Is city living bad for your health?
Many cities struggle to offer their growing populations a healthy environment – but urban living doesn’t necessarily mean a poor quality of life Across…
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…
Urban Initiatives
Urban Initiatives is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that consists of several community-based and faith-based institutes that respond to the economic, housing, and social needs…
Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR)
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR) was established in 2008 as a horizontally structured institution within the Faculty of Architecture…
OECD Report: A New Rural Development Paradigm for the 21st Century
Three billion people live in rural areas in developing countries. Conditions for them are worse than for their urban counterparts when measured by almost…
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…
Gender perspectives in urban planning – Ana Falú – UN-Habitat video series
This lecture aims to discuss the inclusion of women and gender perspectives in the debate around cities, incorporating proposals and experiences primarily related to…
Penn Press: Roaring Metropolis by Daniel Amsterdam
Cloth Apr 2016 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4810-4 | $45.00s | Ebook Apr 2016 | ISBN 978-0-8122-9273-2 | $45.00s | £29.50 | A volume in the…
Kenya: Big Changes Proposed in Revised National Urban Development Policy
Developed by the Kenya Ministry of Land, Housing, and Urban Development, the Revised National Urban Development Policy seeks creation of an additional municipality in…
Population Council’s BALIKA Project Findings- Delaying Child Marriage in Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi Association for Life Skills, Income, and Knowledge for Adolescents (BALIKA) project seeks to delay marriage by giving girls skills so that they…