Housing, planning, and equity must be at the heart of urban transformation, writes the executive director of UN-Habitat.

The 2011 Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) is a perfect herald for the theme of the 2023 World Cities Day, “Financing sustainable urban future for all”. The HUL ...

How cities manage their water resources deeply intertwines with urban growth and sustainability. Securing water availability and maintaining urban areas' quality of life and economic vitality requires ...

By Stephen AsanteAccra, March 16, GNA – Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom (UK), says Africa needs a multi-stakeholder and ...

The biggest obstacle to Bangladesh’s progress and planned development is bureaucracy. Bureaucratic complexities often stand in the way of any creative, effective and sustainable development initiative ...

World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center, in partnership with the Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership and the Sustainable City Infrastructure and Services Global Solutions Group, ...

Joan Fitzgerald focuses on urban climate governance and the connections between urban sustainability and economic development and innovation. Her third book, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and ...

Robert Freestone receives funding from The Australian Research Council. He is affiliated to the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of Humanities, and the Planning ...

Ethiopia's Environmental Protection Authority Director General, Lelise Neme stressed that implementing a circular economy is critical to ensuring sustainable development, achieving national and ...

ABIDJAN, April 4, 2023 —The World Bank has approved a new operation to finance the construction of sustainable urban infrastructure to generate jobs and economic growth, as well as the delivery of ...