A figure thats forecast to hit two thirds by twenty fifty and already theres a serious lack of decent affordable living space. One impressive example of affordable living is the. Book the worlds first social Housing Estate it was built way back in fifteen twenty one by one of the citys wealthy citizens to provide homes for those in need since then state run organizations and charitable institutions worldwide have invested in countless Affordable Housing projects increasingly their governments are distancing themselves from this social responsibility and theyre relying on private enterprise to meet the needs. And. This is my first one through my solo so far l. Jackson hole has turned square meters cost around one thousand euro. Rows per month. Not much room in here. And what about washing your feet in the shower its pretty tricky so of course this. Is. Juice and doesnt have much alternative right now it all started when he fell into a depression after his divorce. He was too will to continue working as a catering manager and soon he couldnt pay his rent at first he camped out on friends sofas then he was homeless for a while before being offered a room by social services then he shares the rundown house and south london with five other men the state pays all their rents. Must be getting about five and a half thousand pounds to see almost coming close a six thousand pounds a month what used to be a two bedroom house this is only. Three hundred pounds less than what i was paying for chitral housing back and this cannot be value for money. The British Government pours around twenty five billion euros a year into rent subsidies but world record much of it goes on exorbitant rents like you sons some landlords hike their prices if they know the state is paying. Free market britain has long neglected social housing hard to imagine it was once the nations pride with around two hundred fifty thousand homes built per year. In twenty seventeen there were just three thousand left and that despite a rise in need. The government has Just Announced a new initiative but experts are skeptical demand they say is simply too high the biggest improvement is the fact that people are moving out of if we could make things better in the rest of the country so that people felt they were getting what they wanted when that would be probably better if dealing with it. But in reality londons population increases by around one hundred twenty thousand people each year landlords can rent out flats fast regardless of how rundown or how she could they are but if you want three rooms youll have to splash out up to eight thousand euros per week and those who cant afford that have to be flexible like emily and ben theyre both employed and work in marketing but they still cant afford to rent a flat in the capital for a year theyve lived on a boat and change moorings every two weeks to avoid paying fees despite this its a huge improvement on how things used to be. No shared accommodation for the people and we paid around one thousand one hundred for that yeah for a double room per month and then shared obviously bathroom and the toilets and it believed it was not even the living room and living room was also a bedroom so you get along on internet as much money as they can on the property. And thats what the London Renters Union is fighting the newly founded association campaigns for unlimited rental contrasts a cap on rents and more social housing they hand the Landlords Union a symbolic check for twenty two billion pounds which is roughly what the capitals tenants will stand on their accommodation over the coming year. They have a lot of the lives i think the lad was murdered and thats if they send him back and i must keep it safe and if we got back to the students lives and conditions even things resurfacing. Going to let me decide that it was so funny she was like my god erred by accommodation may be a basic human right yet in reality and britain tenants are second class citizens owning your own four walls has long been seen as the norm here and that means no home no castle of your own and you have no rights thats still the case today tenants are often confronted with the vermin water damage and landlords who simply dont care thats something jason knows well tenants here can be given two months notice no reason necessary hes supposed to move out next week but hes still hoping his appeal will be accepted and he wont have to leave. Its a struggle every single day in different ways because im devoting my time to sort this out and. The other aspects of my life is being compromised. Heavily and ben want to stay in london for work reasons theyve transformed into a desperate situation into a lifestyle choice they dont have a castle but they do have a boat the borg it cost them three hundred fifty euros a month its romantic here and of course mobile usually anyway. Last winter they can i was free saying you couldnt move so we ran out of water a or an out of gas like oil it was for yes so youve basically just got somewhere to sleep and yeah and youve got no i mean it is that said if winter is the worst hardship they face then emily and ben are the lucky ones. Africas population is skyrocketing by twenty fifth a projection say theyll be twice as many People Living on the continent as there are now and more and more of them are streaming into urban areas looking for work and Better Living conditions cities in africa growing faster than in any. The region in the world the population boom means that in the next thirty years the continent will need around eighty five thousand he hospitals three hundred ten thousand schools and seven hundred million new apartments but whos going to build them untapped. Millions of africans live in informal settlements like this one in kigali. Populations in african cities are exploding and the continent is struggling to cope. And architects from a wonder christian but man now wants africas booming cities to flourish when they settlements are on the front where it gets difficult to reverse those trends in front of the government of rwanda is doing a lot of efforts to provide basic services for the residents of such neighborhoods to make sure before leaving safely neighborhood but more citizen africa i first see the same challenges as well. From lagos to cash us or to nairobi governments are unable to manage urbanization and those moving to the city often cant afford to build proper housing or pay expensive rent so slums. Rwanda is well aware of the critical situation we are trying to establish different programs you know from the social program but otoh moving towards or to train to prepare the ground for their kind of the Big Government is very much committed to promoting access to housing but recent housing projects in p galli were more suited to the upper middle class Affordable Solutions for the masses are still missing like billy monitors training a future generation of african designers to find innovative sustainable and Affordable Solutions to the enormous need for infrastructure not only houses but hospitals and schools here in the northeast of rwanda a new Primary School is being built using as much local material as possible. To for good quality links in the building where. And you read in my sleep theres also this idea that the basic materials and tools for the instruction in africa cannot be built in america to it and you ought to for all. The thirty seven year old convince the government that building with bricks volcanic rock and locally made roof tiles is cheaper than importing expensive materials and that its worthwhile investing in local craftsman earlier more doors the way people bring in conscription allows contractors to build things and leave you havent been successful so by visiting in these people theres a chance that this could be replicated also used again here as if this before to migrate to other districts in the country its much more efficient to do it in chinas conflict as a turkish conflict as any man has studied in china where he saw megacities grow along with the challenges that come with them today hes the director of the African Design Center which opened in kigali two years ago Eleven Design graduates from eight african countries are learning here how to take on the challenge of africas enormous growth. Were trying to understand the real problems that were facing and not just browsing over statistical data and say we need x. Amount of housing but down deep and understand what that housing need for the residents of africa what does africa city offer going to urban living what does africa. For most africans urban living still means enduring slum conditions many managed says theres a need for this new generation of african designers to come up with solutions thats going its a strong belief that we need that we have to fear charles in this country and in this continent to do things right at this particular moment can africa rise to that challenge Christian Ben a man and others are trying to make it happen. Urban planning is a huge challenge how many sit. Can the climate cope with and what about human health according to the u. N. And pollution now contributes to the deaths of four Million People a year so how can we keep the air in Major Population Centers clean. Cities have always had a strong appeal for medical care educational and Job Opportunities infrastructure and cultural institutions and other attractions is anything lacking at all yes nature but why do we need green spaces in cities. For food for example with so many people in cities it makes sense to produce food there urban gardening is popular lettuce herbs and other easy to grow greens are being cultivated on rooftops or in small plots. But not every part of the city is suitable plants that grow alongside busy streets are exposed to pollution. Urban green spaces can impact the climate cities account for seventy percent of global c o two emissions bad for the planet and its residents. Green leafy plants absorb Carbon Dioxide and produce oxygen. And trees and other vegetation help regulate the urban temperature they provide shade and cooling three that for ration. Plants and unpaved soil absorb water when it rains heavily our rivers overflow. And parks are places where we can rest and relax. But were not alone lots of animals have adapted to city life urban dwelling animals often have it better than their country cousins but only if they have access to plenty of green areas and trees. Many wild plants have also adjusted well to the urban jungle but they still require unpaved areas in order to grow. So green spaces in a city are good for the quality of life of all its inhabitants. In twenty ten they were already in malls and one billion cars on our planet and by twenty foreseen it could be as many as two billion and that even though congestion is already a huge problem in fact in some cities drivers spend more than two hundred hours a year stuck in traffic jams many chinese cities have major problems but alternatives are making a comeback. This is what beijing looks like some twenty years ago china then was called the kingdom of bicycles that planners had a different idea for decades they did everything they could to make beijing car friendly around six million vehicles now clogged roads and highways and the kingdom of bicycles has become the capital of traffic jams. Then two years ago color for. Rental bikes suddenly began appearing everywhere all you need to use one briefly is the app and they cost less than thirty euro cents per hour so anyone with a smart phone can now find a bike practically anywhere i went to find out if the new technology is encouraging people to get out of their cars. Mo bike was the first bike sharing company it launched in twenty sixteen and now claims to have two hundred million users worldwide and theres a battle. At first there was cutthroat competition there were over one hundred companies on the market now there are just three or four left and youre not making a profit yet but were getting there bit by bit with the results in september were extraordinarily good i can tell you that much as i would have got to get some help and. One of my first questions how much are the rental bikes read being used. To some muscle when do you rent a bicycle. To do yeah well if i dont have to go more than twenty kilometers. I might go that far most beijing residents use the bikes for much shorter distances for the socalled last mile from the subway to their office or home for the first time in quite a while the number of bike journeys is growing zandra thats a visors the Chinese Ministry of transport on behalf of the German Government does far off in fight up that was the positive effect of all the various bike sharing company isolating them and us and officials started rethinking things in the cities and in City Government and its a big discussion in many urban areas today all over the world the question of how we can get people to enjoy riding by us not. Most roads in beijing have a bike lane like this and we are going to take a look now in what condition they are. In. This one is nice and why then pretty comfortable to ride on even if there are. A couple of obstacles along the way i just managed to squeeze past one comm making a turn and theres another issue too many vehicles stop a park on the bike then you have to swerve into the car lane so a less than perfect situation. And there are other negative aspects to bike sharing like the numbers of rental bikes cluttering up streets and sidewalks or authorities now often just pile them up onto what looked like scrap heap since. The bikes the City Administration has cleared are now unloaded here on the fringes of the capital every Major Chinese city has bicycle cemeteries like this one the remaining rental companies have to take back some of them nobody knows what will happen to the rest. More bike is grappling with new regulations for bike sharing in this city seven hundred fifty thousand of its bikes can be found on the streets of beijing the government wont allow them to deploy more on peak days their bikes can wreck up two million trips. Here i think many new Business Models need a phase of irrational competition but in the future this industry will become extremely environmentally friendly and sustainable. Every ride is recorded by the system not only knows how many of its bikes are being used it also has to be able to tell at a given moment where each is located just like. The way that all rental Bicycle Companies now have to install live Monitoring Systems that data from them is also transmitted in tandem to the government. But people like mr doom even more importantly he collects scattered rental bikes driving around the streets of john one town where beijings young i. T. Industry is located and loading them up. Mr dunn brings them back to places where they need it. Like subway stations john once one sees many young commuters and the subway is the hot spot for bike sharing the bike collector came to beijing from his village just a year ago he gets paid by the day for his labor in a month he can earn about six hundred euros thats about half the average wage. Job where tonight in the morning is the busiest time by then everyone is in their offices the bikes are all over the place. I fill up my truck every few minutes. Our rental biogs really this solution to beijings traffic problems to find out more i take a detour in the history. District as the city modernized the old town became a symbol for backwardness for the old and the poor who lived here bicycles were a common means of transport today the charms of the old town are being rediscovered by young people and what about bikes this small shop wants to show the people of beijing that cycling can be fun customers can design their own bikes here to the i said go hot you that you can take any color you want. Your case even to see which one you like solo though did the case. You know one boy a high that some customers rediscover cycling through riding rental bikes they use them but they dont find them comfortable enough too small they dont have enough gears or only suitable for short distances and many rental bikes are in fact condition and are poorly maintained no one you know is after writing one until bikes however people decide they want to buy one of their own and slowly but surely the bicycle culture is reemerging my legal court so bike sharing has acted as a catalyst helping beijing residents rediscover an important means of transport from the past now all thats needed is a sustainable plan for the traffic of the future. In creating an environmentally friendly transport system for the future and not to depend on the efficiency of local systems and how different types of transport interconnect App Developers around the globe a busy looking for solutions with particular success in life you any of you. Giving me nasty that just lives in vilnius the capital of lithuania he doesnt need a car design he just uses the traffic app it pinpoints his location and supplies him with information on the most convenient Public Transport Services available nearby complete with timetables and connections he can also use the app for bicycle and car sharing schemes and he can pay for all the services via the app to. Declare to as uses his app every day. Yeah i think many people are using tracking the newest not just thirteen has been a failure in general and its especially popular amongst younger generation. The app was developed by a local startup the team programmed a map that compiles and centrally coordinates data. All of this is transport Services Including taxis. Its free for users. Companies like google maps also use the technology. Thats where the startup makes most of its money. Its now available in thirty cities worldwide from istanbul to jakarta to sao paulo the reason to go there was to solve their problems and those when i guess it is because we knew that transportation is some predictable on reliable its even hard for local people to understand h