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…
A History of Cities and Urbanization; A Series from The Guardian
In the first in a 50-part series charting the history of the planet’s urbanisation, Jack Shenker explores the ancient metropolis of Alexandria, which set…
Mapping informal settlements – Richard Sliuzas, UN Habitat Video Series
Richard Sliuzas from the University of Twente in the Netherlands in this lecture outlines how new technologies means new approaches to mapping, in particular…
SDGs review offers potential preview of how to track New Urban Agenda | Citiscope
“Leave no one behind” has been a mantra for United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In his final year in office, the world body will…
How to meet SDGs: Eight lessons for scaling up development programs from Brookings
Johannes F. Linn To achieve the desired outcomes of the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the global targets from the Paris COP21 Climate…
UN Habitat Lecture Series: Steffen Lehmann, University of Portsmouth
Urban Lectures The UN Habitat urban lectures are a free resource of video lectures, including synopsis, biographies and additional reading materials, open to use…
The World’s First 24/7 Solar Power Plant
The California firm Solar Reserve unveiled the world’s first solar power plant able to generate power 24/7 without any kind of coal- or gas-fired…
UN Habitat Lecture Series: Ronald Wall, Erasmus University
Urban Lectures The UN Habitat urban lectures are a free resource of video lectures, including synopsis, biographies and additional reading materials, open to use…
LSE Cities research highlights role of migrant entrepreneurs
Recent research published by LSE Cities, a research center part of the London School of Economics, highlights the significance of migrant entrepreneurs in socially and economically…
ArchDaily & Strelka Institute Partner on Commentary on Russian Urbanism
Arch Daily announced a new content partnership between ArchDaily and Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design to publish critical essays, interviews and articles on urban events,…