Showing posts with label Urban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Urban. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 January 2011

Sunday, 23 January 2011

On the map

Until recently, what is often billed as one of Africa's largest slums
- Kibera, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi - was a blank spot on official maps. But
a group of volunteers have been training young people living there to create
their own digital map of the area.



The result is the first complete map of Kibera, which it is hoped can form
the basis of plans to improve the area and the lives of its residents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12164081?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Thursday, 26 August 2010

China traffic jam stretches nine days!!

Amazing News in China about a traffic jam that lasted almost 9 days!! Traffic consisting mostly of trucks was heading for Beijing!

Compare this to traffic jams in you City! Click on the link, watch the clip and read the article

BBC News - China traffic jam stretches 'nine days, 100km'

Ask yourself these questions:

What was causing the traffic jam?
What is this an indicator off?
What measures can be introduced to preventthis from happening again?