By: Greg Scruggs
Date: June 10th 2016
Source: Citiscope
This week, national governments heard directly from civil society and others on what they’re hoping to see in the New Urban Agenda and beyond.
By: LBO
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Lanka Business Online
Sep 23, 2016 (LBO) – Sustainable city development will need to entail alternative housing for urban poor as they are service providers for city dwellers, industrial hub and the ports while also looking at affordability for the middle
14 October 2016 – A major global conference, aiming to set a ‘New Urban Agenda,’ which, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will “help us to rethink how we plan, manage and live in cities,” begins this weekend, in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito.
By: Manish Kumar
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: India Infoline News Service
About 377 million people from India’s total population of 1.21 billion are urban dwellers. With more than 10 million people migrating to cities and towns every year, the total urban population is expected to reach about
By: Ben Ezeamalu
Date: February 29th 2016
Source: Citiscope.org
A key regional meeting ahead of Habitat III resulted in a forward-looking declaration and a landmark document outlining a shared regional stance.
By: Minnie Karanja
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: The New Times
According to the United Nations, the proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas is expected to reach 66 per cent by 2050. Best Practices have shown that the global “urbanization”, when properly managed, may drive the
By: Shivani Chaudhry
Date: September 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
In order to ensure that ‘no one is left behind,’ the Habitat III outcome document must be grounded in a human rights approach.
By: Asit Ranjan Mishra
Date: October 7th 2016
Source: Live Mint
Chandrababu Naidu, at the India Economic Summit, said he wants to make Andhra Pradesh’s capital Amaravati, one of the top five cities in the world
Date: February 24th 2016
Source: Shanghai Daily / Xinhua
CHINA’S leaders have called for more to be done to facilitate “new-type urbanization,” saying fresh achievements must be made in the area this year.
In an instruction, President Xi Jinping asked authorities to uphold the concepts of