Cities are already facing the brunt of a range of interacting risks from criminal violence, terrorism and war to demographic pressures, to climate and...
Following last month’s United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, it is worth raising attention to...
Last month, the urban community met in Quito, Ecuador for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). At this...
This week, Heads of State will formally adopt a ‘New Urban Agenda’ in Quito, Ecuador. It will be the outcome document agreed upon at the third United Nations...
We live in an urbanizing world. Up to two-thirds of the world’s population – some six billion people – may live in cities by 2050.Cities have emerged as first...
Most of the progressive policies and significant challenges with regard to climate change are found in cities. A recent study by adelphi looked at ways of...
Integrated transboundary river basin management is necessary to secure urban water supply in the face of increasing environmental pressures. An adelphi event at...
The European Environment Agency (EEA) published today a series of interactive maps, illustrating various climate threats European cities face as well as cities’...
When the first wave of protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting of Michael Brown in August 2014, it looked as if unrest might spread to...
Community-led solutions to the challenges of climate change are creating more resilient city infrastructure, researchers have found. Increased flooding, heavy...
Eroding beaches and the seawater that laps onto the Embarcadero waterfront during high tide—not to mention severe storm flooding—were sending a clear message to...
A new report, Climate Change and Urbanisation: Building Resilience in the Urban Water Sector - a Case Study of Indore, India, from the Pacific Institute, the...
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