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Esther Atieno prepares dinner for her family in Kisumu City, Kenya, using a jiko kisasa (firewood stove). Without city-wide data on electricity and fuel use available from utilities and companies, cities can survey a set of households on their energy use and extrapolate the results (Photo: Peter Kapuscinski/World Bank)
Global to local: supporting cities to meet the New Urban Agenda
… Cities need to become more sustainable, inclusive and resilient; the New Urban Agenda (NUA) adopted … them get there. Recognising the key role that cities play in global sustainable development, the NUA provides a framework for urban policymakers, …
Insight, 23 March 2018
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A political economy of urbanisation and climate risk in Vietnam
… urban growth has been both an indicator and target for social development and economic progress in Vietnam. Under the banner of … by a shifting political economy in which a liberalised urban development sector fuses with the institutions of socialist planning, … standards and procedures, and systems of accountability for urban development right, therefore, becomes the key to urban climate change …
Publication, 01 June 2016
Residents of Sitio San Roque, Philippines, watch a demolition team tear down their houses during an eviction (Photo: Alamy)
Briefing: Will Habitat III produce an effective "new urban agenda?"
… global United Nations conferences since the the 2015 meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate change summit. The stated … a discussion meeting that brought together four leading experts on urbanisation and development to look at at the prospects for, and …
Event, 05 May 2016
Raipur in Central India is developing into a major urban centre, but the infrastructure in the city's expanding informal settlements is poor (Photo: India Water Portal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Addressing the needs of vulnerable groups in urban areas
… 'Vulnerable', along with 'sustainable' and 'resilient', are three powerful words that appear so … and declarations – and in the literature on environment and development. But are these now so commonly used that they are losing … in vulnerable situations, and then often to list them – as in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN's ' New Urban Agenda' …
Insight, 26 April 2017
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Urban Centres: An Assessment of Sustainability
… consumption become concentrated in urban areas, the need for urban development patterns that are ecologically sustainable becomes obvious. A large proportion of the world's urban … of these changes, and the potentials and difficulties in meeting sustainable development goals in urban centres. The discussion of the …
Publication, 01 August 2003
The influx of migrants and refugees onto the island of Lesbos was met with an influx of responders from various sectors who often did not effectively collaborate early on in the response (Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee)
Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
… at Habitat II I, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held every 20 years, explored how to strengthen crises … "If managed well, crises responses can support the resilience and sustainable growth of urban areas by strengthening city systems such as …
News, 26 October 2016
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What makes a sustainable diet? And who decides? Make Change Happen podcast episode 5
… provides an opportunity to hear our researchers discuss key global development challenges and explain how they are working to support positive change. The fifth episode explores Sustainable Diets for All . This advocacy programme, led by Dutch NGO … features Alejandro Guarin, senior researcher in our Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, and Costanza de Toma, who led on …
Article, 05 May 2020
The Bairro Proletário do Dique in Rio de Janeiro was settled in the 1960s. The local infrastructure remains poor (Photo: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?
… The 2030 Agenda promises Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are "integrated and indivisible" and … Daniel Schensul, Gayatri Singh and I argue that inclusive urbanisation is central to bringing these goals into alignment and … Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda? …
Insight, 02 March 2016
The flag of the United Nations raised above the headquarters of the Habitat III Conference, held in Quito in Ecuador (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador)
Sustainable cities: the nexus between resilience and resource efficiency
… The 11th Sustainable Development Goal explicitly commits to making cities and human settlements more resilient and sustainable, while the 'New Urban Agenda'  references 'resilience' and … infrastructure systems. The social and ecological impacts of urbanisation therefore stretch far beyond municipal boundaries.   With …
Insight, 05 May 2017
Representatives of Indonesia communities discussed ways to improve urban conditions at the third Urban Social Forum (Photo: Fabrizio Salvatori)
Indonesian civil society discusses its urban future
… future. This is particularly urgent given Indonesia's rapid rate of urbanisation and huge population, which result in a process that is leaving many excluded and at the margins of the country's economic development. The Urban Social Forum is a one-day event organised by Kota … to develop a shared urban agenda and collective vision for more sustainable, inclusive and democratic urban development. This year there …
Insight, 21 January 2016