What Farmers Really Need – Water
By Chandhi Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements Gowramma is a slightly intimidating, enterprising woman, and a panchayat member in a village in the…
The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South
The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South Edited by Susan Parnell and Sophie Oldfield African Center for Cities The renaissance in urban theory draws…
New Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Resilient Cities
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. The Cities…
Citiscope | The challenge and potential of informal settlements
The United Nations estimates that more than 860 million people are currently living in urban slums! It defines a slum as a place where…
Season 3 of UN-Habitat Urban Lectures launches
UPCOMING URBAN LECTURE RELEASES: 29 January: Steffen Lehmann, architect and urban designer 12 February: Ana Falu, National University of Argentina, Cordoba 26 February:…
IRENA Report: Rapid switch to renewable energy can put Paris climate goals within reach
Increasing renewables to 36% of the global energy mix by 2030 would provide about half emissions reductions needed to hold warming to 2C, says…
SSRN: New Environment, Science & Policy eJournal (Hebrew Research Network)
SSRN announces a new Hebrew Research Network (HRN) Subject Matter eJournal – Environment, Science & Policy eJournal. ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & POLICY eJOURNAL Subscribe…
A new report from Brookings: Foresight Africa 2016
A preview of Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2016, in which the Africa Growth Initiative and its colleagues discuss six overarching…
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.
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…