Book Review: Science and the City via GotScience.org
Author: Laurie Winkless Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma Introduction Cities are quickly becoming the beating hearts of civilization. The UN estimates that over half the global…
Will Rio Be a ‘Smarter’ City After the Olympic Games? via CityLab
Juan Pablo Garnham, Aug 8, 2016 This story was originally published in Spanish on the sister site, CityLab Latino. Brazilians have had a lot…
A History of Cities and Urbanization; A Series from The Guardian
In the first in a 50-part series charting the history of the planet’s urbanisation, Jack Shenker explores the ancient metropolis of Alexandria, which set…
Mapping informal settlements – Richard Sliuzas, UN Habitat Video Series
Richard Sliuzas from the University of Twente in the Netherlands in this lecture outlines how new technologies means new approaches to mapping, in particular…
New Book | The City of Tomorrow
Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the…
United Nations University International Institute for Global Health
United Nations University International Institute for Global Health is a member of The General Assembly of Partners (GAP),Research and Academia partner constituent group. GAP is…
Habitat III – Revised Draft of New Urban Agenda released 18 July 2016
The Draft New Urban Agenda has been prepared on the basis of inputs and negotiations throughout the Habitat III intersessional process leading to PrepCom3…
World Cities Report 2016: Urbanization and Development – Emerging Futures
UN Habitat: The analysis of urban development of the past twenty years presented in this maiden edition of the World Cities Report shows, with…
International New Town Institute
INTI is that platform. INTI studies the past, present and future of planned communities in an urbanizing world. It serves a unique role in…
Nairobi’s air pollution sparks Africa health warning
With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis…