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Barcelona City Protocol: Urban resilience
A presentation on the response to crisis in infrastructure in the city of Barcelona.
Source: OptiCits
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The innovative metropolis: fostering economic competitiveness through sustainable urban design
As global cities have embraced sustainable urban design and entrepreneurism, their strategies can serve as a source of inspiration and new knowledge to U.S. cities and beyond. By pairing best practices from international metros with their U.S. counterparts, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at the Washington University in St. Louis has developed a series of case studies that examine the urgent challenges of an increasingly urbanized planet, focusing on the development of sustainable products, services, technology, and land use patterns following the economic recession.
On February 21, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and the Sam Fox School’s Master of Urban Design Program hosted an all-day forum which explored the intersection between sustainable urban design and economic growth while discussing the implications for design and practice. The event also highlighted policies that have enabled individual cities to become successful models of sustainability and examined specific design and policy issues through the lenses of economy, government, climate and social systems.
Mark Wrighton, chancellor of the Washington University in St. Louis, welcomed the forum participants and audience members, followed by a presentation from Ricky Burdett, professor of urban studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Panel discussions covered transportation; environmental and building technologies; and adaptation and renewal. The program closed with a presentation from Mohsen Mostafavi, dean and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley professor of design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, followed by a reception and respondent discussion.
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Source: The Brookings Institution
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Draft Anchoring Strategy for GENUS
The GENUS Anchoring Strategy is to guide future activities and on being sustainable i.e. independent of support from the UN Development Account.
TERI: Pro-poor urban mobility
This is a presentation of the activities undertaken by TERI on the Pro-poor Mobility theme in South Asia.
Program for the Recovery of Public Spaces. Urban safety and social inclusion through the Recovery of Public Spaces
In 2007, Mexico’s Federal Government implemented the Program for the Recovery of Public Spaces aiming at recovering damaged, abandoned and insecure public spaces in Mexico. The Program emphasized on the improvement of infrastructure, security and social participation. Between 2007 and 2012, 4500 public spaces recovered benefiting to 22 millions inhabitants.
Presented at the SUD-Net Session on Quality Public Space for Sustainable Urban Development at the 6th World Urban Forum, Naples, Italy. 5 September 2012.
Sustainability and Urban Planning - from Theory to Practice
White Architects incorporate an anthropologist approach to urban planning. They cooperated with the GoDown Arts Centre in the coordination process of the Industrial Art Project in Nairobi. This project aimed at improving the axis between the GoDown Arts Centre and the railway station in Nairobi.
Presented at the SUD-Net Session on Quality Public Space for Sustainable Urban Development at the 6th World Urban Forum, Naples, Italy. 5 September 2012.
Transforming Cities Through Placemaking and Public Spaces.
Urban planning needs to focus on making place for people. Placemaking should be a community-based process. When you focus on places, you do everything differently.
Presented at the SUD-Net Session on Quality Public Space for Sustainable Urban Development at the 6th World Urban Forum, Naples, Italy. 5 September 2012.
Public Spaces: Quality of life
Cities should be designed for people. Gehl Architects emphasized the central role of public space in urban planning to fulfill people’s needs.
Presented at the Public Spaces Event at the 6th World Urban Forum, Naples, Italy. 5 September 2012.
What is informal transport?
Presentation made by Ms Akshima Ghate in the workshop on "Mobility for poor: Improving informal transport" held on 3-5 October Maple Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
GHS 2025 Information Sheet Presentation
Global Housing Strategy to the Year 2025 - Information Sheet Presentation
Workshop report from the launch of the South Asian region - Improved mobility for the urban poor
The document present the different presentations and activities at the Workshop 27-29 May 2009.
Initiative Villes et Changement Climatique en Afrique
Initiative Villes et Changement
Climatique
• Changement climatique: que se passe-t-il?
• Le changement climatique dans les villes
d’Afrique
• Comment lutter contre le changement
climatique?
• L’Initiative Villes et Changement Climatique
au niveau global et à Bobo Dioulasso
Pabean Subdistricts Neighborhood Resilience Action Plan (NRAP)
Cities in Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) is a program in which UN-Habitat supports local and national authorities facing climate change impacts. CCCI is the first component of the SUD-Net. The first CCCI stage is designed to promote policy dialogue, develop tools and implement pilot
activities in selected cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The CCCI main objectives are: (1) To promote active collaboration of local governments and their networks at global, regional and national levels in addressing climate change impacts, (2) To improve policy dialogue so that climate change can be made as part of the development agenda, and (3 ) To encourage increased awareness, improved education, and capacity building to support implementation of the climate change strategy. CCCI aims to advise and support the cities which are vulnerable to climate change impacts by offering innovative approaches and solutions to national and local development planning.
Table of content
Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Scope of Work
1.3. Goals and Objective
1.3.1. Goals
1.3.2. Objectives
1.4. Approaches and Methods of Implementation Activities
1.4.1. Approaches
1.4.2.Methods
1.4.3. Supporting Instrument
1.5. Writing Organization
Chapter II Pabean’s Overview and Vulnerabilities
2.1. Physical Context
2.2. Land Uses
2.3. Building Area and Uses
2.4. Social Context
2.5. Infrastructure
2.5.1 Drainage network
2.5.2 Drinking water network
2.5.3 Road network
2.5.4 Sanitation
2.5.5 Education fasilities
2.5.6Health fasilities
2.6. Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Pabean
2.6.1Batik Sector Vulnerability
2.6.2Drainage Sector Vulnerability
2.6.3 Drinking Water Sector Vulnerability
Chapter III Formulating Resilience Action Plan Pabean Sub District
: The Process and The Outcomes
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Process in Formulating The Resilience Action Plan at Local level
3.2.1 Preparation Step
3.2.2 Reviewing Result of NVM/NA
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3.2.3 Introducing Meta-cards Role Play
3.2.4 Delivering step by step and some Key Questions
3.2.5 Confirmation and Commitment
3.3. Listing The Result of All of Discussion Session in Formulating Neighborhood Resilence Action Plan
Chapter IV Neighborhood Resilience Action Plan
4.1. Recommendation
4.2. Lesson Learned
Laporan National Sharing Workshop INISIATIF PERENCANAAN DAN ASSESSMENT: KOTA PEKALONGAN Jakarta, Indonesia 2 Desember 2010
DAFTAR ISI
1. PENGANTAR
A. CCCI Pekalongan
B. TUJUAN
C. AGENDA KEGIATAN
D. KEHADIRAN
2. BAGIAN
SESI 1 : KAJIAN KERENTANAN PERUBAHAN IKLIM KOTA PEKALONGAN
A. PENGANTAR
B. TUJUAN UMUM DAN FOKUS KEGIATAN
C. PAPARAN DARI MASING-MASING PEMBICARA
C.1 Kota Pekalongan : Di tengah Tantangan Perubahan Iklim
C.2 Kerangka dan Proses Penilaian Cepat Dalam Skala Kota
C.3 Strategi Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim
C.4 Tanya Jawab Kajian Kerentanan Perubahan Iklim
3. BAGIAN
Sesi 2 : DISKUSI PANEL NASIONAL
A. PENGANTAR
B. TUJUAN UMUM DAN FOKUS KEGIATAN
C. DISKUSI PANEL
D. DISKUSI DAN TANGGAPAN DARI PARTISIPAN
4. PENUTUP
Kota Pekalongan: Di Tengah Tantangan Perubahan Iklim
Kerangka Kerja CCCI Pekalongan
Hasil Kajian Kerentanan Perubahan Iklim Kota Pekalongan
Dampak Perubahan Iklim terhadap Pesisir Pekalongan
Daftar Hadir Undangan
Kampala City Profie
Outline
Background
Geography
Administrative setup
Demographic characteristics
Service provision
Health
Education
Water and sanitation
Environment status
Planning and infrastructure development
Housing
Finance and economy
Some cross cutting issues
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