THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Land of a Thousand Hills: Rwanda's New Urban Agenda
July 13, 2023
(last updated on August 12, 2024)
Abstract
When a country's urbanisation rate far outstrips its construction industry's capacity to build, ambitious yet practical solutions are called for. Spurred by government initiatives, Rwanda has recently seen a number of these emerge, involving specialist teams from around the world working closely with communities. Fatou Dieye, who is coordinating one such project for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, highlights a few. The resulting flexible prototypes employ locally available materials and skill sets, and fit the country's socio‐cultural patterns and terrain.
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