Habitat III PrepCom 2, Nairobi April 10-18
The second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) opens in Nairobi,…
Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
Sendai, Japan Leaders and experts from around the world gathered in Sendai, Japan, still recovering the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, for the Third…
Towards the Human City- re-inventing itself
Towards the Human City is Re-inventing Itself Like the cities they are visiting and documenting, Towards the Human City is transforming and growing rapidly,…
Why leave everything behind to document human cities?
We have heard many times that over 50% of the population lives in cities; in 2030 that number will become 60% and in 2050,…
Towards the Human City Series
Global Urban Commons is thrilled to announce a special series called Towards the Human City. Follow the stories of the Towards The Human City…
Inaugural World Cities Day
October 31, 2014 was the inaugural World Cities Day (#citiesday) , a new celebration of cities let by UN Habitat. It was the culmination…
“Big Ideas, Global Impacts” is the ACSP Conference theme
The theme of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) 54th Annual Conference, October 30- November 2 in Philadelphia, PA, is “Big Ideas,…
Webinars on Sustainable Urban Freight Systems from VREF
Join the VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems as it hosts a series of webinars on urban freight trip generation and…
Highlight: Sustainability in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, hosted the fifth biennial C40 Cities Climate Change Summit on 4-6 February 2014.…
Chicago Urban Network – Forums
The University of Chicago Urban Network connects University of Chicago urban scholars and area practitioners through a portfolio of roundtables, conferences, and collaborative projects.…