2016 Top North American Planning Websites | Planetizen
October 27, 2016 – The annual list of the best planning, design, and development websites, representing some of the top online resources for news,…
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
Nature News & Content, October 10, 2016 Timon McPhearson, Susan Parnell, David Simon,Owen Gaffney,Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Debra Roberts & Aromar Revi A United Nations conference seeks urban sustainability.…
General Assembly of Partners (GAP) Speakers at the Habitat III Conference in Quito
Members of the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) participated in Habitat III across multiple platforms including plenaries, round tables, and side events. Below are…
New Data-Driven Climate Action Planning Tool from the World Bank
The World Bank and partners have designed CURB, a free data-driven climate action planning tool to help cities more easily identify and prioritize cost-effective,…
GAP Stakeholder Roundtables @ Habitat III
Schedule and links to Roundtable Agendas MONDAY, 17 OCTOBER Time Stakeholder Group 16:00 – 18:00 Parliamentarians Roundtable (Agenda TBA) TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER Time…
Citiscope’s Habitat III Journalism Project
The Habitat III Journalism Project aims to: Create a global community of journalists who help each other with sourcing, story tips, and finding ways…
Nature and Cities, The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning
Edited by Frederick R. Steiner, George F. Thompson and Armando Carbonell, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy This book will be published in November, 2016…
There’s a Message for City Planners in Cape Town Plumbing Poll | Next City
Story and Photography by Ann Babe, Next City A mother and father stand in the doorway of their Khayelitsha home, looking on as their…
Giant Bubbles and Urban Periscopes Among Winners of Play Contest
A nonprofit group devoted to creating play areas has awarded $1 million to spur 50 new projects that create opportunities for urban children to…
The final draft New Urban Agenda is released
Citiscope | Greg Scruggs The dust finally has settled from this past weekend’s marathon closed-door negotiations to arrive at consensus ahead of a key…