19 April 2009

Lost Freetown ~ Sierra Leone's Capital Boomcity

Reading about Sierra Leone infrastructure and Mercy Ships got me thinking about the West African region generally, ports and cities especially, and wondering about their growth. So it's very timely that Journeyman has published this Lost Freetown video by Bright Star about the tremendous in-migration to the city, the downstream slums, and the deforestation upstream. In short, it's unplanned and unsustainable. Viable Better Pathways are urgently needed...

1 comment:

Ben said...

Thanks for the link to the video. I'm going to use this in the Geography 101 class I teach when we talk about Africa.