Assessing Socioeconomic Resilience to Floods in 90 Countries
Authors: S. Hallegatte, World Bank Mook Bangalore, World Bank Adrien Vogt-Schilb, CIRED, Centre international de recherche sur l’environnement et le développement World Bank Policy…
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…
Habitat UNI
Habitat UNI is UN-Habitat’s partnership with universities worldwide. UNI (previously HPUI – Habitat Partner University Initiative) was introduced as a means of promoting cooperation…
World Resources Institute
World Resources Institute is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Research and Academia partner constituent group. GAP is an engagement platform that aims…
100 Resilient Cities | Water Management Solutions
Through the Network Exchange Program, 100RC is helping to scale best-practice solutions around the globe to address urban water challenges. Network Exchange Program offers…
Hudson Yards’ Smart City Initiatives
The massive development will feature innovative nods to sustainability and resiliency, but also a system for gathering data on an unprecedented scale. The 28-acre…
UN Habitat Sri Lanka REBUILDING HOMES, TRANSFORMING LIVES – YouTube
The Indian Housing Project is a housing reconstruction project funded by the Government of India and implemented through a Memorandum of Understanding with…
Van Alen Short Documentaries on Infrastructure | Episode 3 launches Feb. 17
Van Alen Sessions is an online short-documentary series highlighting current debates about urban infrastructure, presented with The Atlantic and CityLab. The first of the…
Stakeholders concerned over access to Habitat III negotiations
Worries focus on new rules governing this year’s urbanization conference — and push back on suggestions that those guidelines are the most progressive ever…