Infrastructure 2013: Water
First seminar in the ‘Infrastructure 2013’ program took place 20 March at Internasjonalen, Oslo. The seminar was arranged in collaboration with FIVAS (Association for International Water Studies). Read more about […]
Author: Habitat Norway
Efficient public transportation systems in urban areas?
The next seminar on Infrastructure: 2013 will be focusing on Public Transport in urban ares. During the last decades, we have seen new solutions for making public transportation systems more […]
Can tech solutions solve urban water scarcity?
Halving the number of people without access to safe water supply is one of the UN millennium goals to be met by 2015. But how to plan infrastructural systems and […]
INFRASTRUCTURE 2013
In 2013 Habitat Norway will draw attention to infrastructure in cities today. A seminar series will be designated to discuss the challenges related to various types of infrastructure and how […]
Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2013
Front page, World Report 2013, Human Rights Watch In the World Report 2013, Human Rights Watch takes a glance at human rights issues worldwide from the end of 2011 […]
Vanntilgang i urbane områder
Av Henrik Lindblom. Mennesket kan overleve relativt lenge uten mat, men kun få dager uten vann. Det er en større andel mennesker som dør på grunn av mangel på rent […]
SLUM LAB (Sustainable Living Urban Model)
Is there a link between urban planning and poverty alleviation? In the SLUM LAB project, Urban-Think Tank founders Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning […]
World Water Day 2013 – International Year of Water Cooperation
In December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation (Resolution A/RES/65/154). In reflection of this declaration, the 2013 World Water […]
State of the World’s Cities 2012/2013
‘The City is the Home of Prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where […]
Krigene urbaniseres
Av Ivar Winther Byer utgjør ca. 2,8% av jordens overflate, og verdens befolkning flytter inn i byene. Rundt forrige århundreskifte levde om lag 180 millioner i byer. 1950 fantes det […]
