Promoting a global discussion on how to manage our towns and cities better in a rapidly urbanising world
Category: Inter-Governmental/Supranational
Category: Cumbre mundial sobre ciudades y cambio climático
[Event] - Posted by: Rafael H Forero H - Fri 16 Nov, 2012Delegaciones de 20 países de América Latina y El Caribe y otro tanto del resto del mundo, se darán cita los próximos 19, 20 y 21 de noviembre en la capital colombiana para discutir los efectos que causa el calentamiento global y el cambio climático en las ciudades.
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Category: Westminster's world heritage status at risk as Unesco condemns plan for skyscrapers
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Tue 18 Jun, 2013 - Author(s): , Jamie Doward
London's irresistible desire to build upwards threatens to end the internationally recognised heritage status of one of the UK's most photographed locations.
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Category: Finding inspiration in the slums of Dharavi
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Mon 17 Jun, 2013 - Author(s):
In 2010, British TV show host Kevin McCloud chose to live in Dharavi for two weeks to understand why many urban planners and Prince Charles had declared the fetid slum a model for Western cities.
The show begins with a horrified McCloud focusing the viewers' attention on children playing amidst toxic waste and shanties located near a river of human excrement.
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The show begins with a horrified McCloud focusing the viewers' attention on children playing amidst toxic waste and shanties located near a river of human excrement.
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Category: DFID Call for Proposals: Stream 1 'Urbanisation and Risk in Africa'
Posted by: Sameer Zuhad - Fri 14 Jun, 2013 - Author(s):
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESCR) under the Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research are seeking new and innovative proposals across 3 new areas of research in the fields of international development and humanitarian assistance. (...)
Category: St Basils Housing & Support Organisation
[Organization] - Posted by: Lovejoy Chigama - Thu 13 Jun, 2013
We provide housing and support for young people who are homeless between the age of 16 - 25 years. (...)
Category: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports: Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme for Developing Sports Infrastructure in the Country
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 13 Jun, 2013 - Author(s):
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. (...)
Category: CAIXA
[Organization] - Posted by: Rafael Galeazzi - Mon 10 Jun, 2013
Founded in 1861, CAIXA is the main agent of public policy for the federal government and, somehow or other, it is present in the lives of millions of Brazilians. (...)
Category: Mapping the urban poor: 12 reasons why you should conduct enumerations of your settlements
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 6 Jun, 2013 - Author(s):
Enumeration: to be counted; it is the fundamental basis of inclusion in the city. (...)
Category: The Built Environment, Sustainability and Smart Urbanism
[Event] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 6 Jun, 2013
In this event we will ask: 'How can we put in place the conditions for many small positive activities to emerge and create a thriving, adaptable and sustainable urban realm?' We will look at a better way of making cities: Where top-down planning enables progressive, sustainable building, and supports the development of green infrastructure, local business and social enterprise, and other bottom-up processes.
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