Urbanisation

Urbanisation • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 11, 2019 • 6 min read

Overpopulation The shrinking world

By Hilmar Schmundt • Jul 11, 2019
The world's population explosion has so far been considered one of humanity's greatest threats. But humankind might be shrinking faster than expected

Urbanisation • STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 19, 2018 • 9 min read

Bangkok Losing its soul

By Katrin Kuntz • Jul 19, 2018
Thailand’s military government wants to turn the chaotic metropolis of Bangkok into a kind of Singapore: tidy, sterile and easily controllable – and thus, a symbol of its power

Urbanisation • STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 13, 2018 • 8 min read

Urban migration Brunei’s troubled heart

By Pete Ford • Jun 13, 2018
The once-populous district of Kampong Ayer, a community of stilted homes and wooden walkways, is a shell of what it once was in its heyday as residents drift to the city

Urbanisation • Feb 19, 2018 • 8 min read
Indonesia

Caught at the crossroads

The country with arguably the world's worst traffic is having to rely on civilians to manage congestion, but not everyone thinks Indonesia's freelance traffic organisers are helping
By Aisyah Llewellyn • Feb 19, 2018

Urbanisation • Nov 06, 2017 • 11 min read
Cambodia's construction boom

A future without home?

The construction industry in Cambodia has been enjoying great growth in recent years. Yet there are concerns over the quality of some of these projects and an over-reliance on Chinese investment
By Nathan Paul Southern • Nov 06, 2017

Urbanisation • Oct 18, 2017 • 6 min read
Zoë Ng

Shaking up Cambodian office culture

Zoë Ng worked at McKinsey, Google and the beauty startup Charlotte Tilbury to build up a range of experience before striking out on her own. Now she heads up Raintree, an award-winning office and retail development in Phnom Penh
By Euan Black • Oct 18, 2017

Urbanisation • May 17, 2017 • 8 min read
Indonesia

The red-light district that everyone loves

Jakarta’s Kalijodo red-light district has been shut down, cleaned up and transformed into a vibrant public space. But the reimagining of the area didn’t come without a human cost
By Gabrielle Lipton • May 17, 2017

Urbanisation • Apr 07, 2017 • 7 min read
Yangon

Grand designs and crumbling colonial architecture

A new city council and a growing number of progressive architecture firms may signal fresh hope for the city's decaying colonial buildings
By Thomas Kean • Apr 07, 2017

Urbanisation • Mar 31, 2017 • 11 min read
Urban Migration

Cambodia’s affordable housing crisis

Several privately funded affordable housing developments have broken ground in Cambodia but, as urban migration intensifies, can the country meet the urgent demand for social housing?
By Claire Knox • Mar 31, 2017