Promoting a global discussion on how to manage our towns and cities better in a rapidly urbanising world
Category: Urban Infrastructure and Services
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: World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists show people-centred housing in action
[News] - Posted by: Mariana Gallo - Fri 17 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF)
A true cross-section of good practice in housing can be found in the 2013 World Habitat Award finalists, announced today (17 May 2013).
The ten finalists for the Awards, funded and co-ordinated each year by the Building and Social Housing Foundation, have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe and include projects focusing on homeless people, access to clean energy and community-led service provision as well as restoration and sustainable living in cities.
The World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists are:
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The ten finalists for the Awards, funded and co-ordinated each year by the Building and Social Housing Foundation, have been chosen from a list of over 200 projects from across the globe and include projects focusing on homeless people, access to clean energy and community-led service provision as well as restoration and sustainable living in cities.
The World Habitat Awards 2013 finalists are:
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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: Poor physical planning blamed on politicians
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Thu 16 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Fred Turyakira
Political interference has led to the messy situation and poor physical planning in urban centres in the country, Savino Katsigaire, the director of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has said.
“It is lack of integrity for politicians to ignore the existing laws and interfere in the planning of towns instead of giving experts the freedom to play their role in planning the towns,” he said.
He added that politicians do this in order to safeguard their votes.
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“It is lack of integrity for politicians to ignore the existing laws and interfere in the planning of towns instead of giving experts the freedom to play their role in planning the towns,” he said.
He added that politicians do this in order to safeguard their votes.
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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: Coimbatore City Development Plan with public participation soon
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Wed 15 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Karthik Madhavan
The Coimbatore Corporation will soon prepare and issue a questionnaire for seeking inputs from members of the public, non government organisations, trade and industry bodies, councillors and others for drafting the City Development Plan (CDP).
Even focus groups like architects’ association would be part of the exercise.
According to sources in the Corporation, the civic body had sometime ago asked the agency preparing the CDP to come out with the questionnaire.
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Even focus groups like architects’ association would be part of the exercise.
According to sources in the Corporation, the civic body had sometime ago asked the agency preparing the CDP to come out with the questionnaire.
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Category: Lagos Multi-Billion Naira Slums Upgrade
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Wed 15 May, 2013 - Author(s):
Many supposed beneficiaries of the slum narrate their travails.
The tap water near Usman Bala’s home has run dry. (...)
The tap water near Usman Bala’s home has run dry. (...)
Category: Transformative impact of JNNURM
[News] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Wed 15 May, 2013 - Author(s): , Dr Sudhir KrishnaIn 2005, Ministry of Urban Development launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). (...)
Category: Planning, Connecting and Financing Cities -now: priorities for city leaders
[Publication] - Posted by: Nerisa Kamar - Tue 14 May, 2013 - Author(s): , World Bank
Cities are where development challenges and solutions meet. (...)
