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The San Francisco Bay Area’s flood risk maps, produced by FEMA, use satellite radar to calculate city-by-city threats. One thing they don’t take into account, however: Bay-side cities aren’t just vulnerable to melting ice caps. They’re also sinking — sometimes at a rate of about a half-inch per year.
That’s the alarming conclusion from researchers at UC Berkeley and Arizona State University.... Read more
According to the World Bank’s recent report, over half of the world’s population is unable to access basic health services. This is a stark reminder of the persistent inequity that exists across the globe, and reiterates the urgency of accelerating progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) as a key driver of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
No doubt, there have been... Read more
It's been over a year now since all 193 countries of the United Nations adopted by acclamation the "New Urban Agenda," the outcome document of the Habitat III conference held in October 2016. The historic nature of that achievement is hard to over-state: for the first time, we have a world-wide agreement embracing walkable mixed use, mixed transportation modes, polycentric regions, diversity and... Read more
Last summer, the 100 Resilient Cities network of resilience practitioners, partners and experts gathered in New York at our Global Summit to assess the state of urban resilience, and our progress toward helping cities adapt and evolve in the face of 21st Century challenges. During our opening program, I invited Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director for the World Bank Group’s Social, Urban, Rural,... Read more
Architects in San Diego and Columbus are facilitating efforts through collaboration and community engagement
By 2050 the United Nations predicts that 75 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, a startling projection that carries many implications for the natural and built environments. In 2016, the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, or Habitat III,... Read more
ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION:
Urban Economy and Finance Branch, UN-HABITAT
DUTY STATION:
Nairobi
PROJECT:
Future Saudi Cities Programme
FUNCTIONAL TITLE:
Consultant – Urban Economy and Municipal Finance
CLOSING DATE:
22 March 2018
START DATE
Immediately
END DATE:
31st December 2018
BACKGROUND
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for... Read more
ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION:
UN-Habitat / UNISDR
DUTY STATION:
Home-based
FUNCTIONAL TITLE:
Joint Mid-Term Evaluation of The Making Cities Sustainable and Resilient Project
DURATION:
Total 8 weeks over April 2018 to July 2018From April 2018
SUPERVISORS / REPORTING ARRANGEMENT
Head of UN-Habitat HQs Evaluation Unit; Project Manager UN-Habitat and Project Manager UNISDR
MISSIONS TO... Read more
The national urban-rural divide narrative is one that touts (or bemoans) the all-consuming growth of our nation’s largest cities and laments rural communities as devoid of economic potential. But this isn't the whole story.
In a challenge to the conventional narrative, Bridging the Urban-Rural Economic Divide finds that stronger links between urban and rural areas are key to spurring local,... Read more
This year's CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place from 19-21 September in Umeå, Sweden. The 16th edition of Europe's premier sustainable mobility event will bring together the CIVITAS community from across the continent and beyond.
Over three days, hundreds of policymakers, city representatives, academics, and practitioners will gather to debate pressing topics surrounding sustainable urban... Read more
2018 International Conference on Smart Cities and Urban Design (SCUD 2018) will be held at Wuhan, China on Apr. 21-22, 2018. This Conference covers issues both theoretical and practical areas on smart cities and urban design, dedicated to providing a premier interdisciplinary platform, which bring together the leading academic scientists, researchers, practitioners, educator and research... Read more