There is much talk today in policy circles about "transforming urban space" to make our cities both more efficient and equitable, i.e. by giving access to a majority of people who remain currently marginalised from the services, amenities and varying economic opportunities of urban life....
Posted by Tony Wolfson
- Mon 20 May, 2013
First: The Idea behind the Award
Prince Salman Award for Arab local administration was established in recognition and appreciation of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince and Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense as one of the most prominent pioneers of...
Posted by ahmed eldeqen
- Mon 22 Apr, 2013
Welcome to the 8th issue of the Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS) Newsletter. This issue highlights the GENUS Interregional Steering Committee meeting which will be convened in June, 2013 in Ndjamena, Chad. The meeting will be followed by a 2 day national workshop on renewable...
Posted by Kennedy Muzee
- Thu 14 Mar, 2013
Welcome to the 7th issue of the Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements (GENUS) Newsletter. This issue highlights the Solar Installations on Buildings Now Mandatory in Kenya. The Kenyan Government has imposed new tough regulations to force institutions that use large amounts of hot water to...
Posted by Kennedy Muzee
- Thu 14 Mar, 2013
Two of the most pressing challenges facing the world are eradicating poverty and ensuring that prosperity and well-being are sustainable. Around 1.3 billion people still live in extreme income poverty and the human development needs of many more are still not met. Two-thirds of the services...
Posted by Edna Osebe
- Mon 11 Mar, 2013
In the framework of the FP7 URBAN-NEXUS project, a working process has been established based on open and structured dialogues with relevant stakeholders, aiming to approach challenges faced by urban regions in Europe to achieve sustainability. As a basis of those discussions, an analysis of the...
Posted by Raquel Ubach
- Fri 1 Mar, 2013
These are documents on urban planning produced during the phase one of the ASUD programming
Posted by Monica Gakindi
- Tue 26 Feb, 2013
This is a list of articles from the urban mobility thematic area produced in the first phase of ASUD programming
Posted by Monica Gakindi
- Tue 26 Feb, 2013
This is a list of documents produced by the Urban Governance team during the phase one of the ASUD programme.
Posted by Monica Gakindi
- Tue 26 Feb, 2013
These are Land Readjustment (LR) documents produced during the phase one of the ASUD programme.
Posted by Monica Gakindi
- Tue 26 Feb, 2013
These are documents producedin the first phase of the ASUD programme in the Urban Energy thematic area.
Posted by Monica Gakindi
- Tue 26 Feb, 2013
A film about the work of microfinance in Amasaman in Ghana
Posted by Malcolm Boorer
- Thu 3 Jan, 2013
This guide was made with the experience of the decentralised cooperation between the Ile-de-France Region (The Urban area of Paris) and the capital city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It is conceived as a practical tool for the urban municipalities mayors of Madagascar. The document is in french.
Posted by jeanjacques helluin
- Thu 27 Dec, 2012
Occupationally diverse, isolated, scattered and virtually invisible, home-based workers barely cast a shadow in the minds of urban planners. Yet addressing their needs is of vital economic importance, especially in South Asia where there are an estimated 50 million home-based workers, 80 per cent...
Posted by Edna Osebe
- Mon 10 Dec, 2012
Brighton has a reputation for being the creative hub of South East England, with the highest level of arts engagement in the country outside London and with one in five local businesses, ten per cent of local jobs and 16,000 people employed in its creative industries across digital media,...
Posted by Edna Osebe
- Mon 10 Dec, 2012
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