UNSW to offer Australia’s first Master’s degree in urban renewal and housing
UNSW is launching Australia’s first Master’s degree program in urban renewal and housing to support the housing challenges of the future. Aimed at future…
Africa must invest in urban development
The Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe, says African local governments need to invest in proper urban planning and management systems in all urban…
Africities Summit this week in Johaneesburg, South Africa
7th Africities Summit, 29Nov – 03Dec Johannesburg, South Africa The seventh Africities Summit is held every three years and looks at issues affecting urban…
After leaders’ rhetoric, climate negotiators start work on deal | Reuters
With encouragement from 150 world leaders ringing in their ears, government negotiators in Paris were on Tuesday left to turn the rhetoric into reality…
Urbanisation – an Urgent Challenge and Massive Opportunity for Africa
Urbanisation is both an urgent challenge and a massive opportunity for Africa, with the potential to transform the daily lives off millions of people,…
From Steel to Startups, Pittsburgh Tries to Cultivate an Ecosystem for Innovation
Can a midsize Rust Belt city compete with Silicon Valley? MIT Technology Review: Shortly after Luis von Ahn helped launch Duolingo, his popular language-learning…
Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa
Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa, edited by Africa Centre for Cities (ACC), powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the South African informal economy are migrants and refugees. Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into their hands when they trade on South Africa’s “mean streets”.
Finance for renewable energy and climate resilience increased 18% from 2013
Read the Report: Climate Policy Initiative Experts say trillions will be needed over the coming decades to hold global warming to 2C, the…
South African Cities Network reveals growth of smart towns
A new South African Cities Network (SACN) report assessing the financial fitness of nine of the largest cities in South Africa has found cities…
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
By helping our Members to make their cities and regions sustainable, low-carbon, resilient, ecomobile, biodiverse, resource-efficient and productive, healthy and happy, with a green…