In April 2014 UN-Habitat launched the Global Urban Lectures – lecture packages focused on subjects related to cities and urbanization.

By: Libby Porter Date: October 5th 2016 Source: The Conversation

The World Bank is pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 17th Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty from March 14 to 18, 2016 in Washington D.C. under the theme of Scaling up Responsible Land Governance: Examples, policies, and impact  

By: Paola Totaro Date: 14 July 2016  Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation The rejuvenation of large, decaying areas in the fast-growing cities of the developing world cannot be achieved by governments alone and private sector participation is paramount, the World Bank said in a report on

By: Katy Migiro Date: 29 December 2016 Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Recently married with a one-year-old child, Joan Moraa Mbogo dreams of escaping Kenya's noisy, dirty, crime-ridden capital and buying a home close to her mother's newly-built apartment overlooking the Lukenya Hills.

Date: 23 June 2016 Source: iied Seven research projects will receive funding to study how to assist vulnerable urban groups facing humanitarian crises, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has announced  

By: ENS Economic Bureau  Date: October 15th 2016 Source: The Indian Express India’s urban system consists of 7,933 cities and towns as of 2011 with a population of 377.16 million. It is now the second largest in the world rising from 5,161 towns and cities in 2001 with a total population of 286.1

Via The News Hub By: Maxwell Awumah  Nigerian architect Kunlè Adeyemi is re-conceiving African’s water slums as floating cities or islands. Read more here

By: Anthony King Date: September 8th 2016 Source: UC San Diego News Center

By: Xu Shanshan Date: January 5th 2017 Source: ECNS.cn Due to rapid urban area expansion, some 300,000 sq. km of particularly fertile cropland will be lost by 2030.

Via AllAfrica.com   Namibia Economist 28 AUGUST 2015 Namibia: Buying Land, One Dollar At a Time By Ibilola   The SME Bank of Namibia has come out in support of the Land-A-Dollar campaign to collect small amounts of cash from consumers for the purpose of establishing a land fund to assist the

Date: 27 June 2016  Source: iied IIED is inviting proposals for original research that will contribute to understanding local markets in the context of urban humanitarian crisis and response. Closing date: 21 July, 2016