New non-profit announced: Securing Smart Cities
Securing Smart Cities is a new not-for-profit global initiative announced on May 26, 2015 that will address existing and future cybersecurity problems of smart…
Can geospatial technology lead to a development ‘data revolution’?
The ability to map data has become essential for urban researchers and city managers worldwide. Geospatial technology, as this tool is known, was in…
Towards the Human City – Colombia, Part 1
First Stop: Colombia Our first stop had to be Colombia, not only from the perspective of urban planning but also for reasons of personal…
UN Habitat: Creation of the General Assembly of Partners (GAP)
The General Assembly of Partners (GAP) is a special initiative of the World Urban Campaign that aims to support stakeholders’ engagement and contributions to…
Welcome to our new Advisory Board
The Global Urban Commons welcomed our new Advisory Board in March. The voices of urban scholars are vital for building a global urban agenda,…
ICLEI World Congress 8-12 April, 2015
ICLEI World Congress, Seoul, Korea Every three years, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, an international association of local and metropolitan governments dedicated to…
Announcement: Citiscope launches Habitat III coverage
Citiscope launches major coverage United Nations “Habitat” conferences, the world’s pre-eminent venue to take stock of the condition and potential of today’s cities, occur…
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…
Call for Papers, Future of Places Conference
Call for Papers Deadline extended to April 1, 2015 The Third Future of Places Conference 29 June-1 July 2015 Stockholm, Sweden The Future of…