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ICLEI ACCCRN Process
Posted on: 5 November 2014
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This toolkit has been developed by ICLEI South East Asia and Oceania offices and draws on the experience from the original Asian Cities Climate Change Resilient Network (ACCCRN) cities, combined with elements of existing ICLEI approaches. The toolkit is targeted at city governments and their role in catalyzing community building. It enables local governments to assess their climate risks, formulate and implement corresponding resilience strategies. The toolkit was tested in three Indian cities, and subsequently used in a range of cities in Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Philippines and India.
Re-constructing Sarajevo: Negotiating socio-political complexity
Posted on: 4 November 2014
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Together with local academic and institutional partners, the London School of Economics Cities Programme co-ordinated a research orientated fieldtrip to Sarajevo. Learning from a multidisciplinary cohort of speakers, the discourse stretched across themes from history and politics, to architecture, urban planning and migration. This knowledge exchange, shared between a group of LSE master students and University of Sarajevo PhD candidates, offered a mirror to reflect on the city’s challenges and opportunities in the aftermath of twentieth century socialism and war. Further confronted by intensifying changes in global economic trends, its political, social and spatial conditions constitute a future of uncertainty in the practice of city-making today. In bringing to light a city that is both investing and reflecting on the long-term impacts of urban transformation, the publication hopes to contribute to improving an understanding of the contested urban reality brought about by profound socio-political complexity. The publication reconstructs in academic essays, written dialogues and urban design proposals how the city has evolved over time, across different powers, cultures, influences and points of collision, while recognising how they are beginning to metamorphosize in the current age.
Urban planning blogs
Posted on: 4 November 2014
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A listing of urban planning blogs.
China’s outbound boom: The rise of Chinese investment in global real estate
Posted on: 3 November 2014
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Chinese cash is surging into foreign properties, driven by economic forces and evolving business strategies in China and abroad. China, the world’s second-largest economy, is now the world’s third-largest source of outbound direct investment and has emerged as a major player in global real estate markets. According to data analyzed by Cushman &Wakefield, Chinese outbound real estate investment reached a total of about US$33.7 billion in the period from 2008 to June 2014, growing more than 200-fold during that time. What is driving this outbound surge? Where are Chinese property investors going, and how are they investing?
The development of cities and municipalities in Central and Eastern Europe
Posted on: 30 October 2014
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This special issue of the journal Urban Research & Practice (Vol.7 Issue 3, 2014) examines how the sudden introduction of a market economy, private property, democratic rules, local autonomy for cities and municipalities and access to the global economy and society have affected the development of cities and municipalities in Central and Eastern Europe. Contributors consider: How would these new conditions shape the national systems of cities and municipalities? Which cities would shrink and which would grow? How would the relationship between core cities and their surrounding municipalities develop? And what would happen within these cities and with their built environment?
Dubai: State of Green Economy Report 2015
Posted on: 28 October 2014
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This report argues that the transition to a green economy is a reality in Dubai. There are many initiatives planned for the coming years to position Dubai firmly amongst the global cities leading green. Six thematic chapters present a comprehensive overview and outlook on progress and innovation in green economic development including smart cities and living, clean energy, sustainable lifestyle and consumer choices, responsible tourism, green industries, and environmental finance and investments.
Taking shape: Is India’s market on the edge of greatness?
Posted on: 24 October 2014
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The November 2014 issue of the RICS journal Modus examines property and construction’s role in India’s quest for economic growth, talks to the RICS members helping to shape that future, and looks at the work RICS is doing to train India’s next generation of surveyors. This issue also profiles five major projects that will be key to the country’s development, and asks whether there is hope for India’s shopping malls, many of which lie empty after a heady construction boom.
Scaling up community housing solutions
Posted on: 22 October 2014
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The publication was the background paper to the Building and Social Housing Foundation’s annual consultation, held in Windsor in May 2014. The consultation drew together community-led housing experts from both the UK and internationally, along with government representatives and practitioners from the wider housing sector to discuss how community-led housing could play a greater role in the UK. The background paper provides information about the objectives of the consultation, but also sets the scene for community-led housing in the UK and the lessons that can be learned from community-led projects elsewhere that have significantly increased in scope and impact.
How to restore walking as a way of life
Posted on: 20 October 2014
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This blog describes emerging pedestrian safety initiatives around the world.
Global Housing Watch
Posted on: 20 October 2014
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The Global Housing Watch, hosted by the International Monetary Fund, tracks developments in housing markets across the world on a quarterly basis. It provides current data on house prices as well as metrics used to assess valuation in housing markets, such as house price‑to‑rent and house-price‑to‑income ratios.
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