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 […]
Articles
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 […]
Byens matsikkerhet – en global utfordring
Av Odd Iglebæk (tidl styremedlem i Habitat Norge) Om femti år er det trolig over ni milliarder mennesker på jorda. Hvordan skal alle sikres tilstrekkelig med mat? I dag har […]
Urban Brazil: Recurring Challenges and Changing Perspectives
‘Urban Brazil: Recurring Challenges and Changing Perspectives’, seminar hosted by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) addressing key issues and paradoxes of Brazil’s growing international engagement on one hand and […]
Vertical Neighbourhoods
Habitat Norway in collaboration with ByFabrikken invites you for a christmas beer at Torggata Bar, Wednesday 12th of December at 19:30. Topic: Can dense, compact and high building structures act […]
