Promoting a global discussion on how to manage our towns and cities better in a rapidly urbanising world
Category: Professional Association/Organization
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: 4th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum
[Event] - Posted by: Alice DeSagun - Sat 18 May, 2013
The Asia-Pacific Housing Forum is a biennial conference organized by Habitat for Humanity. (...)
Category: Finalistas Premios Mundiales del Hábitat 2013: soluciones de vivienda centrada en las personas
[News] - Posted by: Mariana Gallo - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
Una auténtica selección de buenas prácticas en vivienda se encuentra en los finalistas de los Premios Mundiales del Hábitat, 2013, anunciados hoy (17.05.13).
Los diez finalistas de los Premios, financiados y coordinados cada año por la BSHF, han sido elegidos entre más de 200 proyectos de todo el mundo e incluyen proyectos sobre personas sin hogar, el acceso a la energía limpia en zonas rurales y gestión de servicios por las comunidades, tanto como la restauración y la vida sostenible en ciudades.
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Los diez finalistas de los Premios, financiados y coordinados cada año por la BSHF, han sido elegidos entre más de 200 proyectos de todo el mundo e incluyen proyectos sobre personas sin hogar, el acceso a la energía limpia en zonas rurales y gestión de servicios por las comunidades, tanto como la restauración y la vida sostenible en ciudades.
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Category: SKYE BANK GRANT: VOTE 4 CHILD & GREEN on May 27th...Please !!!
Posted by: ABORISADE ADETOLA - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Aborisade Adetola Ayoola
SKYE BANK CHILDREN DAY GRANT: i am appealing to the change makers on this platform to massively vote for Child & Green Foundation on 27th of May 2013.. (...)
Category: Kenya Electricity Generating Company raises Olkaria geothermal plant's potential to 350 MW
[News] - Posted by: Kennedy Muzee - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Reuters
NAIVASHA, KENYA - Kenya Electricity Generating Company ( KenGen) said that its new geothermal plant under construction in the Rift Valley is expected to generate more power than previous estimates.
Kenya frequently suffers power outages and is racing to wean itself off unreliable rain-fed hydroelectric dams. (...)
Kenya frequently suffers power outages and is racing to wean itself off unreliable rain-fed hydroelectric dams. (...)
Category: The Global Housing Strategy at the Housing Forum for Europe and Central Asia
[Discussion] - Posted by: Mohamed ElSioufi - Mon 13 May, 2013
UN-Habitat partnered with five international organizations – Habitat for Humanity International, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – to organize the second session of Housing Forum Europe and Central Asia: ‘Promoting Sustainable Housing Futures for All’, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on 22-24 April 2013.
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Category: City planning instruments: Improving the environmental condition and connectivity of the Hatir Jheel canal area
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Mon 13 May, 2013 - Author(s): , AUW Writing Team
In Dhaka, the poor mostly live near river banks, where they face the constant risk of floods and landslides. (...)
Category: City planning instruments: Can India's unique identity initiative influence urban planning?
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Mon 13 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Carlin Carr
Urban India can boggle the mind of even the most seasoned planners. (...)
Category: City planning instruments: A new dawn for Nairobi
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Mon 13 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Katy Fentress
Dr Evans Kidero, winner of the newly created Gubernatorial seat of Nairobi County, has promised to tackle head-on the majority of the city's planning, infrastructure, and security problems.
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