beirut. They have lived through the city's multiple crises and survived its tragedies. Both are optimistic and willing to fight for its survival. It's worth it; hope lives in Beirut, they say.

Rio: A Dilemma in Vidigal

Architect Pedro Henrique de Cristo moved into Vidigal, a picturesque favela in Rio de Janeiro, determined to do work with impact. But, after some remarkable successes, he learnt that even good ideas have their limits.

Mumbai: Built up, fed up!!

What do the world’s second most expensive private home, a spate of serial bombings, and air rights have in common?

Cape Town: It's Complicated

Contesting views on a neighbourhood struggling with change and an influx of new development in a post-apartheid South African city

The City show is a podcast about complexity and how people live and adapt to life in fast-changing cities across Africa, Latin America and Asia. It's made by Dhashen Moodley, Tau Tavengwa, Freddie Boswell