The final New Urban Agenda was released. Read coverage from Citiscope and download the report

Night lights, in countries with poor economic statistics, can serve as a proxy for a regional wealth survey. Yet research has also shown this not-a-survey will remain inexact: To a satellite at night, a few well-lit mansions and a dense but poorly lit shantytown can look nearly the same.

A review of Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis, a new book about skyscrapers, electricity, clean water access, roads, cars, trains, and connectivity: what's happening today, and what could our cities could look like tomorrrow.

In October, 2016 UN Habitat will host the Habitat III Conference to finalize the "New Urban Agenda". The General Assembly of Partners (GAP) is a diverse engagement platform that supports stakeholders contributions from groups from around the world. GAP welcomes new members and their active participation. Get involved!

New speakers associated with UN-Habitat’s work have been posted recruited from universities, think-tanks, governments, NGO’s, and private sector institutions. Each lecture package is free, includes a 15 min video, synopsis of the topic, biography of the speaker and links to in-depth studies.

There are two ways to join the Global Urban Commons – as an individual or as a profiled research organization. Be a part of the community today!

Re-Framing Urban Inclusion, a project of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, is a collaborative, multi-year research project to develop a catalog of 36 original teaching and learning cases to give urban practitioners insights into policy realities and emerging forms of urban practice across India and the global South.