Der Mannheimer Oberbürgermeister Dr. Peter Kurz erhofft sich von dem Urban Thinkers Campus, der vom 17.- 19. Februar 2016 in der Quadratestadt stattfindet, Antworten auf die Integration der Flüchtlinge, die langfristig in seiner Stadt leben werden. „Die eigentliche Herausforderung der Integration liegt noch vor uns“, so der SPD-Politiker, in dessen Stadt derzeit rund 11.000 Flüchtlinge untergebracht sind.
22 January, 2016 – The April 2015 earthquake in Nepal was another reminder of the devastating consequences of natural disasters and their impact on lives. “One of the challenges we face in the humanitarian sector,” says Graham Saunders, Head of Shelter and Settlements for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
21 January 2016 – On 7-8 December 2015 the Gender Equality Unit in UN-Habitat, in collaboration with the Urban Economy Branch, hosted the first Expert Group Meeting for the Women in sustainable housing: Empowerment through decent jobs and sustainable construction programme (WISH). The programme was drafted by UN-Habitat within the framework of its gender-related and
Commemorating Earthquake Safety Day in Bungamati Nepal, 21 January, 2016 – Every 16 January, Nepal commemorates the mega-earthquake of 1934 by having the Earthquake Safety Day. This year’s event saw the launching of the National Reconstruction Authority, which will oversee the reconstruction campaign in the wake of the 26 April 2015 earthquake. The heavily-affected historical Kathmandu
Rio de Janeiro, 19 January 2016 – In December 2015, the Ministry of Cities of Brazil and UN-Habitat organized the International Seminar on Metropolitan Planning where specialists shared experiences on the metropolitan theme from four viewpoints: The construction process of governance in metropolitan planning Methods and strategies in metropolitan planning Monitoring, evaluation and information systems
This report entails percentage change in slum proportions in selected countries in Africa between 1990 and 2010. World Atlas of Slum Evolution 47.41 MB 7 downloads
Source: unhabitat.org
Source: unhabitat.org
15 January, 2016 – The Global Urban Lecture Series is an initiative by UN-Habitat’s partnership with universities worldwide – UNI – to bring the knowledge and experiences of urban experts associated with the agency’s work to a wide audience. The series reaches not only the general public but also the 185 partner universities of UNI,
In the past two decades through a process called “Enumeration” through which the members collect at city level data about slums, Slum Dwellers International have created a mechanism which serves to create a city wide network of urban informal settlements with the intention of the dwellers to see themselves as part of a larger subsection
