Time to unlock rights to rural land?
South China Morning Post The mainland’s 900 million farmers will be on the lookout for rural land use reforms after a signal from the…
China’s Cloud: a Milestone in Urban Technology Innovation
The flight marks a major milestone in urban space technology. Luan Lin, chief technology officer of KuangChi Science, said that the system can be widely used in geographical surveying, traffic and wildfire monitoring, natural disasters and rescue missions.
MOOC on Urban Infrastructures | Planetizen
IGLUS is launching a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) about the Management of Urban Infrastructures on February 16, 2016.
Secondary Cities: Neglected Drivers of Growing Economies
While much of the attention in international development and academia has focused on mega and primary cities, rapidly growing secondary cities will play a…
Cairo Declaration on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in the Arab Region Adopted
Cairo, December 2015 – The Cairo Declaration on Housing, and Sustainable Urban Development in the Arab region was adopted on the last day of…
China vows to make its crowded, chaotic cities safer and better
“China’s rapid urbanisation has created many social and economic problems, and especially environmental problems – Beijing is like a hell on earth today,” said…
C40 2015 Cities Awards
The 2015 C40 Cities Awards took place during the COP21 meeting in Paris. The awards specifically aim to share highly replicable ‘best practices’ across…
Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands ‘What Works Cities’
Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that mayors from thirteen American cities have been selected to join What Works Cities and have publicly committed to enhance…
United Nations launches initiative to build climate resilience
On the opening day of the United Nations climate change conference (COP21), dozens of announcements were made in Paris by Governments and leaders of…
Leveraging Urbanization for Prosperity in South Asia
Why is Pakistan struggling to make the most of urbanization? “Messy and Hidden Urbanization”, is the all- encompassing answer according to the latest World…