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Revolutionizing Urban Living: The 15-Minute City Plan Discover the ambitious vision to accommodate two million residents in 15-minute cities. With plans for 600,000 new homes and a push for sustainable transit, this initiative is stirring debate. Explore the implications and community responses in today’s public hearings. #UrbanLiving #15MinuteCity #SustainableTransit #CityPlanning #CommunityDebate #UrbanDevelopment #ClimateGoals #NewHousing #SmartCities #PublicHearings

Find the perfect city partnership! Discover our new tool: the Urban Matchmaker! Ideal for urban practitioners and main Urban Authorities of all sizes throughout the European Union. Initiating an Innovative Action❓ ➡️ Find the partners you need to launch successfully. Seeking City-to-City Exchanges ❓ ➡️ Discover peers who are just as eager to collaborate. 🔍 Who Should Use the Urban Matchmaker? ▪️ Cities with innovative urban solutions seeking transfer partners. ▪️ Authorities wishing to share their challenges and gather expert solutions. ▪️ Urban entities aiming to enhance their projects through collaborative efforts. 👉 Try it now and start building meaningful connections to boost your urban initiatives! 🔗 Explore Urban Matchmaker :https://lnkd.in/e3i9dtmD 🔖 #EUI4yourcity #Portico #UrbanMatchmaker

The insights presented in the Urban Frontiers volume underscore a fundamental truth: for e-governance initiatives to be effective and #equitable, they must be rooted in genuine, ongoing dialogue with citizens. Read the brief here👇

Transforming Cities for Social Equity: Discover the Power of Urban Renewal! 🌆 Exciting news! I've just published a comprehensive blog post on how urban renewal enhances social equity, and I couldn't wait to share it with all of you. 🌟 In this detailed article, you'll learn how revitalizing urban areas can: Increase affordable housing 🏡 Improve access to public services 🏥 Create economic opportunities 💼 Enhance public spaces 🌳 Foster community engagement 🤝 Urban renewal has the potential to transform neglected areas into vibrant, inclusive communities, ensuring everyone benefits from the growth and development of our cities. Whether you're an urban planner, community advocate, or just passionate about social equity, this blog post offers valuable insights and real-world examples of successful urban renewal projects. 📌 Read the full article here: https://wix.to/LFgF9bW Let's discuss how urban renewal can lead to a brighter, more equitable future for all. Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below! #UrbanRenewal #SocialEquity #CommunityDevelopment #AffordableHousing #SustainableCities #UrbanPlanning

Today, we share our research insights on the webinar titled "Empowering urban mobility: The role of community engagement in 21st-century transportation projects." #Thammasat_Design_School_BKK #UMRI_center_BKK #ISCM_UEH_Vietnam

what I've learnt from both of you celine d’cruz and David Satterthwaite: stay firm in your belief that the urban poor will find their right answer in their cause. Listen!

"Ethiopia is undergoing rapid urbanization, but most of the focus is on buildings and businesses...what about the standard of living? Do they have access to public space? If the kids don't have a place to play, what's the point of the city?” —Aklilu Fikresilassie, Program Manager, UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) #WorldUrbanismDay #urbanplanning #buildingequity #buildingresilientcities

🌍 How can National Urban Policies (NUPs) unlock the full potential of #cities? 📊 The latest edition of the Global Survey on National Urban Policy, in collaboration with UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), is out now ➡ http://oe.cd/5M1 🎯 The report covers data from 78 countries and offers practical insights for policy makers at all levels of government striving to improve urban lives and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs). 🏙️ With the global population increasingly concentrating in urban areas, cities are driving national economic growth, but challenges such as inequalities, affordable housing shortages, extreme weather events, pollution, and loss of green space persist. 🔑 National Urban Policies (NUPs) can play a key role in managing these challenges and unlocking the full potential of cities.

Happy and proud to announce the launch of the Global State of National Urban Policy 2024 report, at the #WUF12 in Cairo, a joint effort between the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities and UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)! Many thanks to the amazing people I had the privilege to work with: Alicja Mizeracka, Stefan Jankowski, Nina Pambi Pedersen, Tadashi Matsumoto Shipra Narang Suri, Aziza Akhmouch, Soo-Jin Kim, Remy Sietchiping, Kinyanjui Michael, Antonio Kipyegon, Alix Philouze, Jack Waters, Andrew Paterson, Laurence Todd and many others. Thank you for the great journey! A few key messages: 1. Mainstreaming of National Urban Policies (NUP)📈 Over 80% of surveyed countries have a NUP, with explicit policies jumping from 51% to 72% since 2018. Dedicated agencies or ministries now oversee NUPs in more than half of these countries. NUPs are now essential tools in national policy! 🌍 2. Major Priorities: Resilience, Climate, Housing. 90% of NUPs now prioritize building resilience to shocks and crises. 🌆Climate action is another key focus, with 50% of NUPs treating it as a priority - up from just 13% in 2018. Affordable, adequate housing has emerged as a core issue, with 80% of NUPs targeting adequate housing and 77% addressing housing affordability challenges. 🏘️ As housing prices outpace income in major cities, this focus is more important than ever. 3. Challenges and Future Directions for NUPs: Economic and social resilience is a growing area for NUPs, as policies must address not only climate but also economic shocks and social challenges, like migration and AI's impact on jobs. Leveraging NUP for unlocking the potential of urban-rural linkages and integrated regional development is another key area, when currently only 45% of NUPs is tackling it. And financing remains a critical challenge. While national funding still drives NUPs, only few countries use innovative financial solutions 💰 4. Importance of Monitoring to Document Impacts and Ensure Transparency. Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms now exist in 75% of NUPs, with 70% using clear targets and indicators—up from 38% in 2021. But there’s room for improvement: only 54% publish these reports. And many more to be discovered in the full report available here: https://lnkd.in/d8eX5azD

Transforming Urban Spaces: Our Bold Vision for Development Join us as we reshape urban landscapes! We passionately advocate for mid-rise and high-rise developments, focusing on collaboration with community groups. Discover our innovative approach to addressing private interests while prioritizing sustainable growth in increasingly dense neighborhoods. #UrbanDevelopment #SustainableGrowth #CommunityEngagement #MidRise #HighRise #CityPlanning #DevelopmentStrategy #NeighborhoodRevitalization #InnovativeSolutions #Collaboration