An ‘Urban Village‘ in Guangzhou, China – A part of the city so dense that the buildings literally touch each other, giving them their Chinese name ‘kissing buildings’. Despite this romantic name these districts suffer from sewage problems and infestations, it is thought that diseases such as Sars and Avain Bird Flu might have originated from urban conditions like these in Guangzhou where humans, animals and bacteria live in close quarters. These dense (almost tumour-like) cities within the city house entire ecomonic ecologies with schools, temples, businesses and markets embedded within them.