The New Urban Agenda must prompt planners to recognize informal labour
By Marty Chen, Citiscope Urban informal workers represent the broad base of the urban economy in most developing countries. On average, these account for…
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…
Urban Sustainability Laboratory | Wilson Center
For more than two decades the Wilson Center’s Comparative Urban Studies Project has explored the importance of effective governance and inclusion for nurturing livable…
New Report from ULI: Advancing Women in Leadership in the U.S. Real Estate Industry
A new report from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Women in Leadership in the Real Estate and Land Use Industry, recommends strategies to help…
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…
Integrating violence against women prevention in urban transport | Asian Development Blog
A quick reference guide for for mainstreaming prevention of and response to violence against women and girls in urban transport interventions. By Laurence Levaque,…
HUD Case Study: Macon Children’s Promise Neighborhood Plan
HUD USER publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities, apply sustainable features and…
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,…