How Latin America’s housing policies are changing the lives of urban families
Photo: Pierre-Yves Babelon/Shutterstock In an effort to harness the benefits of urbanization and improve the living conditions of the urban poor, Latin American countries have experimented with...
View ArticleFive reasons cities should take a leading role on food waste
Photo: Boonchuay1970/Shutterstock Reported figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on food loss and food waste highlight its importance to the global...
View ArticleWhat if…we could help cities more effectively plan a lower-carbon future?
If climate change were a jigsaw puzzle, cities would be a key piece right at the center of it. This was reinforced by more than 100 countries worldwide, which highlighted cities as a critical element...
View ArticleThe “human scale” in public urban areas
Slideshow: Reimagining a park, a river, and other public spaces in Seoul (Photos by Judy Zheng Jia / World Bank)"If you lose the human scale, the city becomes an ugly place," said Joan Clos, Executive...
View ArticleUrban Indigenous Peoples: the new frontier
Photo: Victoria Ojea / World Bank Invited to think of Buenos Aires, most would probably think of elegant cafés, beautiful architecture, passionate football fans, and buzzing streets. Invited to think...
View ArticleThese winning photos capture the future of sustainable cities
Also available in: Français | Español | العربية The premise behind the Sustainable Cities photo competition was simple. We wanted to learn what people around the world “see” when they hear the words...
View Article获奖摄影作品捕捉可持续发展城市的未来
版本: Français | Español | العربية可持续城市摄影作品竞赛的出发点很简单。我们想要了解世界各地的人们听到“可持续城市”这个词会“看”到什么。 About this seriesMore blog posts...
View ArticleWhat can satellite imagery tell us about secondary cities? (Part 1/2)
The buzz around satellite imagery over the past few years has grown increasingly loud. Google Earth, drones, and microsatellites have grabbed headlines and slashed price tags. Urban planners are...
View ArticleWhat can satellite imagery tell us about secondary cities? (Part 2/2)
In the previous blog, we discussed how remote sensing techniques could be used to map and inform policymaking in secondary cities, with a practical application in 10 Central American cities. In this...
View ArticleHow to manage urban expansion in mega-metropolitan areas?
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, the number of megacities is growing rapidly. Today there are 37 cities worldwide with populations of greater than 10 million, and 84 with populations...
View ArticleThe secret sauce for making the New Urban Agenda a success
Also available in: 中文 Credit: Lois Goh/ World BankModernity’s most common story spanning national, cultural and religious borders is about people moving from rural areas to the cities. By 2030, 80% of...
View ArticleNational and local leaders in Latin America: Sustainable cities are resilient...
Cities are critical engines of global growth. But as cities grow, they’re increasingly vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters. The year of 2017 was one of many recent reminders of that...
View ArticleLandslides, dumpsites, and waste pickers
Editorial credit: alionabirukova / Shutterstock.com Last week, the world came to attention when the famous Hulene dumpsite in Maputo, Mozambique collapsed under heavy rains, killing at least 16...
View ArticleUrban 20: Cities at the center of local solutions to global development...
#s7video_div.s7videoviewer{ width:100%; height:auto; } With the world becoming more urban than ever before, cities are at the core of the global development agenda. They play such a pivotal role in...
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